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- The 1957 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for The Amoco Trophy took place on 23 March, on the Sebring International Raceway, (Florida, United States). It was the second round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. This was sixth running of the 12-hour race, and with the growing popularity of sports car racing in post World War II America, the event was finally coming into its own since its creation in 1952. Besides the governor of Florida, LeRoy Collins, who proclaimed March 18–23, 1957 as International Sports Car Race Week, thus gaining additional media attention for the event, the people of New York and Detroit were well aware of the significance of this race. For weeks leading up to the event, national newspapers and magazines who fed the public's interest by reporting on the international celebrities who would drive in it, like Marquis de Portago of Spain and Count Wolfgang von Trips of Germany. Just days before the race, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile issued an appendix to its rules concerning the race, mandating that during the first tyre change, the team had to use the spare tyre that all the cars were required to carry. While this did not affect the Corvette and some other cars, but for the Ferrari and Maserati, it was a major problem, as on their cars, the wheel on the front and rear of the cars were of different sizes. Ferrari's Peter Collins, a representative from Maserati and the organiser, then met with the FIA to discuss this problem. Collins told the press that these changes were in violation of FIA's own rules concerning how such changes were adopted. Supposedly any rule changes had to be unanimously approved by all the competitors or it is rejected. It is assumed that this argument carried the day with the FIA, and the race saved. The even-vocal Collins also had a few words to say about the use of 55-gallon oil drums outlining the track. Despite the Englishman protested that their use was "very, very dangerous..." and that they should be "banned", Sebring continued to use them for several more years. (en)
- Das sechste 12-Stunden-Rennen von Sebring, auch 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for The Amoco Trophy, Sebring, Florida, fand am 23. März 1957 auf dem Sebring International Raceway statt und war der zweite Wertungslauf der Sportwagen-Weltmeisterschaft dieses Jahres. (de)
- Les 12 Heures de Sebring 1957 sont la 6e édition de l'épreuve et la 2e manche du championnat du monde des voitures de sport 1957. Elles ont été remportées le 23 mars 1957 par la Maserati 450S no 19 de la Maserati Factory pilotée par Jean Behra et Juan Manuel Fangio. (fr)
- La 12 Ore di Sebring 1957 è stata la settima edizione della 12 Ore di Sebring, oltre che secondo round del Campionato mondiale vetture sport 1957 e si tenne al Sebring International Raceway il 23 marzo 1957. (it)
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- Das sechste 12-Stunden-Rennen von Sebring, auch 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for The Amoco Trophy, Sebring, Florida, fand am 23. März 1957 auf dem Sebring International Raceway statt und war der zweite Wertungslauf der Sportwagen-Weltmeisterschaft dieses Jahres. (de)
- Les 12 Heures de Sebring 1957 sont la 6e édition de l'épreuve et la 2e manche du championnat du monde des voitures de sport 1957. Elles ont été remportées le 23 mars 1957 par la Maserati 450S no 19 de la Maserati Factory pilotée par Jean Behra et Juan Manuel Fangio. (fr)
- La 12 Ore di Sebring 1957 è stata la settima edizione della 12 Ore di Sebring, oltre che secondo round del Campionato mondiale vetture sport 1957 e si tenne al Sebring International Raceway il 23 marzo 1957. (it)
- The 1957 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for The Amoco Trophy took place on 23 March, on the Sebring International Raceway, (Florida, United States). It was the second round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. This was sixth running of the 12-hour race, and with the growing popularity of sports car racing in post World War II America, the event was finally coming into its own since its creation in 1952. (en)
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