
Start. Juan Manuel Fangio, (32) Maserati 250F, Peter Collins, (26) Ferrari 801, Stirling Moss, (18) Vanwall VW3/4, Tony Brooks, (20) Vanwall VW7/V1, Mike Hawthorn, (28) Ferrari-Lancia D50, Carlos Mediteguy, (36) Maserati 250F, Harry Schell, (38), Maserati 250F, Wolfgang von Trips, (24) Ferrari 80I, Masten Gregory, (2) Maserati 250F, Ron Flockhart, (6) B.R.M. P25, Horace H. Gould, (22), Maserati 250F, Jack Brabham, (14) Cooper T43, Stewart Lewis-Evans, (10) Connaught B, Giorgio Scarlatti, (34) Maserati 250F, Ivor Bueb, (12), Connaugh B. Monaco Grand Prix 1957.
Drivers await the start on the sun-drenched grid of the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix. In the foreground, Juan Manuel Fangio in his Maserati 250F (32) is angled alongside Peter Collins in a Ferrari 801 (26) and Stirling Moss in a Vanwall (18). A massive, tiered grandstand is packed with spectators, craning for a view over trackside advertisements for Campari and Energol. Strong sunlight casts sharp shadows on the asphalt, with Monaco’s dense cityscape climbing the steep hill in the background.
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