1957 Australian Grand Prix

September 2020 June 2026 CUST Race 1 of 8 in 1957 Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Australia Caversham, Western Australia 4 March 1957 Permanent airfield circuitOzatWar Website Retrieved 15 May 2020 2.25 3.621 70 157.5 253.47 Very warm (104°F),Davison (Ferrrari) Wins Grand Prix, Australian Motor Sports, April 1957, pages 134 to 139 sunny Stan Jones AUS Maserati Lex Davison Ferrari 1'34.8 AUS Lex Davison Bill Patterson AUS AUS Ferrari Stan Jones AUS Maserati Jack Brabham AUS Cooper-ClimaxThe 1957 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at Caversham Circuit, Western Australia on 4 March 1957.Flyer for 22nd Australian Grand Prix, Caversham, Western Australia, March 2nd and 4th 1957 The race had 24 starters.The official history of the Australian Grand Prix - 80 Years, page 175 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 thumb|Lex Davison won the race driving a Ferrari 625 similar to the example pictured above. Results as follows.Howard Graham Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 228–235 1957The CAMS Gold Star http://members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw/images/results/races57.htm 13 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091002025030/http://members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw/images/results/races57.htm 2 October 2009 dead Pos No. Driver Car Entrant Laps Time Points 1 2 Australia Lex Davison Australia Bill Patterson Ferrari 625 F1 / Ferrari 3.0L Ecurie Australie 70 1h 56m 24.7s 6Graham Howard, Lex Davison - Larger Than Life, 2004, page 121 2 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 25Graeme Cocks, Controversy at Caversham, Fremantle Motor Museum, 2007, page 40 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 DNS 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 Notes Attendance: 25,000 John Storm, Grand Prix Muddle, Modern Motor, May 1957, pages 35 to 37 & 68 to 69 References External links Western Australian Motor Race Results 1957, www.terrywalkersplace.com, as archive at web.archive.org Australian Grand Prix 1956 Australian Grand Prix 1957 1958 Australian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Australian Grand Prix