Alt-1958: Season finished!

[Bandon23]

Norfolk Engineering Driver Bids:
Ivor Bueb
Bruce Halford
Mike Taylor
Innes Ireland
Colin Davis
Roy Salvadori
Tony Brooks
Horace Gould

[This Could Be You]

JBW are considering trialling a number of drivers in the three or four Grand Prix we'll be running in this year, but as the chances of someone actually signing for us over a more established team are very low, we'll only bid for Brian Naylor (with no wage, obviously) for now, and perhaps sign someone else later once the season's started.

[Aislabie]

The British Racing Partnership is only looking to have one regular driver for the 1958 season. In order of preference, we wish to approach:

Stirling Moss (£10,000, plus the fact that the team is run jointly by his father and his manager)
Stuart Lewis-Evans
Jim Russell *
Alan Stacey *
Tom Bridger *
Chris Bristow *
Ivor Bueb *

Additionally, our regular driver would be free to race for other teams in the Australian, Moroccan and United States Grands Prix.

We would also like to secure the services of any one of the drivers marked with an asterisk as a second driver for the Britsh Grand Prix, for which we will be renting some equipment.

[Gertrand Bachot]

I am willing to accept any driver, as long as they are prepared to go on without or with little wage.

[Gonzalez]

Connaught will scrap both of their chassis for £12,500 each as mentioned on chat.

Connaught will look at buying one new OSCA F158 for £27,500.

Connaught will also look at buying any of OSCAs 1957 chassis or F156 but if possible, we would also ask OSCA if possible to discount the price for a possible second chassis as Connaught are not able to dig in their money any further.

In other words, whilst we are set to have two cars this season, here are the driver bids for this season.

Car 1:
Staurt Lewis Evans £5 000
Jim Russell
Graham Hill
Mike Hawthorn

Car 2:
Duncan Hamilton £6 500
Graham Hill
Jim Russell
Mike Hawthorn

[pi314159]

Connaught will scrap both of their chassis for £12,500 each as mentioned on chat.

Connaught will look at buying one new OSCA F158 for £27,500.

Connaught will also look at buying any of OSCAs 1957 chassis or F156 but if possible, we would also ask OSCA if possible to discount the price for a possible second chassis as Connaught are not able to dig in their money any further.

O.S.C.A. confirms the sale of an F158 chassis to Connaught.

[TomWazzleshaw]

Team Lotus announce their intention to buy two new OSCA 1558 motors from the manufacturer for the combined price of 25,000

[Rated]

MSG Köthen's driver bid
Heinz Melkus

We're interested in buying an O.S.C.A. F158 - 1558 chassis + engine combo.

[kevinbotz]

B.C.M.A. will proceed to construct three RP.1001 Mk. II chassis and three A/AS Wyvern B engines, along with repairing all damages to RP.1001 chassis 3.

B.C.M.A. driver bids - 1958

Cars 1, 2, and 3:

Jack Brabham (£25,000)
Stirling Moss (£20,000)
Peter Collins (£15,000)
Mike Hawthorn
John Surtees
Duncan Hamilton
Tony Gaze
Robert Manzon

Cars 4 and 5 (1957-specification RP.1001, European races only):

John Surtees
Graham Hill
Phil Hill
Alan Stacey
Bruce McLaren
Innes Ireland

[pi314159]

O.S.C.A. confirms the deals with Lotus and MSG Köthen.

[TomWazzleshaw]

Team Lotus bid for the following drivers, in order of preference:

Maston Gregory (5,000)
Troy Ruttman (5,000)
Graham Hill (5,000)
Jo Bonnier
Phil Hill

[pi314159]

O.S.C.A. will make the following driver bids, intending to sign four full time drivers:

Stirling Moss (25k)
Peter Collins (25k)
Umberto Maglioli (15k)
Onofre Marimon (15k)
José Froilan Gonzalez (10k)
Redmont Gallagher (5k)
Ottorino Volonterio (5k)
Graham Hill (5k)
Phil Hill (5k)
Hermano da Silva Ramos (5k)

[Dom_Wings]

Rob Walker Racing will buy one O.S.C.A. F156A chassis for £15,000.

It will also sell Lotus 10 chassis 7 for any interested parties (price will be £12,500).

[pi314159]

Rob Walker Racing will buy one O.S.C.A. F156A chassis for £15,000.

It will also sell Lotus 10 chassis 7 for any interested parties (price will be £12,500).

F156A chassis 5 will be transferred to Rob Walker

[Gonzalez]

Connaught will rent one F156A from OSCA for the French GP with intentions to continue this full-time.

[Dom_Wings]

It will also sell Lotus 10 chassis 7 for any interested parties (price will be £12,500).

Rob Walker Racing has decided in the end that they will (for now) keep said Lotus 10 chassis.

[tommykl]

1958 Driver RNG
Joe Flynn
1-45: takes the BRM drive.
46-100: temporarily steps away from motorsport in the absence of an IRC opportunity.
27 - Flynn is the first driver to secure a drive for 1958.

Gilberte Thirion
1-40: prolongs her Hernandez career another year in the hope of success.
41-100: bring an end to her involvement in motorsport after a tragic and difficult 1957 season.
94 - Thirion retires from the sport, her injury proving to be the last straw.

Olivier Gendebien
1-95: accepts the works Ferrari deal for Spa and Zandvoort.
96-100: decides he wants to focus exclusively on sportscars in 1958.
25 - Gendebien accepts the offer with pleasure.

Heinz Melkus
1-90: carries on his stint with Köthen.
91-100: prefers to concentrate on local East German championships.
66 - Another easy signing made, confirming the East German presence in 1958.

Jack Brabham
1-60: stays with B.C.M.A., convinced by the upgraded chassis and engine.
61-95: switches to Cooper, swayed by the promise of a better car.
96-100: magnanimously turns down both offers and waits for other calls.
31 - for the first time since his Ferrari days, Jack Brabham stays put for a second season.

Masten Gregory
1-35: takes his first top drive with occasional sportscar employer Ferrari.
36-65: moves to Lotus to profit from the new Lotus 12.
66-95: remains with Centro Sud, swayed by a substantial financial offer.
96-100: waits for another offer to turn up.
16 - Although nominally signing on for just Sebring, Gregory will be under a Ferrari contract in 1958!

Juan Manuel Fangio
1-20: signs with Centro Sud for one last year in F1.
21-40: moves to fellow Argentine squad Hernandez.
41-60: joins Alexander Racing Team as they return to privateer status.
61-100: retires from motorsport after claiming one last victory.
82 - After a decent 1957 season, veteran Fangio calls an end to his F1 career.

Georges Burggraf
1-45: follows Voeckler after the Gordini restructuring.
46-90: maintains his allegiance to ART for 1958.
91-100: prefers to race in sportscars instead.
71 - Burggraf is the first driver to sign for the post-Gordini Alexander team.

Maria Teresa de Filippis
1-85: accepts a serious offer from ART for 1958.
86-100: takes a step back to explore other opportunities.
96 - Unenthused by the offer, de Filippis turns it down.

Lucien Bianchi
1-90: takes the role of second driver with ART.
91-100: focuses on his growing sportscar commitments.
37 - Lucien doesn't think twice and takes the chance of another F1 drive.

André Simon
1-95: continues his successful association with Voeckler.
96-100: steps back from F1 aged 38.
36 - No controversy as Simon carries on with Voeckler for another year.

Óscar Alfredo Gálvez
1-80: accepts the job of a full-time F1 drive.
81-100: prefers to stay in Argentina to try for a fifth Turismo Carretera title.
62 - After being rejected by its preferred drivers, Hernandez finally signs the elder Gálvez brother.

Robert Manzon
1-70: remains in F1 with the newly-minted Voeckler team.
71-100: retires from motorsport at the age of 40.
20 - Manzon piles on for one more year with the French squad.

Maurice Trintignant
1-90: takes the Voeckler drive after a lacklustre year with Walker.
91-100: prefers to focus on non-championship and sportscar races in 1958.
90 - Maurice thinks long and hard about the offer, but eventually accepts, completing Voeckler's 1958 line-up.

