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Are you sure ss?
The race did provide us with one of the iconic Grand Prix photographs - Fangio drifting through the Rouen esses in his 250F - but I don't think it was particularly memorable otherwise. Musso and Behra both managed to get ahead of Fangio at the start, but the poleman was ahead by lap 4 and controlled the pace thereafter. Mike Lang ('Grand Prix - Volume 1 1950-1965') recounts that Collins then came through to take second, but had to slow due to gearbox problems, allowing Musso into back passed, which is how they finished. There were quite a number of retirements (7 finishers, only 3 on the lead lap) and it should perhaps be noted that the two drivers probably most capable of taking the fight to Fangio - Moss and Brooks - both had to miss the race for health reasons.
I must confess that my (rather large) short list that I came up with for this vote did not contain the 1957 French GP....
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