1957 Australian Grand Prix

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1957 Australian Grand Prix
Race 1 of 8 in 1957 Australian Drivers' Championship
Race details
Date 4 March 1957
Location Caversham, Western Australia
Course Permanent airfield circuit[1]
Course length 3.621 km (2.25 mi)
Distance 70 laps, 253.47 km (157.5 mi)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver
Maserati
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Lex Davison Ferrari
Time 1'34.8
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
Maserati
Third
Cooper-Climax

The 1957 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at Caversham Circuit, Western Australia on 4 March 1957.[2] The race had 24 starters.

It was the twenty second Australian Grand Prix. Lex Davison won his second AGP a victory he shared after using Bill Patterson as a relief driver. The extreme heat of the Western Australian summer saw several teams use two drivers over the 245 kilometre race distance.

The race was also the first ever round of an Australian Drivers' Championship, which was held for the first time in 1957.

Classification[]

Lex Davison won the race driving a Ferrari 625 similar to the example pictured above.

Results as follows.[3][4]

Pos No. Driver Car Laps Time Points
1 2 Australia Lex Davison
Australia Bill Patterson 		Ferrari 625 F1 / Ferrari 3.0L 70 1h 56m 24.7s 6[5]
2[5]
2 1 Australia Stan Jones Maserati 250F / Maserati 3.0L 70 1h 57m 7.6s 5
3 3 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper T41 / Climax FWB 1.5L 69 3
4 9 Australia Len Lukey Cooper T23 / Bristol 2.0L 67 2
5 6 Australia Alec Mildren Cooper T20 / Bristol 2.0L 66 1
6 14 Australia Syd Taylor TS Special / GMC
7 11 Australia Derek Jolly Decca Special Mk.2 / Climax FWA 1.1L 60
8 19 Australia Merv Dudley BRM Morgan / Standard 2.1L
9 28 Australia Barry Ranford Morgan 4–4 / Morgan 1.2L
10 23 Australia Neil Aldous Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L
Ret 25 Australia Fred Coxon Amilcar Special / Holden
Ret 18 Australia Aub Melrose Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L
Ret 7 Australia Tom Sulman Aston Martin DB3S / Aston Martin 2.9L
Ret 20 Australia Peter Bond Bondley Special / Standard 2.1L
Ret 15 Australia Syd Negus Plymouth Special / Plymouth 3.8L
Ret 29 Australia George Wakelin WS Mercury Special / Mercury 4.1L
Ret 17 Australia John Walker MG TC Special / MG 1.4L
Ret 5 Australia Jack Myers Cooper T20 / Holden 2.4L
Ret 22 Australia David Van Dal
Australia John Cummins 		Bugatti Type 57 / Bugatti 3.3L
Ret 8 Australia Tom Hawkes
Australia Ern Seeliger 		Cooper T23 / Holden 2.3L 25[6]
Ret 24 Australia Eric Kinnear Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L
Ret 21 Australia Aubury Badger BM Special / Holden
Ret 16 Australia Mick Geneve Ballot Special / Ford 4.1L
Ret 12 Australia Syd Anderson Alta GP-2 / Alta S/C 1.5L 4[6]
DNS[6] 10 Australia Ron Phillips Austin-Healey 100S / Austin-Healey 2.7L
DNS 4 Australia Bill Patterson Cooper T39 / Climax FP 1.5L
DNS 26 Australia Vin Smith Sevin / Peugeot 1.3L
DNS 27 Australia Tony Carboni Double V8 / 2xFord 8.2L

References[]

  1. ^ OzatWar Website Retrieved 15 May 2020
  2. ^ Flyer for 22nd Australian Grand Prix, Caversham, Western Australia, March 2nd and 4th 1957
  3. ^ Howard, Graham (1986). "1957". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 228–235. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
  4. ^ "The CAMS Gold Star". Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  5. ^ a b Graham Howard, Lex Davison - Larger Than Life, 2004, page 121
  6. ^ a b c Graeme Cocks, Controversy at Caversham, Fremantle Motor Museum, 2007, page 40
Preceded by Australian Grand Prix
1957 		Succeeded by
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