Tony Gaze
1-95: drives in Albert Park for Ferrari before retiring from the sport.
96-100: bows out of motor racing after a good end to 1957.
100 - No amount of persuasion could have tempted Gaze for one more race. The Australian bows out of the sport at the age of 38.

Hernando da Silva Ramos
1-80: accepts the Centro Sud offer and the £10 000 associated with it
81-100: waits for other offers to come in later on.
3 - After many years of hurt, Ramos is grateful that anyone is willing to hire him.

Consalvo Sanesi
1-50: carries on in F1 for another year with Centro Sud.
51-100: goes back to testing full-time with Alfa Romeo.
30 - Rather uninspiredly, Sanesi carries on for yet another year.

Hans Herrmann
1-80: takes up the offer to drive for Ugolini in 1958.
81-100: focuses on sportscars while waiting for a late offer.
11 - Herrmann would really quite like a drive, so he jumps on the chance.

André Guelfi
1-70: accepts the Ugolini drive after Maghreb's demise.
71-100: prefers to drive in sportscars exclusively despite the Moroccan Grand Prix's calendar presence.
36 - A relatively straightforward signing for Ugolini, securing both drivers quite quickly.

Jean Behra
1-85: accepts the one-off Ferrari appearance.
86-100: prefers to race in sportscars and non-championship races.
18 - Behra doesn't need much convincing to accept the drive.

Troy Ruttman
1-80: accepts the offer from Lotus for £5 000.
81-100: prefers to wait for another offer, preferably a few races into the season.
56 - Troy Ruttman will be Lotus' lead driver going into 1958.

John Surtees
1-50: "Cars? Sure, why not. How hard can it be?"
51-100: "Cars? No thank you, that's two wheels too many."
30 - Despite literally no experience racing on four wheels, John Surtees will drive in Formula 1 in 1958!

Ron Flockhart
1-80: accepts the local drives for Ecosse after a very long career false start.
81-100: waits for the familiar BRM offer to roll in.
44 - A no-brainer for Ron, really.

Duncan Hamilton
1-35: accepts Connaught's desperate offer.
36-100: waits for other offers if they indeed do come.
95 - Hamilton was never taking that drive in a million years.

Ninian Sanderson
1-90: takes the Ecurie Ecosse drive.
91-100: prefers to pass on the offer this time around.
11 - Sanderson is happy to repeat his Formula 1 experience for another year.

Ivor Bueb
1-45: accepts the Norfolk offer to replace Archie Scott Brown.
46-75: prefers to drive for BRM in 1958.
76-100: sits on the sidelines for a while to explore his options.
67 - Ivor will drive for BRM in 1958, joining Flynn.

Bruce Halford
1-80: accepts Norfolk's offer of a drive.
81-100: prefers to remain an independent driver.
41 - Bruce Halford will be carrying the hopes of the cash-strapped Norfolk squad in 1958.

Graham Hill
1-90: accepts employment from Her Majesty's Government with B.C.M.A.
91-95: decides instead to drive for Connaught, for some reason.
96-100: prefers to explore the potential for other drives.
88 - Although he seriously considers other options, Hill finally signs for B.C.M.A., driving an older car with John Surtees.

Phil Hill
1-85: agrees to sign for Ferrari to drive in Sebring, and perhaps more.
86-100: waits for other offers and drives in sportscars in the meantime.
75 - The American Hill joins the Ferrari line-up.

Wolfgang von Trips
1-90: renews his contract with Ferrari for 1958.
91-100: prefers to ensure a full-time drive comes his way rather than just in Germany.
26 - Von Trips is the next driver to sign as a part-time Ferrari man.

Umberto Maglioli
1-80: stays with Ferrari for 1958, hoping for a first win.
81-100: waits for offers from Cooper and O.S.C.A.
28 - Maglioli continues Ferrari's streak of securing preferred drivers.

Jim Russell
1-45: takes a chance on the new British Racing Partnership team.
46-80: prefers to help out the Connaught team.
81-100: returns to British F3, his usual stomping ground.
2 - Jim Russell is the first driver signed by BRP.

Alan Stacey
1-80: remains with Owen Racing Organisation for another year.
81-100: waits for another offer to come along.
46 - Stacey stays put at Owen for another year.

Jack Fairman
1-75: carries on with Owen full time for another season.
76-100: prefers to focus on his tooling business.
9 - Owen secures their 1957 line-up for another year.

Stuart Lewis-Evans
1-55: takes on the Connaught job for another season.
56-100: prefers to wait for a better option as the second wave of signings approaches.
28 - Lewis-Evans rather pessimistically remains with Connaught for 1958.

Mike Hawthorn
1-25: moves to Rob Walker Racing for a new season.
26-30: makes the interesting career choice of driving for Connaught.
31-100: waits for offers from Ferrari, Cooper and B.C.M.A.
77 - Hawthorn, entirely unenthused, waits for other offers.

Stirling Moss
1-5: signs for Rob Walker Racing.
6-15: signs for Vanwall.
16-30: signs for Cooper.
31-35: signs for BRP.
36-65: signs for B.C.M.A.
66-95: signs for O.S.C.A.
96-100: waits for another potential offer.
50 - Stirling Moss joins Jack Brabham at B.C.M.A. guaranteeing a heated season to come.

Tom Bridger
1-85: makes his F1 début with the British Racing Partnership.
86-100: prefers to take a year in Formula 2 before making the jump.
76 - After a little thought, Bridger agrees to drive for BRP alongside F3 rival Jim Russell.

José Froilán González
1-40: agrees to make the jump to Rob Walker Racing.
41-100: waits for the O.S.C.A. offer to come in.
5 - González leaves O.S.C.A., disappointed with their handling of their off-season affairs!

Peter Collins
1-5: signs for Rob Walker Racing.
6-30: signs for Ferrari.
31-40: signs for Vanwall.
41-55: signs for Cooper.
56-70: signs for B.C.M.A.
71-95: signs for O.S.C.A.
96-100: waits for another offer.
10 - Peter Collins signs for Ferrari, tempted by the cool £30 000 and disillusioned by the B.C.M.A. team orders.

Mike Hawthorn
1-30: signs for Ferrari.
31-40: signs for Vanwall.
41-60: signs for Cooper.
61-95: signs for B.C.M.A.
96-100: waits for yet more offers.
57 - Cooper finally makes a signing for the 1958 season!

Onofre Marimón
1-65: takes the O.S.C.A. drive as a step up from Asso di Fiori.
66-95: moves to Ferrari, joining Collins and Maglioli.
96-100: waits for other potential offers.
69 - In another shocking twist, Marimón turns down O.S.C.A.'s bid, leaving them with still no drivers signed.

Jo Bonnier
1-25: accepts Walker's offer for a drive alongside González.
26-70: signs for Cooper along with Mike Hawthorn.
71-100: waits for offers from short-handed teams.
79 - Bonnier prefers to wait for other teams' bids, as O.S.C.A. will be looking for at least another driver.

Bruce McLaren
1-85: eagerly accepts the Cooper offer to race in Formula 1.
86-100: moves to Europe, but prefers to stick to Formula 2 to gain experience first.
8 - Bruce was always going to accept the offer, although it remains to be seen whether he'll be accepted by European organisers.

Duncan Hamilton
1-25: takes the Walker drive with González.
26-55: accepts a renewal offer from Vanwall.
56-90: takes up a new job for Her Majesty's Government with B.C.M.A.
91-100: prefers to call a day on his F1 career after a fruitful 1957 season.
88 - He thought about retiring, but Hamilton takes the final open seat with B.C.M.A. with Brabham, Moss, Hill and Surtees.

Redmond Gallagher
1-55: agrees to make up the short-handed team at O.S.C.A. for the time being.
56-100: prefers to put an end to his racing career at age 43.
5 - Gallagher agrees to take the drive at O.S.C.A. after everyone else declined.

Roy Salvadori
1-80: accepts Vanwall's offer for a full time drive.
81-100: returns to sportscar racing, content with its simplicity.
7 - Vanwall, all other offers declined, finally signs Roy Salvadori, who hopes to finally kick-start his full-time career.

Ottorino Volonterio
1-85: takes the drive with O.S.C.A. for a third year running.
86-100: prefers to wait a bit, not confident about the current state of the team.
46 - Volonterio joins Gallagher at O.S.C.A.

