Vanwall in front!

Superb performance for the Vanwall drivers who captured the first three places and the front row of the 1957 Italian Grand Prix held at Monza. Stuart Lewis-Evans (car #20) was on pole, Stirling Moss (car #18) was second, and Tony Brooks (car #22) third (picture above).

Bernie Ecclestone told a few years ago journalist Doug Nye: “Stuart was superb, oozing with talent. He’d have been one of the greats. He was already as quick as or quicker than Moss.”

It must be said that Bernie was not very objective on this subject, because the two were best mates, but coming from him, it’s serious praise, nevertheless. Stirling Moss (picture below) won de race from Juan Manuel Fangio (Maserati), the two great aces finishing 2 laps (!) ahead of everyone else.