Sebring 12 Hours 1957 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for The Amoco Trophy		Date: 23.3.1957
Track: Sebring (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship (round 2)

Weather:	hot
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	Le Mans start
Distance:	12 hours
Attendance:	30000

Entered:	86
Practiced:	76
Qualified:	66
Started:	66
Finished:	38
Classified:	36

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 5000 - Class C	13	13	7
Sports 3000 - Class D	4	3	1
Sports 2000 - Class E	13	13	5
Sports 1500 - Class F	10	8	3
Sports 1100 - Class G	6	5	3
Sports 750 - Class H	2	2	1
Grand Touring 5000 - Class 10 II	2	2	2
Grand Touring 3500 - Class 9 II	6	6	3
Grand Touring 2000 - Class 7 II	4	3	3
Grand Touring 1600 - Class 6 II	4	4	4
Grand Touring 1300 - Class 5 II	4	3	3
Touring 1000 - Class 4 I	3	3	3

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Pre-race sessions:
4 practice sessions held for a total of 660 minutes on 21-22/3
grid ordered per engine size

Winners:
Overall:	19	Maserati 450S	Behra / Fangio
Sports 3000 - Class D:	20	Maserati 300S	Moss / Schell
Sports 2000 - Class E:	28	Ferrari 500 TRC	Hively / Ginther
Sports 1500 - Class F:	44	Porsche 550 RS	Bunker / Wallace
Sports 1100 - Class G:	59	Lotus Eleven Climax	Chapman / Sheppard / Dungan
Sports 750 - Class H:	56	Stanguellini Sport Bialbero 750	Behm / Haas / MacArthur
Grand Touring 5000 - Class 10 II:	4	Chevrolet Corvette	Thompson / Andrey
Grand Touring 3500 - Class 9 II:	18	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	Windridge / Reed / Gilbert
Grand Touring 2000 - Class 7 II:	34	Triumph TR3	Oker / Pennybacker
Grand Touring 1600 - Class 6 II:	49	MGA	Millar / Leavens / Keith
Grand Touring 1300 - Class 5 II:	55	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce	Kaplan / Rainville
Touring 1000 - Class 4 I:	64	Renault Dauphine	Michy / Foulgoc
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	19	Maserati 450S	Juan Manuel Fangio (RA)	3:24.5000	147.3194 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Ferrari (9), Maserati (7), Jaguar (6), Porsche (6), Lotus (4), Chevrolet (4), Arnolt-Bristol (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Ferrari (9), Maserati (7), Bristol (7), Jaguar (6), Porsche (6), BMC (6)
Top car types by numbers:	Jaguar D-type (6), Porsche 550 (5), Ferrari 500 TRC (4), Lotus Eleven (4), Arnolt-Bristol Bolide (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (106), GB (7), F (5), D (4), YV (4), I (3), PR (3), B (3), C (2), CDN (2), CH (2), RA (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (31), GB (9), I (7), F (3), D (2)
Most used colours:	red (35%), white (14%), light (14%), blue (6%), darker (6%), dark (6%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (88%), mid-engined (9%), rear-engined (3%)
Average engine size:	2250 cc
Oldest known drivers:	John B. Mull (56), Piero Taruffi (51), Jack Ensley (51)
Youngest known drivers:	Hans Herrmann (19), Lance Reventlow (21), Bobby Unser (23)
Female drivers:	Nadège Ferrier, Isabelle Haskell, Evelyn Mull, Gilberte Thirion, Margaret Wyllie

Official Race Programme:

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