[tommykl]

1958 team rosters
British Racing Motors
Joe Flynn
Ivor Bueb

Scuderia Ferrari
Olivier Gendebien
Masten Gregory
Jean Behra
Phil Hill
Wolfgang von Trips
Umberto Maglioli
Peter Collins
Onofre Marimón

MSG Köthen
Heinz Melkus

British Commonwealth Motorsport Association
Jack Brabham
John Surtees
Graham Hill
Stirling Moss
Duncan Hamilton

Alexander Racing Team
Georges Burggraf
Lucien Bianchi

Écurie Voeckler
André Simon
Robert Manzon
Maurice Trintignant

Escuderia Hernandez
Óscar Alfredo Gálvez

Scuderia Centro Sud
Hernando da Silva Ramos
Consalvo Sanesi

Scuderia Ugolini
Hans Herrmann
André Guelfi

Team Lotus
Troy Ruttman

Écurie Écosse
Ron Flockhart
Ninian Sanderson

Norfolk Engineering
Bruce Halford

British Racing Partnership
Jim Russell
Tom Bridger

Owen Racing Organisation
Alan Stacey
Jack Fairman
Maria Teresa de Filippis

Connaught Engineering
Stuart Lewis-Evans
Archie Scott Brown

Rob Walker Racing
José Froilán González
Harry Schell
Dan Gurney

Cooper Car Company
Mike Hawthorn
Bruce McLaren
Cliff Allison
Luigi Musso

Officine Specializzate Construzione Automobili
Redmond Gallagher
Ottorino Volonterio
Juan Manuel Fangio
Jo Bonnier
Giulio Cabianca

Vandervell Product, Ltd.
Roy Salvadori

Hampshire Racing Alliance
Henry Taylor

Automobiles Deutsch & Bonnet
Mario de Araujo Cabral
Robert La Caze

Écurie Guillon Bachot
Bruce Kessler

Reg Parnell Racing
André Pilette

Asso di Fiori
Christian Goethals

[TomWazzleshaw]

Team Lotus will offer Jo Bonnier and Mike Hawthorn 5,000 to sign for the team's second car

[Gonzalez]

Ken McAllpine and the rest of Connaught are currently unhappy about the way they have been referred to as stated above, as despite having to lose their manufacturer status, would remain optimistic to winning the championship in next few years.

In another case, Connaught-McAllpine will lure Archie-Scott Brown and Horace Gould in order, to race for the second seat.

[Peteroli34]

Cooper Will Buy 3 Climax FPV V. Engines for £45,000. Cooper will also attempt to Sign Jo Bonnier to join the team.

[Aislabie]

Perfectly fine with the drivers we have, but how come Stuart Lewis-Evans didn't even consider the BRP offer?

[tommykl]

Perfectly fine with the drivers we have, but how come Stuart Lewis-Evans didn't even consider the BRP offer?

The RNG works in a way such that only first-choice bids are RNGd at any one time. Considering Moss hadn't been RNGd yet, Lewis-Evans hadn't yet 'received' the BRP offer.

[Dom_Wings]

Rob Walker Racing

Car 2:

Harry Schell
Dan Gurney
Giulio Cabianca
Luigi Musso
B. Bira
Tony Bettenhausen

Car 3 (part-time):

Dan Gurney
Luigi Musso
Innes Ireland
B. Bira
Tony Bettenhausen
Jim Rathmann
Jimmy Bryan

Owen Racing Organisation

Car 3 (part-time):

Chris Bristow (£2,500)
Jimmy Davies
Dan Gurney
Maria Teresa de Filippis
Innes Ireland
Roy Salvadori
Cliff Allison

[Londoner]

Having finally got their house in order, Hampshire Racing Alliance would like to purchase a VW58-VE2 combination from Vanwall for £41,000.

HRA would like to make offers to the following drivers:

Henry Taylor
Mike Taylor
John Taylor

The current O.S.C.A F156A/Vanwall VE2 combination we own will be entered at select European races during the season, details TBA.

[Aislabie]

Perfectly fine with the drivers we have, but how come Stuart Lewis-Evans didn't even consider the BRP offer?

The RNG works in a way such that only first-choice bids are RNGd at any one time. Considering Moss hadn't been RNGd yet, Lewis-Evans hadn't yet 'received' the BRP offer.

Ah fair. Still a shame because we'd probably have given him a better car, but Jim Russell must be one of the most gifted drivers never to make it to real-life F1 so I like that he's got the chance in this timeline

[Nuppiz]

Having finally got their house in order, Hampshire Racing Alliance would like to purchase a VW58-VE2 combination from Vanwall for £41,000.

Sold!

We thank you for being a loyal customer.

[Miguel98]

Cooper Will Buy 3 Climax FPV V. Engines for £45,000. Cooper will also attempt to Sign Jo Bonnier to join the team.

Climax confirms they will build two more Climax FPV V engines and will deliver all 3 in their inventory to Cooper in exchange of 45,000.

[FantometteBR]

Have been freaking busy these days and I forgot it.... darn...

[pi314159]

O.S.C.A. will try to hire two more drivers.

Car 3:
1. Jo Bonnier
2. Giulio Cabianca
3. B. Bira
4. Jimmy Bryan

Car 4:
1. Juan Manuel Fangio
2. Jo Bonnier
3. Giulio Cabianca
4. B. Bira

Car 5: (will only be entered if Fangio and Bonnier both sign)
1. Giulio Cabianca

[tommykl]

RNG: Round Deux
Archie Scott Brown
1-50: agrees to drive for Connaught, settling for any F1 drive.
51-100: prefers to focus on his sportscar entries after disappointing results in F1.
21 - Archie Scott Brown agrees to drive for Connaught in 1958.

Harry Schell
1-85: agrees to drive for Rob Walker.
86-100: prefers to drive in sportscars, disappointed with his recent F1 stints.
47 - Schell joins González at Rob Walker's new line-up.

Chris Bristow
1-80: agrees to drive in the British Grand Prix for Owen after just two years of club racing.
81-100: aged just 20, decides not to take the drive.
92 - Bristow may have youthful exuberance on his side, but he just doesn't feel ready to jump into an F1 car just yet.

Jimmy Davies
1-25: agrees to renew his declining career with an Owen drive in Europe.
26-100: prefers to go back to the sprint cars he started with.
37 - Always a long shot, Jimmy Davies is confused by the call and turns it down.

Henry Taylor
1-80: after years of F3 and sportscar success, Henry combines a Hampshire F1 campaign with a year in F2.
81-100: prefers to establish himself in Formula 2 before racing in F1 full-time.
13 - Hampshire will benefit from Taylor's youth and pace.

Juan Manuel Fangio
1-50: convinced to leave his declared retirement to race another year with O.S.C.A.
51-100: remains retired for good.
47 - The Argentine thinks it over, but the Italian team's conundrum and good atmosphere entice him back for one last year!

Dan Gurney
1-30: agrees to move to Europe to drive for Rob Walker.
31-60: does the move to Britain, but drives for Alfred Owen.
61-100: prefers to take 1958 to develop his skills in sportscars with the promise of a Le Mans drive.
3 - In a rather meteoric rise, Dan Gurney has agreed to drive for Rob Walker Racing, but whether European organisers will accept him or not remains to be seen.

Maria Teresa de Filippis
1-80: agrees to a drive with Owen to recover from her Cooper days.
81-100: leaves her F1 days behind her to drive in sportscars for the year.
38 - This completes Owen Racing Organisation's 1958 line-up.

Jo Bonnier
1-35: swayed by an actual salary, the Swede decides to join Troy Ruttman at Lotus.
36-65: preferring a more recently successful teammate as partner, joins Cooper with Hawthorn.
66-95: moves to the defending constructors' champion O.S.C.A.
96-100: takes a year out of F1 to weigh up his career options.
73 - Jo Bonnier joins O.S.C.A., salvaging the Italian squad's otherwise rocky off-season!

Giulio Cabianca
1-85: signs with O.S.C.A. after being left on the sidelines by Ferrari.
86-100: takes the year to focus on his sportscar commitments.
85 - It takes some convincing, but Cabianca finally decides to join O.S.C.A. as part-time fifth driver.

[DemocalypseNow]

Scuderia Ferrari and Team Lotus have reached a driver-sharing agreement for the duration of the 1958 season.

