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Event: Sveriges Grand PrixDate: 11.8.1957
Track: Rabelövsbanan, Kristianstad (Sweden), 6.537 kmsOrganiser: unknown

Sveriges Grand Prix
Weather:warm, mid-race rain
Start time:unknown
Grid:Le Mans start
Distance:6 hours
Attendance:30000
Entered:32
Practiced:30
Qualified:29
Started:29
Finished:18
Classified:18
Classes:PractStartClass
Sporscars over 2000 cc15149
Sporscars under 2000 cc15159
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Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held on 9-10/8
Winners:
Overall:7Maserati 450SBehra / Moss
Sporscars under 2000 cc:25Ferrari 500 TRCLincoln / Hietarinta
Fastest Laps:
Overall:7Maserati 450SJean Behra (F)2:20.9000167.0210 km/h
Sporscars under 2000 cc:20Ferrari 500 TRFrançois Picard (F)2:33.2000153.6110 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:7Maserati 450SJean Behra (F)1:22.5000165.1450 km/h
Sporscars under 2000 cc:23Maserati 200SIJosé Behra (F)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Ferrari (14), Maserati (5), Jaguar (3), Lotus (3), Porsche (2), Osca (2)
Top engines by numbers:Ferrari (14), Maserati (5), Jaguar (3), Climax (3), Porsche (2), Osca (2)
Top car types by numbers:Jaguar D-type (3), Ferrari 500 TRC (3), Lotus Eleven (3)
Driver nationalities:GB (15), S (11), B (10), F (6), FIN (6), USA (5), I (3)
Team nationalities:I (8), S (7), B (5), GB (5)
Most used colours:red (41%), blue (17%), yellow (16%), green (7%), black (6%), grey (5%)
Engine positions:front-engined (93%), mid-engined (7%)
Average engine size:2663 cc
Oldest known drivers:Jack Fairman (44), Heimo Hietarinta (41), Lars Finnilä (40)
Youngest known drivers:Archie Scott-Brown (20), Esko Keinänen (22), Peter Ashdown (23)
Female drivers:Isabelle Haskell

Official Race Programme:

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