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  • Italian Grand Prix 1957
  • Moss completes season with win in Italy

  • September 8, 1957: Stirling Moss ended the season on a high with victory at the Italian Grand Prix, his second successive win and a result which ensured he finished runner-up to the peerless Juan Manuel Fangio in the drivers' championship

  • Pescara Grand Prix 1957
  • Majestic Moss states case for Vanwall

  • August 18, 1957: For the first time in the history of the series, two races from the same country were on the world championship calendar

  • British Grand Prix 1957
  • Moss scores historic home win for Vanwall

  • July 20, 1957: After years of disappointment, only assuaged by Stirling Moss' win in 1955, the British Grand Prix gave the home crowd at Aintree cause for wild celebratio

  • French Grand Prix 1957
  • Three from three for Fangio in France

  • July 7, 1957: Juan Manuel Fangio moved effortlessly toward his fifth world title with his third win of the season at the French Grand Prix in Rouen. It was his fourth win in the race

  • Indianapolis 500 1957
  • Hanks bows out with an Indy win

  • May 30, 1957: Veteran Sam Hanks won the Indianapolis 500 at the 13th time of asking and immediately announced his retirement

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