Team Lotus will be able to select any of the following drivers for any race this year, so long as they have not already been selected by Ferrari for the same grand prix in question;

Olivier Gendebien
Masten Gregory
Jean Behra
Phil Hill
Wolfgang von Trips

Ferrari will hold a right of veto over any Lotus selection at any race for any reason it deems fit. Ferrari will be required to provide a driver from the above list for every race in 1958, but it is not obliged to provide a specific driver for any race.

Team Lotus will send the following equipment to Scuderia Ferrari with immediate effect;

B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin engine 6
B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin engine 7
B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin engine 8
A wax figurine of Kenneth McAlpine

Scuderia Ferrari will then sell this B.C.M.A. equipment to collectors. The Kenneth McAlpine figurine will be used as a decorative item in the men's bathrooms at Maranello.

[FantometteBR]

If he is still available Maserati would like to soldier one more year with Gerino Gerini

[tommykl]

Gerino Gerini
1-75: piles on for another season with Maserati.
76-100: prefers to sit this offer out.
97 - Gerino really doesn't want another year in Modena.

[Nessafox]

Reg Parnell doesnt mind doing a few races for Maserati. (except those on the British Isles)

[Peteroli34]

Cooper Will attempt to sign as many of the Following drivers as possible

Cliff Allison
B Bira
Luigi Musso

If any team has an old Cooper Chassis/Engine that they want to sell.

[Nessafox]

Cooper Will attempt to sign as many of the Following drivers as possible

Cliff Allison
B Bira
Luigi Musso

If any team has an old Cooper Chassis/Engine that they want to sell.

Depends what prize you give...

[tommykl]

The Ill-Advised 1958 Season Preview - Part 1

I begin to write this extensive piece of writing in a student flat in Oxfordshire, with coursework deadlines and impending exams. The landscape is covered with a shallow layer of snow, yet the university has deemed it wise to close all campus buildings for 36 hours. It is surrounded by this academically-decreed apocalypse that I commence work on this vague bit of exposition for the coming season.

And what a season it promises to be.

British Commonwealth Motorsport Association
After winning their second entrants' title in three years of operation, B.C.M.A. remain favourites for 1958. With an updated package, flawless preparation and a line-up as star-studded as ever, they will be the team to beat. However, with new cars from O.S.C.A., Ferrari and Cooper rumoured to be just as good as the B.C.M.A., it's very possible that they will find it much harder to stay on top. Her Majesty's lack of reliability may prove fatal to their title hopes, but with defending triple-champion Jack Brabham, close runner-up Stirling Moss, dependable Brits Duncan Hamilton and Graham Hill and motorcycling prodigy John Surtees in the line-up, they certainly mean business.

Jack Brabham - 31 - AUS
Formula 1
40 entries
39 starts
104 points
12 podiums
11 pole positions
11 fastest laps
10 championship Grand Prix victories (1 in 1954, 2 in 1955, 3 in 1956, 4 in 1957)
World Champion in 1955, 1956 and 1957
Non-championship
1955 Australian Grand Prix winner
3rd place in the 1956 Aintree 200
3rd place in the 1956 Vanwall Trophy
4th place in the 1955 Redex Trophy
4th place in the 1955 Daily Record Trophy
4th place in the 1955 New Zealand Grand Prix
4th place in the 1957 Glover Trophy
Sportscars
Winner of the 1957 Prix de Paris (S+750)
2nd place in the 1956 Shell Cup Imola
2nd place in the 1957 Ardmore Grand Prix
4th place in the 1955 12 Hours of Hyères (with Tom Sulman)
Multiple podiums in British national races
Others
1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951 Australian Speedcar Champion
1949 South Australian Speedcar Champion
1951 Australian Hillclimb Champion
1953 Queensland Road Racing Champion

Stirling Moss - 28 - GBR
Formula 1
62 entries
60 starts
72 points
10 podiums
3 pole positions
4 championship Grand Prix victories (1 in 1956, 3 in 1957)
World Championship runner-up in 1957
Non-championship wins
1953 London Trophy
1954 and 1955 International Gold Cups
1954 Goodwood Trophy
1954 Daily Telegraph Trophy
1956 New Zealand Grand Prix
1956 Glover Trophy
1956 Aintree 200
1956 International Trophy
1957 Coppa Acerbo
Sportscar wins
1950, 1951 and 1955 Tourist Trophies (1955 with Hans Herrmann)
1951 and 1952 Silverstone Internationals
1951, 1955 and 1956 British Empire Trophies
1951 Wakefield Trophy
1952 Grand Prix de Reims
1953 12 Hours of Reims (with Peter Whitehead)
1954 12 Hours of Sebring (with Bill Lloyd)
1955 Mille Miglia (with Denis Jenkinson)
1955 Monsanto Grand Prix
1955 Targa Florio (with Peter Collins)
1956 Ardmore Grand Prix
1956 1000km of Buenos Aires (with Carlos Menditéguy)
1956 1000km Nürburgring (with Harry Schell, Jean Behra and Carlos Menditéguy)
1956 Silverstone Grand Prix
1956 Gran Premio di Bari
1956 Venezuelan Grand Prix
1956 Australian TT
1956 and 1957 Nassau Trophies
1957 Swedish Grand Prix (with Jean Behra)

Duncan Hamilton - 37 - GBR
Formula 1
29 entries
18 starts
16 points
Best championship finish of 12th (1956)
Non-championship
2nd place in the 1951 International Trophy
3rd place in the 1951 and 1952 Richmond Trophies
4th place in the 1948 Zandvoort Grand Prix
4th place in the 1952 Internationales ADAC Eifelrennen
5th place in the 1948 Goodwood Trophy
Sportscar wins
1953 24 Hours of le Mans (with Tony Rolt)
1954 and 1956 Coupes de Paris
1954 Aintree International
1956 12 Hours of Reims (with Ivor Bueb)
10 British and Irish national races in Goodwood, the Curragh, Boreham, Silverstone and Snetterton

Graham Hill - 29 - GBR
Formula 1
3 entries
3 starts
3 points
Best championship finish of 18th (1957)
Non-championship
13th place in the 1957 International Trophy
Sportscars
10th place in the 1955 2 Hours of Dakar (with Dan Margulies)
Numerous podiums in British national races including victories at Brands Hatch and Silverstone
British Formula 3
Occasional junior top 5 finishes in 1954 and 1955

John Surtees - 24 - GBR
Four wheels
Nothing to see here.
GP Motorcycles
10 podiums
6 Grand Prix wins
500cc World Champion in 1956

Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili
Through superior reliability and an aggressive marketing strategy, O.S.C.A. overcame a slight deficit in pace to pip B.C.M.A. to the constructors' title in 1957. However, despite coming off the back of their most successful season to date, the team completely failed to retain their successful driver line-up following major administrative tensions. They eventually retained the services of Ottorino Volonterio and persuaded Juan Manuel Fangio to compete for a final season. Irish specialist Red Gallagher was also convinced to turn full-time, with Jo Bonnier and Giulio Cabianca secured as last-minute signings. With what seems to be a second-rate line-up, the Italian squad will start 1958 on the back foot.

