1957 Argentine Grand Prix

The 1957 Argentine Grand Prix was held on January 13, and was the opening race of the season. In the usual mid-summer heat, the race was a 1-2-3-4 sweep for , with local hero Juan Manuel Fangio leading home Jean Behra, Carlos Menditeguy and Harry Schell. had heavily modified the old D50s and rebadged them as Ferrari 801s, but the modifications were a disaster and made the cars uncompetitive.
==Background==
===Entry List===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
2 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
4 	Stirling Moss 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
6 	Jean Behra 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
8 	Carlos Menditeguy 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
10 	Peter Collins 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	801 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
12 	Luigi Musso 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	801 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
14 	Eugenio Castellotti 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	801 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
16 	Mike Hawthorn 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	801 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
18 	Wolfgang von Trips 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	801 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
18 	Cesare Perdisa 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	801 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
20 	Alfonso de Portago 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	801 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
20 	José Froilán González	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	801 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
22 	Harry Schell 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
24 	Jo Bonnier 	Scuderia Centro Sud 	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
26 	Alejandro de Tomaso 	Scuderia Centro Sud 	 	500 	 	625 L4 2.5 	
28 	Luigi Piotti 	Privateer 	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Report===
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Gap
1 	4 	Stirling Moss 	 	1:42.6 	
2 	2 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	1:43.7 	+1.1s
3 	6 	Jean Behra 	 	1:44.0 	+1.4s
4 	14 	Eugenio Castellotti 	 	1:44.2 	+1.6s
5 	10 	Peter Collins 	 	1:44.6 	+2.0s
6 	12 	Luigi Musso 	 	1:44.8 	+2.2s
7 	16 	Mike Hawthorn 	 	1:44.9 	+2.3s
8 	8 	Carlos Menditeguy 	 	1:45.1 	+2.5s
9 	22 	Harry Schell 	 	1:46.6 	+4.0s
10 	20 	José Froilán González	 	1:46.8 	+4.2s
11 	18 	Cesare Perdisa 	 	1:48.6 	+6.0s
12 	26 	Alejandro de Tomaso 	 	1:56.1 	+13.5s
13 	24 	Jo Bonnier 	 	1:58.2 	+15.6s
14 	28 	Luigi Piotti 	 	1:58.2 	+15.6s
WD 	18 	Wolfgang von Trips 	 	Appeared in race	Appeared in race
WD 	20 	Alfonso de Portago 	 	Appeared in race	Appeared in race
===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1 	2 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	100 	3:00:55.9 	2 	8
2 	6 	Jean Behra 	 	100 	+18.3s 	3 	6
3 	8 	Carlos Menditeguy 	 	99 	+1 lap 	8 	4
4 	22 	Harry Schell 	 	98 	+2 laps 	9 	3
5 	20 	José Froilán González	 	49 	+2 laps 	10 	1
5 	20 	Alfonso de Portago 	 	49 	+2 laps 	10 	1
6 	18 	Cesare Perdisa 	 	30 	+2 laps 	11 	
6 	18 	Peter Collins 	 	35 	+2 laps 	11 	
6 	18 	Wolfgang von Trips 	 	33 	+2 laps 	11 	
7 	24 	Jo Bonnier 	 	95 	+5 laps 	13 	
8 	4 	Stirling Moss 	 	93 	+7 laps 	1 	1
9 	26 	Alejandro de Tomaso 	 	91 	+9 laps 	12 	
10 	28 	Luigi Piotti 	 	90 	+10 laps 	14 	
Ret 	14 	Eugenio Castellotti 	 	75 	Distributor 	4 	
Ret 	16 	Mike Hawthorn 	 	35 	Clutch 	7 	
Ret 	12 	Luigi Musso 	 	31 	Clutch 	6 	
Ret 	26 	Peter Collins 	 	31 	Clutch 	5 	
==Milestones==
* Only podium for Carlos Menditeguy.
* First race for Alejandro de Tomaso.
* Last race for Alfonso de Portago, Cesare Perdisa, and Eugenio Castellotti.
==Standings==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	8 	
2 	Jean Behra 	6 	
3 	Carlos Menditeguy 	4 	
4 	Harry Schell 	3 	
5 	Alfonso de Portago 	1 	
5 	José Froilán González 	1 	
5 	Stirling Moss 	1 	
Category:Argentine Grand Prix
Category:1957 Grands Prix