Maserati 250F With Fangio At The Wheel, Limited Edition Giclee Print With COA

This drawing captures Juan Manuel Fangio on his way to winning the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix in a works Maserati 250F (lightweight chassis 2528, race number 32), starting from pole, setting the fastest lap, and taking a relatively controlled victory after early chaos eliminated several rivals. 

The race was held on 19 May 1957 over 105 laps of the Circuit de Monaco (about 330 km). Fangio qualified on pole with a lap of 1:42.7, ahead of Peter Collins (Ferrari), Stirling Moss (Vanwall), Tony Brooks (Vanwall), and Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari). The Maserati factory fielded several 250Fs that weekend, including three lightweights; Fangio’s was the proven straight-six version rather than the experimental V12 prototype, which was less suitable for the tight street circuit. 

At the start, Fangio and Moss contested the lead closely into the first corners. On lap 4, Moss crashed at Sainte-Dévote (braking too late into the harbor area), triggering a multi-car incident that also eliminated Collins and Hawthorn’s Ferraris. Fangio arrived on the scene, carefully threaded through the debris (his right wheels even went over a post), and emerged in the clear lead. He later described arriving “at no more than walking pace” amid the scattered posts and confusion. 

From there he controlled the race, with Brooks the only serious challenger in the surviving Vanwall (Brooks finished second, about 25 seconds behind, despite a damaged car and a difficult gearbox that left his hand badly blistered). Fangio’s winning time was 3:10:12.8; he also set the fastest lap at 1:45.6. Masten Gregory took third in another Maserati. 

This was Fangio’s second win of the 1957 season (after Argentina) and his third career Monaco victory. It formed part of the campaign in which he secured his fifth and final World Championship title driving the elegant, front-engined 250F—one of the most celebrated cars of the era. The result highlighted both the car’s balance and Fangio’s experience and composure on a demanding street circuit where rivals’ aggression led to early retirements.