Jo Bonnier - 28 - SWE
Formula 1
16 entries
16 starts
14 points
2 podiums
Best championship finish of 8th (1957)
Non-championship
4th place in the 1957 International Trophy
4th place in the 1957 Grand Prix de Caen
5th place in the 1958 Buenos Aires Grand Prix
7th in the 1957 Argentine Grand Prix
Sportscar wins
1955 Swedish Grand Prix (GT2.0 class)
1955 Kannonloppet (GT2.0 class)
1955 Stockholmsloppet (S+2.0 class)
1956 1000km Nürburgring (GT1.3 class with Herbert McKay-Fraser)
1956 Berlin Grand Prix (GT1.3)
1957 Eläintarhanajot
1957 Rheinland Nürburgring (GT1.3)
Rallies
4th place in the 1954 Rally to the Midnight Sun

Juan Manuel Fangio - 46 - ARG
Formula 1
50 entries
48 starts
66 points
6 podiums
3 pole positions
3 fastest laps
3 championship Grand Prix victories (1 each in 1950, 1953 and 1957)
Best championship finish of 3rd (in 1950)
Non-championship wins
1949 Gran Premio Mar del Plata
1949 and 1950 San Remo Grands Prix
1949 and 1950 Grands Prix de Pau
1949 Grand Prix du Roussillon
1949 Grand Prix de Marseille
1949 Monza Grand Prix
1949 San Martin Grand Prix
1949 Grand Prix de l'Albigeois
1950 Grand Prix d'Angoulême
1950 Grand Prix des Nations
1950 Pescara Grand Prix
1951 Bari Grand Prix
1951 Swiss Grand Prix
1951 Spanish Grand Prix
1952, 1956, 1957 and 1958 Buenos Aires Grands Prix
1953 Modena Grand Prix
1954, 1956 and 1957 Argentine Grands Prix
1956 Syracuse Grand Prix
Sportscar wins
1950 500 miles of Rafaela
1952 Interlagos Grand Prix
1952 Boa Vista Grand Prix
1953 Supercortemaggiore
1953 Carrera Panamericana (with Gino Bronzoni)
1955 Venezuela Grand Prix
1956 12 Hours of Sebring (with Eugenio Castellotti)
1957 Gran Premio de Cuba
1957 12 Hours of Sebring (with Jean Behra)
1957 Monsanto Grand Prix
1957 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
1957 Saõ Paulo Grand Prix
Other wins
1940 and 1941 Turrismo Carretera Argentina
1940 Gran Premio Internacional del Norte
1941 Gran Premio “Getulio Vargas” Brasil
1941 Mil Millas Argentinas
1947 Premios Primavera Mecánica Argentine
1947 Premio de Mecánica Argentina
1947 Premio de Mecánica Rioplatense
1948 Premio Doble vuelta Ciudad de Coronel Pringles
1948 Gran Premio Otoño
1948 Gran Premio Ciudad de Mercedes
1949 Premio Jean Pierre Wimille
1949 Premio Fraile Muerto
1950 Gran Premio de Paraná
1950 Gran Premio del Presidente Alessandri
1952 Uruguay Grand Prix
1952 Montevideo Grand Prix
1953 Vues des Alpes

Ottorino Volonterio - 40 - SUI
Formula 1
21 entries
21 starts
23 points
3 podiums
Best championship finish of 7th (1956)
Non-championship
5th place in the 1956 Naples Grand Prix
7th place in the 1955 Naples Grand Prix
Other
3rd place in the 1952 Malloja Pass hillclimb

Giulio Cabianca - 34 - ITA
Formula 1
15 entries
15 starts
3 points
Best championship finish of 17th place (1957)
Sportscar wins
1949 Ferrara sportscar race
1949 Circuito di Tergullio
1951 and 1956 Giri delle Calabria (1951 with Giovanni Capuzzo)
1951 and 1952 Circuito di Senigallia
1952 Mille Miglia (Sport 1.1) (with Guido Roghi)
1952 Giro dell'Umbria (with Guido Roghi)
1952 Circuito di Caserta
1953 Cidonio Grand Prix
1956 Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti
1955 Targa Florio (Sport 1.5) (with Piero Carini)
1956 Mille Miglia (Sport 1.5)
1956 Gran Premio di Roma (Sport 750)

Redmond Gallagher - 43 - IRL
Formula 1
6 entries
5 starts
Best race finish of 8th
Sportscars
Winner of the 1954 Wakefield Trophy Formula Libre race
First in class in the 1953 and 1954 Tourist Trophies (S1.5 class) (1953 with Pierce Cahill, 1954 with Don Beauman)
3rd place in the 1951 Phoenix Park Formula Libre handicap

Scuderia Ferrari
Year after year, the Scuderia claws its way back from its 1955 near-death. In 1957, podiums remained hard to come by, but consistent points finishes from Umberto Maglioli propelled him to fourth place in the drivers' standings and Ferrari to third in the entrants' standings, helped by two late-season podiums from the retiring Tony Gaze. With this momentum and a promising new car for 1958, the Maranello squad has netted star signings Peter Collins and Onofre Marimón to partner Maglioli, with five highly-rated sportscar aces also joining the F1 operation in the revolving-door fourth entry. Watch out for them this year.

Peter Collins - 26 - GBR
Formula 1
43 entries
41 starts
64 points
9 podiums
6 pole positions
6 fastest laps
2 championship Grand Prix victories (1 each in 1955 and 1957)
World Championship runner-up in 1955
Non-championship wins
1955 International Trophy
1957 Syracuse Grand Prix
1957 Naples Grand Prix
Sportscar wins
1952 9 hours of Goodwood (with Pat Griffith)
1953 Tourist Trophy (with Pat Griffith)
1955 Targa Florio (with Stirling Moss)
1956 Giro di Sicilia (with Louis Klementaski)
1956 Supercortemaggiore (with Mike Hawthorn)
1957 Venezuelan Grand Prix (with Phil Hill)
1958 1000km Buenos Aires (with Phil Hill)
5 national British race victories in Silverstone, Goodwood, Croft and Gamston
Other
3rd place in the 1951 British Formula 3 championship

Umberto Maglioli - 29 - ITA
Formula 1
36 entries
25 starts
39 points
3 podiums
Best championship finish of 4th (1957)
Non-championship
3rd place in the 1955 Argentine Grand Prix (with Giuseppe Farina and Maurice Trintignant)
7th place in the 1954 Bari Grand Prix
8th place in the 1954 Buenos Aires Grand Prix
8th place in the 1957 Naples Grand Prix
Sportscar wins
1953 and 1956 Targa Florio
1953 12 Hours of Pescara (with Mike Hawthorn)
1953 Guadalupe Grand Prix
1954 1000km of Buenos Aires (with Giuseppe Farina)
1954 Imola Grand Prix
1954 Supercortemaggiore (with Mike Hawthorn)
1954 Circuito di Senigallia (S+2.0)
1954 Carrera Panamericana
1955 Gran Premio di Mugello
1957 Mille Miglia (S1.5 class)
1957 1000km Nürburgring (S1.5 class) (with Edgar Barth)

Onofre Marimón - 34 - ARG
Formula 1
27 entries
16 starts
19 points
2 podiums
1 championship Grand Prix victory (1957)
Best championship finish of 5th place (1957)
Non-championship
Winner of the 1954 Rome Grand Prix
2nd place in the 1953 Modena Grand Prix
4th place in the 1954 Bari Grand Prix

Masten Gregory - 25 - USA
Formula 1
13 entries
13 starts
3 points
Best championship finish of 19th (1957)
Non-championship
4th place in the 1957 Grand Prix de Pau
4th place in the 1957 Coppa Acerbo
5th place in the Gran Premio di Napoli
5th place in the International Trophy
Sportscar wins
1954 Aintree International
1954 Nassau Trophy
1955 Monsanto Grand Prix
1956 Nassau Ferrari Race
1957 1000km Buenos Aires (with Eugenio Castellotti and Luigi Musso)
1957 Nassau Time Trial
7 Golden Gate, Offutt, Thompson, Palm Springs, Torrey Pines

Phil Hill - 30 - USA
Formula 1
3 entries
3 starts
Best result of 9th
Sportscars
Winner of the 1955 Nassau Trophy
Winner of the 1956 Swedish Grand Prix (with Maurice Trintignant)
Winner of the 1956 5 Hours of Messina
Winner of the 1957 Venezuelan Grand Prix (with Peter Collins)
Winner of the 1957 Governor's Trophy (S+2.0)
Winner of the 1958 1000km of Buenos Aires (with Peter Collins)
2nd place at the 1954 Carrera Panamericana (with Richie Ginther)
2nd place at the 1955 12 Hours of Sebring (with Luigi Chinetti)
2nd place at the 1955 Governor's Trophy
2nd place at the 1956 1000km of Buenos Aires (with Olivier Gendebien)
2nd place at the 1956 Circuito do Porto
2nd place at the 1957 12 Hours of Reims (with Wolfgang Seidel)
2nd place at the 1957 Swedish Grand Prix (with Peter Collins)
3rd place at the 1956 1000km of the Nürburgring (with Olivier Gendebien and Alfonso de Portago)
20 SCCA wins at Carrell, Pebble Beach, Torrey Pines, Elkhart Lake, Santa Barbara, Madera, Beverly, Seafair, Sacramento, Glendale, Pomona and Palm Springs

