1957 Pescara Grand Prix


The 1957 Pescara Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on 18 August 1957, at the Pescara Circuit near Pescara in Italy. It was race 7 of 8 in the 1957 World Championship of Drivers. The race, which was the only Formula One World Championship race at the track, was held at the longest ever circuit to stage a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix: the track is 25.8 km long and is now part of the SR16bis on the coast of Pescara. It was also the first of the two consecutive Italian races, and after the subsequent race at Monza was complete, it became the first time that two Formula One World Championship races had been held in the same country in the same year.
The event took place exceptionally due to the sudden cancellation of the Belgium and the Dutch Grand Prix. The temporary public road circuit used for this race was located near the town of Pescara. The Pescara circuit was renowned at the time as one of the most difficult and dangerous routes for motor racing; it became popular because of the automobile race Coppa Acerbo, held there since 1924.
The circuit was so dangerous that Enzo Ferrari, a man not known for compassion for his drivers, did not send his team to the race out of fear for his drivers' safety, coupled with safety fears following the Mille Miglia accident. However, he was persuaded by Luigi Musso to enter a single Ferrari 801 as Musso wanted to secure the Italian drivers' championship. Furthermore, approval to run at the circuit was reluctantly granted by ANAS after eleven people had been killed in an accident during the Mille Miglia race just three months before.
A unique incident occurred when Jack Brabham's F2 Cooper was running short of fuel far from the pits and he pulled into a roadside petrol station and topped up.
The race drew a crowd in excess of 200,000 spectators.

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