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| [[History of BMW motorcycles|BMW]] |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Dennis Chapman]] |
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| [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton]] |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Louis Carr]] |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Bob Coulter]] |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Robert Lilley]] |
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Danny Walker]] |
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* Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). ''Continental Circus 1949-2000''. Chronosports S.A. {{ISBN|2-940125-32-5}} |
* Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). ''Continental Circus 1949-2000''. Chronosports S.A. {{ISBN|2-940125-32-5}} |
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*{{cite web | title = The Official MotoGP website | url = http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1957/NAT/500cc/World+Standing | access-date = 2010-07-06}} |
*{{cite web | title = The Official MotoGP website | url = http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1957/NAT/500cc/World+Standing | access-date = 2010-07-06 | archive-date = 2020-07-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200701213801/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1957/NAT/500cc//World+Standing | url-status = dead }} |
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{{Grand Prix motorcycle racing}} |
{{Grand Prix motorcycle racing}} |
Latest revision as of 21:58, 19 June 2023
The 1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the ninth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of six Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 19 May, with German Grand Prix and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on 1 September.
Season summary[edit]
1957 marked the end of a Golden Era in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. There had been an impressive variety of machinery competing during the 1950s including, works teams from AJS, Norton, Gilera, MV Agusta, Moto Guzzi, and BMW. That's six factories taking part with singles, twins and four-cylinder machines. Include privateer Nortons and Matchless and it made for a colorful competition.[1]
Then the Italian firms dropped a bombshell by announcing they would pull out of racing at the conclusion of the 1957 season, citing escalating costs and dwindling motorcycle sales.[1] MV Agusta initially went along with the pull out before reconsidering.[1] The firm would go on to claim 17 consecutive 500cc crowns.
1957 would also mark a new era in other respects with the banning of the dustbin fairings due to their dangerous instability in crosswinds.[1] Another harbinger of change was the introduction of two-stroke engines in competition. An East German firm named MZ placed respectably in races at the Nürburgring although few people viewed the two-strokes as a threat to the mighty four-strokes.[1]
1957 Grand Prix season calendar[edit]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 350cc winner | 500cc winner | Sidecars 500cc winner | Report |
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1 | 19 May | German Grand Prix | Hockenheimring | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | Libero Liberati | Libero Liberati | Hillebrand / Grunwald | Report |
2 | 7 June | Isle of Man TT | Snaefell Mountain | Tarquinio Provini | Cecil Sandford | Bob McIntyre | Bob McIntyre | Hillebrand / Grunwald | Report |
3 | 29 June | Dutch TT | TT Circuit Assen | Tarquinio Provini | Tarquinio Provini | Keith Campbell | John Surtees | Hillebrand / Grunwald | Report |
4 | 7 July | Belgian Grand Prix | Spa-Francorchamps | Tarquinio Provini | John Hartle | Keith Campbell | Libero Liberati | Schneider / Strauß | Report |
5 | 10 August | Ulster Grand Prix | Dundrod Circuit | Luigi Taveri | Cecil Sandford | Keith Campbell | Libero Liberati | Report | |
6 | 1 September | Nations Grand Prix | Monza | Carlo Ubbiali | Tarquinio Provini | Bob McIntyre | Libero Liberati | Milani / Milani | Report |
Standings[edit]
Scoring system[edit]
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races were counted in all five classes: the Sidecars, 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc championships.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc final standings[edit]
1957 350cc Roadracing World Championship final standings[edit]
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Keith Campbell | Australia | Moto Guzzi | 30 | 3 | |
2 | Bob McIntyre | United Kingdom | Gilera | 22 | 2 | |
3 | Libero Liberati | 7 | Italy | Gilera | 22 | 1 |
4 | Keith Bryen | Australia | Moto Guzzi | 12 | 0 | |
5 | John Hartle | 8 | United Kingdom | Norton | 11 | 0 |
6 | Giuseppe Colnago | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 7 | 0 | |
7 | Bob Brown | 17 | Australia | Gilera | 6 | 0 |
8 | Alano Montanari | 3 | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 5 | 0 |
9 | Helmut Hallmeier | West Germany | NSU | 4 | 0 | |
10 | Jack Brett | 12 | United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 |
10 | Umberto Masetti | 14 | Italy | MV Agusta | 3 | 0 |
10 | Alfredo Milani | Italy | Gilera | 3 | 0 | |
10 | John Surtees | 4 | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 3 | 0 |
1957 250cc Roadracing World Championship final standings[edit]
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Cecil Sandford | 5 | United Kingdom | Mondial | 26 | 2 |
2 | Tarquinio Provini | Italy | Mondial | 16 | 2 | |
3 | Sammy Miller | 7 | United Kingdom | Mondial | 14 | 0 |
4 | Roberto Colombo | Italy | MV Agusta | 10 | 0 | |
5 | John Hartle | 8 | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 8 | 1 |
5 | Carlo Ubbiali | 1 | Italy | MV Agusta | 8 | 1 |
7 | Luigi Taveri | 2 | Switzerland | MV Agusta | 8 | 0 |
8 | Dave Chadwick | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 7 | 0 | |
9 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 7 | 0 | |
10 | Remo Venturi | 6 | Italy | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 |
1957 125cc Roadracing World Championship final standings[edit]
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Tarquinio Provini | 4 | Italy | Mondial | 30 | 3 |
2 | Luigi Taveri | 3 | Switzerland | MV Agusta | 22 | 1 |
3 | Carlo Ubbiali | 1 | Italy | MV Agusta | 22 | 2 |
4 | Sammy Miller | United Kingdom | Mondial | 12 | 0 | |
5 | Roberto Colombo | Italy | MV Agusta | 11 | 0 | |
6 | Cecil Sandford | United Kingdom | Mondial | 9 | 0 | |
7 | Remo Venturi | Italy | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 | |
8 | Fortunato Libanori | 5 | Italy | MV Agusta | 5 | 0 |
9 | František Bartoš | Czechoslovakia | CZ | 3 | 0 | |
9 | Dave Chadwick | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 3 | 0 | |
9 | Horst Fügner | East Germany | MZ | 3 | 0 |
References[edit]
- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "The Official MotoGP website". Archived from the original on 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2010-07-06.