Jean Behra - 36 - FRA
Formula 1
30 entries
11 starts
Best finish of 9th place
Non-championship wins
1952 Grand Prix de la Marne
1952 Circuit du Lac
1954 Grand Prix de Cadours
1955 and 1957 Grands Prix de Pau
1955 Grand Prix de Bordeaux
1957 Grand Prix de Caen
1957 International Trophy
1957 Modena Grand Prix
Sportscar wins
1954 Coupes du Salon
1955 and 1956 Bari Grands Prix (S+2.0)
1955 Supercortemaggiore (with Luigi Musso)
1955 Circuito do Porto
1955 500km of the Nürburgring
1956 1000km of the Nürburgring (with Harry Schell, Carlos Menditéguy and Stirling Moss)
1956 1000km de Paris (with Louis Rosier)
1956 Grand Premio di Roma (S2.0/GT+2.0)
1957 12 Hours of Sebring (with Juan Manuel Fangio)
1957 Swedish Grand Prix (with Stirling Moss)
Other
French Motorcycle Champion in 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951
1950 Mont Ventoux Hill Climb winner

Wolfgang von Trips - 29 - GER
Formula 1
4 entries
2 starts
Retired both times
Non-championship
6th place in the 1957 Argentine Grand Prix (with Peter Collins and Cesare Perdisa)
8th place in the 1957 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (with Peter Collins)
Sportscars
Winner of the 1956 Berlin Grand Prix (GT+2.0/S1.5)
2nd place in the 1954 Eifelrennen Nürburgring (GT1.6)
2nd place in the 1956 Solituderennen (S1.5)
2nd place in the 1956 Swedish Grand Prix (with Peter Collins)
2nd place in the 1957 Mille Miglia
2nd place in the 1957 1000km of Buenos Aires (with Olivier Gendebien and Luigi Musso)
3rd place in the 1954 Rheinland Nürburgring (GT1.6)
3rd place in the 1955 Tourist Trophy (with Karl Kling and André Simon)
3rd place in the 1957 Venezuelan Grand Prix (with Wolfgang Seidel)

Olivier Gendebien - 34 - BEL
Formula 1
8 entries
3 starts
Best finish of 11th
Non-championship
5th place in the 1956 Argentine Grand Prix
6th place in the 1956 Buenos Aires Grand Prix
Sportscar wins
1953 Coupe de Spa
1955 Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti
1957 Giro di Sicilia
1957 12 Hours of Reims (with Paul Frère)
1957 Tour de France automobile (with Lucien Bianchi)
1957 Coupe du Salon (GT+1.3)
1957 Gran Premio Nuvolari

Alexander Racing Team
A weaker line-up and year-old car put Gordini on the back foot in 1957, yet Robert Manzon won the opening race. The rest of the season was closer to expectations, with a traditional lack of reliability, and only two further podiums salvaged by an ever-improving Jo Bonnier. The result was Gordini's withdrawal from Formula One, leaving the Paris garage for Alexander Racing Team to operate as a fully independent customer team. Inheriting much of the team's inventory aside from the Gordinis as well as some money, and faced with a risky driver line-up, 1958 will be a pivotal year for the team originally set up by Alexander Lilly.

Lucien Bianchi - 23 - BEL
Formula 1
17 entries
6 starts
Best finish of 8th place
Sportscars
Winner of the 1957 Tour de France Automobile (with Olivier Gendebien)
1st in class in the 1957 24 Hours of Le Mans (with Georges Harris)
2nd in class in the 1953 Tour de France Automobile (with Jacques Herzet)
3rd in class in the 1952 Tour de France Automobile (with Jacques Herzet)
11th place in the 1956 12 Hours of Reims (S1.5) (with Christian Poirot)
Rallying
1953 European Rally Championship runner-up
Winner of the 1957 Rallye del Sestriere
3rd place in the 1953 Coupe des Alpes (1st in class)
3rd place in the 1953 Liège-Rome-Liège (1st in class)
3rd place in the 1955 Liège-Rome-Liège (with Johnny Claes)
3rd in class in the 1952 Coupe des Alpes
3rd in class in the 1953 Lisbon Rally
4th place in the 1953 Tulip Rally

Georges Burggraf - 28 - FRA
Formula 1
2 entries
1 start, retired
Non-championship
4th place in the 1956 Grand Prix de Caen
Sportscars
2nd place in the 1957 Coupe de Vitesse (S2.0)
3rd place in the 1957 Prix de Paris (GT2.0)
5th place in the 1957 Tour de France automobile (with Jacques Péron)

Asso di Fiori
After years of being present as a customer team in the upper midfield, occasionally scoring points, Asso di Fiori finally reached their peak in 1957. After a shock podium in Silverstone thanks to Onofre Marimón, the team went from strength to strength, culminating in a narrow victory at the very close-fought Italian Grand Prix. Unfortunately for the Bolognese squad, their notoriously lax attitude to administration led to Marimón leaving the team for Ferrari, and while the Ace of Clubs has purchased a new O.S.C.A. package for the season, they do not yet have a pair of hands to drive it this year. Will this situation be solved by the start of the season?

[FantometteBR]

Reg Parnell doesnt mind doing a few races for Maserati. (except those on the British Isles)

We are taking the deal. Just name which races he is free and he is okay to go

[pasta_maldonado]

After much delay (thanks to an awkward Mexican standoff between me and tommykl...) I can now present to you the 1957 team-by-team season review.

1957 Team-By-Team Season Review

The eighth season of the Formula One World Driver’s Championship has now reached its conclusion, after a thrilling title battle went down to the wire at the season-ending United States Grand Prix, the first since 1954. Having moved to 1956 Constructor’s Champions B.C.M.A., his third team in as many years, Jack Brabham’s season much resembled last year with blinding place blighted by questionable reliability with the paragon of British engineering under his control failing to reach the finish on six separate occasions. Despite B.C.M.A.’s fearsome Saturday pace, the reluctance of the car to remain in one piece handed a golden opportunity to the far more reliable O.S.C.A. and Stirling Moss, who finished the first six races in a row to lead the championship at the halfway mark. Almost predictably, Moss’ championship hopes promptly disintegrated, with a paltry 4 points in the final five races to Brabham’s 24 not being enough for the Brit to secure a maiden championship crown.

Unfortunately, the year would start with harrowing reminders of the horrors of 1956. Eugenio Castelotti tragically lost his life partaking in the Mille Miglia, and Graham Hill barely escaped life-threatening injury after he was flung from his car at the start of the Monaco Grand Prix. The racing world would mourn once again, but the resulting thrilling title battle and lack of further serious incidents would offer a respite from the oppressiveness of sorrow that had befallen the paddock. Indeed the season draws to a close in a way that 1956 was unable to, on a positive note. Interest in the sport has again increased, the calendar remains at a healthy 11 races, and spectator and entry numbers are again on the rise. Before our thoughts are turned to 1958 and the competition it will bring, let us look back on the 1957 season with a team-by-team review, ordered by World Entrant’s Championship position.

British Commonwealth Motorsport Association
B.C.M.A. had a task on their hands to replace the C-01, but Her Majesty’s finest engineers delivered in the form of the RP.1001. Mated with the Wyvern engine the car proved to be the class of the field, with Brabham, Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins proving to be almost unstoppable on Saturdays, taking 10 of 11 pole positions between them. However, in an all too common tale this fearsome pace came at the cost of crippling reliability, which almost prevented an on-form Brabham from taking the Driver’s title. Five victories may see the Entrant’s Championship trophy return to Coventry, but it was a lack of a relationship with privateers rather than the inherent unreliability of the car that prevented the team from taking the Constructor’s crown. With speed in abundance, the reliability issues and the inability or unwillingness of the team to sell to privateers will be the team’s biggest problems for the upcoming season.

Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili
The Brothers Maserati will have little to be unhappy about entering the off-season. Stirling Moss may have dropped the ball in the title race, but four victories with last year’s car for the factory team and a further win was provided by long-term customers Asso di Fiori helped the team to the Constructor’s title. Moss, Ottorino Volonterio and Jose Froilan Gonzalez all continued to perform, and although Graham Hill was prevented from competing the full season, replacement Juan Manuel Fangio proved he still has something left to offer by taking victory in Spain. All in all, it was another solid year for the Italian marque, who will look to the arrival of a new chassis for 1958 to keep them at the sharp end of the grid.

