Kristianstad 1000 km race in 1957

Maserati 450S

Ferrari 750 Monza

The 1957 1000 km Kristianstad race , also known as the Sveriges GP, 6 Hours, Rabelöf, Kristianstad , took place on August 11th on the Råbelövsbanan circuit and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Ferrari types

Due to a coincidence of the reports, almost all Ferrari racing sports car models from the second half of the 1950s competed in this endurance race. The works team drove the 335 Sport . Private racing teams from Italy, France, Belgium, Sweden and Finland the following types: 750 Monza , 500TRC , 500TR , 290MM , 500 Mondial and 250TR .

The race

Before the race, Ferrari was leading the world championship with 27 points ahead of Maserati with 19 points. After the cancellation of the RAC Tourist Trophy in Dundrod , Maserati had to win in Sweden and no Ferrari could be placed better than fifth in order for the world title to be still possible. What nobody knew at the time of the race was the fact that the FIA officials gave the Caracas 1000 km race in November a world championship status at the end of August, so that the championship in Kristianstad was not decided in any way.

Maserati reported two 450S , where the power was throttled to increase the durability. Mike Hawthorn reported after the race that he found it easy to follow Stirling Moss ; however, it overwhelmed the brakes of the 335 Sport which led to a few slips in the surrounding wheat fields. Even Phil Hill and Peter Collins struggled with declining braking force around the course, but occupied behind Moss and Jean Behra in 450S second place. At Ferrari, they thought they were the new world champion for three weeks before the bizarre FIA ​​decision lifted everything.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S + 2.0	7th	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Jean Behra Stirling Moss	Maserati 450S	145
2	S + 2.0	4th	Scuderia Ferrari	Phil Hill Peter Collins	Ferrari 335 Sport	144
3	S + 2.0	9	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Joakim Bonnier Giorgio Scarlatti Harry Schell Stirling Moss	Maserati 300S	138
4th	S + 2.0	3	Scuderia Ferrari	Mike Hawthorn Luigi Musso	Ferrari 335 Sport	134
5	S + 2.0	10	Equipe Nationale Belge	Alain de Changy Claude Dubois	Jaguar D-Type	132
6th	S + 2.0	16	Ferrari Svezia	Carl-Otto Bremer Esko Keinänen	Ferrari 750 Monza	132
7th	S + 2.0	14th	Ferrari Svezia	Erik Carlsson John Kvarnström	Ferrari 750 Monza	130
8th	S + 2.0	1	Ecurie Ecosse	Jock Lawrence Archie Scott-Brown	Jaguar D-Type	129
9	S 2.0	25th	Scuderia Askolin	Curt Lincoln Heimo Hietarinta	Ferrari 500TRC	129
10	S 2.0	28	Gino Munaron	Gino Munaron Julio-Batista Falla	Ferrari 500TRC	128
11	S + 2.0	2	Ecurie Ecosse	Ninian Sanderson Jack Fairman	Jaguar D-Type	126
12	S 2.0	21st	Equipe Nationale Belge	Georges Harris André Liekens	Ferrari 500TRC	126
13	S 2.0	30th	Gert Kaiser	Gert Emperor Harald Kronegard	Porsche 550 RS Spyder	125
14th	S 2.0	20th	François Picard	François Picard Jean Lucas	Ferrari 500TR	121
15th	S 2.0	26th	Scuderia Askolin	Lars Finnilä Seppo Rikkilä	Ferrari 500TR	120
16	S 2.0	24	Jon Fast	Jon Fast Gunnar Bengtsson	Osca MT4 1500	120
17th	S 2.0	22nd	Equipe Nationale Belge	Yves Tassin Georges Hacquin	Porsche 550 RS Spyder	116
18th	S 2.0	35	Team Lotus	Cliff Allison Innes Ireland	Lotus Eleven	115
Not classified
19th	S 2.0	36	Team Lotus	Peter Ashdown Alan Stacey	Lotus Eleven	100
20th	S 2.0	27	Mike Anthony	Bill Frost Mike Anthony	Lotus Eleven	91
Failed
21st	S 2.0	24	Ecurie Bonnier	Erik Lundgren Carl-Gunnar Hammarlund	Maserati 200SI	81
22nd	S + 2.0	8th	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Stirling Moss Harry Schell	Maserati 450S	69
23	S + 2.0	11	Equipe Nationale Belge	Willy Mairesse Michel Ringoir	Ferrari 290MM	61
24	S 2.0	33	Bengt Martenson	Bengt Martenson Bjorn Martenson	Ferrari 500 Mondial	61
25th	S + 2.0	5	Scuderia Ferrari	Olivier Gendebien Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari 250TR	43
26th	S 2.0	23	José Behra	José Behra Léon Couliboeuf	Maserati 200SI	43
27	S + 2.0	6th	Scuderia Ferrari	Masts Gregory Wolfgang Seidel	Ferrari 250TR	30th
28	S 2.0	31	Automobili Osca	Alejandro de Tomaso Isabelle Haskell	Osca S1500	30th
29	S + 2.0	12	Equipe Nationale Belge	Jan de Vroom Jacques Swaters	Ferrari 290MM	23
Not started
30th	S + 2.0	15th	Ferrari Svezia	Erik Carlsson Olle Persson	Ferrari 750 Monza	1

¹ accident in training

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
31	S 2.0		Porsche	Edgar Barth	Porsche 718 RSK
32	S 2.0	29	Scuderia Palan	Julius Voigt-Nielsen "Ilmigias"	Porsche 550
33	S 2.0	32	Lance Reventlow	Lance Reventlow Roy Salvadori	Maserati 200S
34	S 2.0	33	Porsche	Umberto Maglioli Edgar Barth	Porsche 718 RSK
35	S 2.0	34	Adrian Conan Doyle	Adrian Conan Doyle Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500TR

Class winner

driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 2.0	Jean Behra	Stirling Moss	Aston Martin DBR1 / 300	Overall victory
S 2.0	Curt Lincoln	Heimo Hietarinta	Ferrari 500TRC	Rank 9

Racing data

• Registered: 35
• Started: 29
• Valued: 18
• Race classes: 2
• Spectators: 30,000
• Race day weather: warm, light rain in the middle of the race
• Route length: 6.537 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 01: 01.100 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 145
• Total distance of the winning team: 947.865 km
• Winner's average: 157.532 km / h
• Fastest training time: Jean Behra - Maserati 450S (# 7) - 1: 22.500 = 167.021 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jean Behra - Maserati 450S (# 7) - 1: 20.900 = 140.730 km / h
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 1957 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .
• Anthony Pritchard: Maserati - the racing history . Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-7688-2513-9

Web links

• Results and data for racing sports cars

Previous race of the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1957

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 1000 km race in Caracas 1957