1957 Australian Grand Prix

The 1957 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at Caversham Circuit, Western Australia on 4 March 1957.[3] The race had 24 starters.[4]

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 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 253.47 km (157.5 miles)
Weather Very warm (104°F),[2] sunny
Pole position
Driver
Maserati
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Lex Davison Ferrari
Time 1'34.8
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
Maserati
Third
Cooper-Climax

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.[5] [6]

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

References
  1. OzatWar Website Retrieved 15 May 2020
  2. Davison (Ferrrari) Wins Grand Prix, Australian Motor Sports, April 1957, pages 134 to 139
  3. Flyer for 22nd Australian Grand Prix, Caversham, Western Australia, March 2nd and 4th 1957
  4. The official history of the Australian Grand Prix - 80 Years, page 175
  5. 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.
  6. "The CAMS Gold Star". Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  7. Graham Howard, Lex Davison - Larger Than Life, 2004, page 121
  8. Graeme Cocks, Controversy at Caversham, Fremantle Motor Museum, 2007, page 40
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