Scuderia Ferrari
After two years out in the cold, Ferrari’s time in the wilderness appears to be drawing to a close. Despite not taking victory, consistently running ahead of Gordini as the third fastest team, and outscoring the 1956 champions represents the beginning of a return to form for la Scuderia. However, their main weakness remains the driver line-up. Out of a four-car line-up, only Umberto Maglioli performed consistently at a level that Enzo Ferrari expects. Now in the twilight of his career, immense faith in Consalvo Sanesi proved to be misplaced with the Italian failing to score a point in his eight races for the team. Giulio Cabianca showed pace, but the rotation in and out of the year old fourth car didn’t help his season. Meanwhile, Tony Gaze improved as the season went on, taking two consecutive third places for the team. Despite doing his best impression of a fine wine, Gaze’s career is in its twilight, with the Australian reportedly thinking about an exit from top-line competition. With some fresh talent alongside Maglioli and a new car for next year, 1958 could be better yet.

Alexander Racing Team-Gordini
The French marque may have only recently announced their withdrawal from Formula 1, but their 1957 season looks as if they gave up long ago. Robert Manzon took victory at the season opening Moroccan Grand Prix, but that was the only glimmer of hope in a bleak final season for the ex-champions. Manzon and full-season team-mate Jo Bonnier tried but the car just refused to yield many decent results. Losing Castelotti after just one race turned the third Gordini into a merry-go-round, with neither Hermano da Silva Ramos, Harry Schell, Redmond Gallagher, André Simon nor Georges Burgraff able to lift the team’s fortunes in their turn in the car. Alexander Racing Team have had much success with Gordini, but this season will not feature prominently on the highlights reel.

Asso di Fiori
The small Italian privateer has been around for a while now, and this has been their best showing by far. Despite the team still being unconcerned about trivial things such as getting entries in on time, Onofre Marimón has been on spectacular form all season. A big result has been in the pipeline for the last couple of seasons, and when it did arrive in the form of a triumphant maiden win for team and driver at the Italian Grand Prix of all places, it was a real crowd-pleaser and raised many a smile in the paddock. However, this may prove to be a curse – can the team ever live up to this result? Will the top teams tempt Marimón to stray from home, now with maiden win in tow? Fifth in the WEC may be an immense achievement, but it is highly likely the team will never reach these heights again.

Ecurie Voeckler
Another outfit who have been sniffing about a good result for a while now, Ecurie Voeckler also wildly impressed this year. Continuing the partnership with Gordini and André Simon proved to be a wise decision, Simon consistently placing the car in the right half of the field, and coming home for two superb second places. Reliability and luck ruined the chance of more, but it is possibly the beginning of something more for the family-run Voeckler squad. With the works Gordini squad deciding they have had their fill of Formula 1, the rights to the Type 56 have fallen to Voeckler. Although the car will be three years old, it has plenty of life in it yet, and may allow Voeckler to secure that elusive first victory.

Rob Walker Racing
With Lotus taking a year out to perfect the design of the Lotus 12, this was always going to be a filler year for the marque. Granted, semi-works status is not a bad gig for your maiden season, but Rob Walker Racing was consigned to a season of relative anonymity. Not enough pace to get near the front-runners but enough to pick up minor points was the story of most of the season, with a sole second place in Italy courtesy of B. Bira the sole highlight of a mediocre season. Troy Ruttman’s umpteenth comeback differed from the rest by actually being competitive, but Rob Walker will need more than half-campaigns from has-beens if they want to improve – especially if they fail to secure a Lotus 12.

Vandervell Products Ltd.
Arguably the most consistent team on the grid, it was a season of improved form for the Vanwall squad. In the safe hands of Duncan Hamilton, the Vanwall VW57 proved a tidy little car on the way to eighth in the WCC, with further results denied by reliability issues. However, if the team produces another conservative car for 1958, midfield could be all the marque achieves in the sport. It’s all or nothing for Vanwall in 1958, and here’s hoping the only way is up.

Scuderia Centro Sud
Fresh of the back of scoring points in 1956, Guglielmo Dei’s bunch have done it again. With 1957 machinery courtesy of O.S.C.A., the team was the perfect ground for drivers young and old to prove their worth to the top teams. The team fulfilled its aim in that regard, with Fangio moving to O.S.C.A. and Ferrari showing interest in the impressive Masten Gregory. Hans Herrmann and Jean Behra were less impressive, however, and one can’t help but feel once Gregory does find out the grass is greener in the other half of the grid, the team will slowly cease to exist. Time will tell, but for now, two points is a strong showing.

Owen Racing Organisation
A return to the O.S.C.A.-BRM combination saw improved results for Alfred Owen’s new operation, with Alan Stacey taking a 6th place finish at the British Grand Prix in an outdated car. Improvement is certainly on the cards for next season, with rumours that Owen and BRM have reached an agreement. A reunion between the two could be the medicine that helps Alfred Owen reach the top.

Irish Racing Cars
Despite rumours of financial trouble, it was in fact the introduction of the team’s first in-house chassis that forced the team to miss most of the European season. The Mk1 proved to be as difficult as the infamous Wicklow circuit, but it took all of Joe Flynn’s skill to wrestle it to sixth in Ireland. Flashes of pace were there, but the car’s inane difficulty lead to the team withdrawing from the German Grand Prix. Will they be back? Nobody knows.

North American Racing Team
The Ferrari Satellite squad ran Masten Gregory and Phil Hill in a fact-finding mission for the works squad at the US Grand Prix, but although both cars ran decently to seventh and ninth respectively at the flag, points were prevented by a lack of attrition amongst the frontrunners.

Officine Alfieri Maserati
Maserati continue to plod around at the back of the grid. Now effectively a privateer outfit in all but name, with the Maserati brothers long since moved to O.S.C.A., it seems that even those behind the helm of the team have lost their passion for racing. Awful results and even worse management have left the team with one foot in the grave heading into 1958 and many in the paddock looking forward to the final nail in the coffin to what has become an insult to Italian motorsport and engineering.

Norfolk Engineering
Things looked positive for the Norfolk-based squad, hiring the promising Archie Scott-Brown alongside Jim Russell and securing last year’s Vanwalls. A mixture of lack of preparation and expertise in the team resulted in the early promise fading away fast, with an eighth for Scott-Brown in Ireland being the best result of the season. Russell, meanwhile, did little more than make up the numbers. The team need to invest in better mechanics if they want to avoid the same fate.

MSG Köthen
Heinz Melkus drove the East German O.S.C.A. to little fanfare, but an eighth place at Spa is a seriously good result for the little team. The team failed to do much else for the rest of the season, but their efforts were respectable, unlike some.

Isabelle Haskell
After being denied entry in her Alfa Romeo by the Belgian Grand Prix organisers, Haskell tried again at the US Grand Prix in a rented O.S.C.A. package. Her home Grand Prix proved to be more fortunate, coming home eighth of 11 finishers, leading some to sit up and take notice.

Connaught Engineering
The Type B has proven to be more Bentley 53C than B.C.M.A. RP.1001 in its second season. Switching to O.S.C.A. engines did not prevent Rodney Clarke and Mike Oliver’s team from regularly failing to qualify, despite the protestations of the revolving door of drivers. The future looks bleak for the team, who face a bleak winter with little cash to build a successor to the failed Type B.

Escuderia Hernandez
Gilberte Thirion has the pace. The rebadged Gordini certainly is not a bad car. What is missing from the plucky Argentine squad, however, is luck. Despite showing encouraging pace multiple times over the course of the year, the team always failed to finish in its strongest events. With an in-house car for 1958, the team should be easily able to improve on a best result of ninth – that is, if lady luck is on their side.

Ecurie Ecosse
The perennial Scots returned for the British and Irish rounds of the championship, with Ninian Sanderson and Ivor Bueb behind the wheel of a pair of B.C.M.A. C-01s. Whilst they didn’t set the world on fire, they didn’t embarrass themselves either. A double failure to make the grid for the British Grand Prix ended this year’s annual excursion on an off note.

