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| - Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.937,0.937,0.937) id:linemark value:gray(0.8) id:linemark2 value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas PlotData = mark:(line,linemark) from:start till:2 color:red shift:(20,-5) text:Mike Hawthorn (Laps 1–2) from:2 till:11 color:blue shift:(20,-5) text:Juan Manuel Fangio (Laps 3–11) from:11 till:14 color:purple shift:(20,-5) text:Peter Collins (Laps 12–14) from:14 till:20 color:red shift:(20,-5) text:Mike Hawthorn (Laps 15–20) from:20 till:end color:blue shift:(20,-5) text:Juan Manuel Fangio (Laps 21–22)
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| - Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.937,0.937,0.937) id:linemark value:gray(0.8) id:linemark2 value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas PlotData = mark:(line,linemark) from:start till:2 color:red shift:(20,-5) text:Mike Hawthorn (Laps 1–2) from:2 till:11 color:blue shift:(20,-5) text:Juan Manuel Fangio (Laps 3–11) from:11 till:14 color:purple shift:(20,-5) text:Peter Collins (Laps 12–14) from:14 till:20 color:red shift:(20,-5) text:Mike Hawthorn (Laps 15–20) from:20 till:end color:blue shift:(20,-5) text:Juan Manuel Fangio (Laps 21–22) The 1957 German Grand Prix (formally the XIX Großer Preis von Deutschland) was a Formula One World Championship race held on 4 August 1957 at the Nürburgring. Held over 22 laps of the 14-mile (23 km) long circuit, the race is considered to be host to one of the most impressive performances in F1 history as Juan Manuel Fangio fought from 48 seconds behind second to win the race. The race included Formula Two cars to increase the size of the field. Fangio had taken pole position in his Maserati 250F, with Mike Hawthorn in the Ferrari 801 alongside. Jean Behra (Maserati) and Peter Collins (Ferrari) completed the four-car front row. Fangio's pole time of 9 minutes 25.6 seconds was 2.8 seconds ahead of Hawthorn. Come the race, Ferrari planned to not pit while Fangio decided upon a one-stop strategy on softer tyres. This didn't stop Hawthorn getting off the grid in the lead, ahead of teammate Collins and Fangio. Fangio took the lead on lap three and pitted, as planned, on lap 12, with a 30-second lead. However, this pit stop was disastrous; the left rear wheel nut became lost underneath the car and once it was found, Hawthorn and Collins had long gone past. Fangio emerged in third place, nearly 50 seconds behind the Ferrari pair. Fangio started by taking 15.5 seconds off Hawthorn on his first lap and 8.5 the next. Setting not just fastest laps quicker than his qualifying time, but nine lap records, seven in succession, Fangio drove the wheels off his Maserati in his chase. He caught with, and overtook, Collins early in the 21st lap and took the lead of Hawthorn later the same lap. Hawthorn challenged, but Fangio held firm to win the race, and his fifth World Championship title. After the race, Fangio commented 'I have never driven that quickly before in my life and I don't think I will ever be able to do it again.' It would turn out to be somewhat accurate statement, as it was his final World Championship victory, and he retired in 1958.
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