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

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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   Lex Davison
  Bill Patterson
Ferrari 625 F1 / Ferrari 3.0L Ecurie Australie 70 1h 56m 24.7s 6[7]
2[7]
2 1   Stan Jones Maserati 250F / Maserati 3.0L Stan Jones 70 1h 57m 7.6s 5
3 3   Jack Brabham Cooper T41 / Climax FWB 1.5L Jack Brabham 69 3
4 9   Len Lukey Cooper T23 / Bristol 2.0L Len Lukey 67 2
5 6   Alec Mildren Cooper T20 / Bristol 2.0L A. G. Mildren 66 1
6 14   Syd Taylor TS Special / GMC S. Taylor
7 11   Derek Jolly Decca Special Mk.2 / Climax FWA 1.1L D. E. Jolly 60
8 19   Merv Dudley BRM Morgan / Standard 2.1L Bill Richards Motors
9 28   Barry Ranford Morgan 4–4 / Morgan 1.2L B. Ranford
10 23   Neil Aldous Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L Sydney Anderson Automotives
Ret 25   Fred Coxon Amilcar Special / Holden F. Coxon
Ret 18   Aub Melrose Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L A. Melrose
Ret 7   Tom Sulman Aston Martin DB3S / Aston Martin 2.9L T. Sulman
Ret 20   Peter Bond Bondley Special / Standard 2.1L P. Bond
Ret 15   Syd Negus Plymouth Special / Plymouth 3.8L S. Negus
Ret 29   George Wakelin WS Mercury Special / Mercury 4.1L G. Wakelin
Ret 17   John Walker MG TC Special / MG 1.4L J. Walker
Ret 5   Jack Myers Cooper T20 / Holden 2.4L J. Myers
Ret 22   David Van Dal
  John Cummins
Bugatti Type 57 / Bugatti 3.3L D. Van Dal
Ret 8   Tom Hawkes
  Ern Seeliger
Cooper T23 / Holden 2.3L T. V. Hawkes 25[8]
Ret 24   Eric Kinnear Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L E. Kinnear
Ret 21   Aubury Badger BM Special / Holden Badger Motors Holden
Ret 16   Mick Geneve Ballot Special / Ford 4.1L M. Geneve
Ret 12   Syd Anderson Alta GP-2 / Alta S/C 1.5L Sydney Anderson Automotives 4[8]
DNS[8] 10   Ron Phillips Austin-Healey 100S / Austin-Healey 2.7L R. K. Phillips
DNS 4   Bill Patterson Cooper T39 / Climax FP 1.5L W. Patterson
DNS 26   Vin Smith Sevin / Peugeot 1.3L V. Smith
DNS 27   Tony Carboni Double V8 / 2xFord 8.2L Sydney Anderson Automotives

References

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  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. ^ a b "The CAMS Gold Star". Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  7. ^ a b Graham Howard, Lex Davison - Larger Than Life, 2004, page 121
  8. ^ a b c Graeme Cocks, Controversy at Caversham, Fremantle Motor Museum, 2007, page 40
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Preceded by Australian Grand Prix
1957
Succeeded by