Ecurie Maghreb
Originally set up to compete in what was supposed to be the inaugural Moroccan Grand Prix in 1955 the team finally got their wish to compete on home soil in 1957, with André Guelfi coming home 10th. The rest of the season yielded another 10th and three failures to qualify, but the team is now faced with poor finances. However, with their raison d'être now complete, the team may decide to just shut up shop.

Reg Parnell Racing
To put it shortly, Parnell’s privateers efforts were a hot mess. Mismatched, out-dated equipment, a truly odd selection of drivers, and the budgetary skills of a gambling addict forced Parnell to shut up shop after just five races. Despite winning Grands Prix for Ferrari, Reg Parnell’s later career reads like a man’s slow descent into insanity.

Cooper Car Company
The Cooper T41 is a well-built machine with a potential, but the Cooper brother’s biggest mistake was putting their lot in with the failing Maserati to power the cars. With Maserati becoming more and more a shadow of its former self, and a link-up with Coventry Climax also falling through, the Cooper brother’s made the difficult but correct decision to withdraw from Formula One for the time being. Still, it’s not the last we’ll see of the Cooper boys, as their determination has already paid off in the form of new backing and a new engine partner for a truly independent effort in 1958.

Hampshire Racing Alliance
David Hampshire’s quintessential British privateer outfit carried on with driving duties again handled by Hampshire himself. Results proved harder to come by, and with a best result of 12th David Hampshire elected to hang up his helmet for good and pass driving duties on to young talent for 1958. A shrewd move.

John Norwood
Opting to enter a Lister-Bristol for the United States Grand Prix, John Norwood managed to get to the finish in 12th position in a respectable albeit slow debut.

Scuderia Ugolini
In an interesting move for an Italian privateer, the team negotiated a deal with B.C.M.A. to run an ex-works C-01 package for a cast of drivers. Initially beginning with Masten Gregory, he promptly moved to Centro Sud to replace Fangio, and the resulting roundabout of Luigi Musso and Jean Behra simply could not do much with the car.

Scuderia Adriatica
Picking up the ex-IRC Lancias at knockdown prices may have looked to be a bargain, but it may have been the death knell for the Italian privateers. The now three-year-old cars proved to be on their last legs, with a constant need for spare parts and a lack of pace. Things didn’t look good when Lucien Bianchi failed to qualify for the Moroccan Grand Prix, but they took a turn for the worse halfway through the season when the money began to run out and the team reverted to a one-car operation. A last ditch effort to get two cars on the grid at the Italian Grand Prix, however, could do little to prevent the fat lady from belting out one last note.

Ecurie Maarsbergen
Carel Godin de Beaufort’s efforts in a privateer Ferrari saw him make the grid on two occasions, but unfortunately he was able to finish neither.

British Racing Motors
Making it just three races into the season before the money dried up, BRM’s attempts to limp on without Alfred Owen in charge were disastrous. Neither Paul Frère nor Bob Gerard could do anything with the woeful equipment provided, and despite the team announcing it will continue into 1958, it is doubtful this will be in its present form.

Scuderia Marzotto
The brothers Marzotto teamed up for the Italian Grand Prix – Giannio and Paolo in Ferraris, Vittorio and Umberto in O.S.C.A.s. Using his prior Formula 1 experience, Paolo was the only one of the brothers to make the grid, but could not guide his Ferrari to the finish.

John Bekaert
Renting two R560s from Ferrari for himself and compatriot Roy Bloxam, the pair entered both the Irish and British Grands Prix to little success. The only start came courtesy of Bekaert in Ireland, but it was to end in retirement.

Equipe Anglaise
Entering a rented BRM, Helm Glöckler made the grid for the German Grand Prix ahead of other more established entrants such as Bruce Halford’s works Connaught. Reality soon came around when Glöckler retired from the race.

Volga Testa Russo
The latest Soviet attempt at building a Formula 1 car has again ended in abject failure. Employing the tried and tested strategy of quantity over quality, this didn’t quite translate into Formula 1, with as many as eight cars at a time failing to make the grid. With the absence of a Soviet Grand Prix, it is highly unlikely we will see a renewed Soviet effort in 1958, unless perhaps a top car manages to find its way behind the Iron curtain for the Soviets to shoddily copy.

Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet
René Bonnet’s eponymous squad carries on, if out of a sheer love for the sport than anything else. With Bonnet himself failing to get the car anywhere near making the grid, he stepped back from driving duties and handed the reigns to Berardo Taraschi, who unsurprisingly could do little better. At least they’re having fun.

Jonkheer Gijsbert van Loon
It was another inexplicable season for van Loon’s bunch of merry men. Opting to eschew simple things like common sense, the team at one stage running three cars – two Guidobaldi-Loonmotors for Rob Slotemaker and Mathieu Hezemans, and a Guidobaldi-Mercedes Benz for Hans Davids. Even an odd Bentley-Vanwall entry for Jean Behra failed to provide results or shed any light on the crackpot outfit. It is unlikely we’ll see any more of the Dutchman and his Loonmotors, as the extravagance in entries has finally burnt through what little money there was.

Ron Flockhart
Flockhart’s travels around Europe saw him enter the French and British Grands Prix as a privateer, in a variety of equipment. It was not enough for him to make the grid on either occasion.

Louis Chiron
Louis Chiron and the Monaco Grand Prix are synonymous, but another DNQ for the event he helped to create continues to tarnish his legacy.

Alain de Changy
Opting to enter the French Grand Prix in lieu of his home race, it did little to help him qualify in old Alfa Romeo machinery.

Innes Ireland
Innes Ireland, he failed to qualify. I’m sorry, that joke was terrible - much like Ireland’s performance in his only outing this year.

Olivier Gendebien
After entering the German Grand Prix in a privately entered Ferrari and failing to qualify, in a lapse of sanity he agreed to drive Alexander Racing Team’s Guidobaldi-Loonmotor for the Italian Grand Prix. A DNPQ awaited, along with becoming the driver who competed in the widest range of machinery in 1957.

Scuderia Arzani-Volpini
An overly grandiose entry name and a Cooper-O.S.C.A. couldn’t help Lucien Bianchi make the grid.

Pegaso
Alfonso De Portago failed to qualify his privately entered Ferrari for his home Grand Prix. Disappointed in the local showing, a man and his dog never returned for the race, meaning the Spanish Grand Prix would have to go ahead with half the crowd.

Casimiro de Oliveira
In the absence of a Portuguese Grand Prix, Spain would have to do for Casimiro de Oliveira. After failing to make the grid, he elected to tell friends and family he’d been sightseeing instead.

Jean Lucas
A Bentley-Balkan Lion may get awards for creativity, but the odd F3 regulation combination did little to propel Lucas onto the grid for the French Grand Prix. A second attempt in an Alfa Romeo-O.S.C.A. at the Dutch Grand Prix also resulted in failure.

Daily Express
Being no stranger to sponsoring local entrants for the British Grand Prix, Daily Express were at it again this year, sponsoring Cliff Allison and Paul Emery in a Connaught-O.S.C.A. and Vanwall respectively. Despite this, both failed to pre-qualify, although at least they had a free paper to read.

François Picard
The B.C.M.A. C-01.EX is a revolutionary package with the potential to change the face of Formula 1 forever. An old Bentley F3 engine and François Picard are less revolutionary, leading to a single DNPQ for the Frenchman.

Tulpen en Windmolens
According to the man himself, Henk van Zalinge was on his way to the Dutch Grand Prix trying to think of an entry name, when he drove past a field of tulips and a windmill. The cringey name did little to help him qualify his leased Alfa Romeo.

Loonmotor van Holland
Hans Davids entered a private Loonmotor into the Dutch Grand Prix, with predictable results. Still, it somehow netted him a drive with the “works” Loonmotor squad.

Julius Kubinsky
With no Eastern Bloc races, the Italian Grand Prix was the selected target for the JK Mono. Kubinsky selected Willy Lehmann for driving duties, but the resulting DNPQ was inevitable.

Maria Ann Peduzzi
Another of the privateers who leased Ferrari R560 equipment, her Italian Grand Prix outing processed no further than pre-qualifying. It remains to be seen whether she’ll try again next year.