1957 Australian Grand Prix

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

The 1957 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at Caversham Circuit, Western Australia on 4 March 1957. 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 utilise 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

Results as follows.[1][2]

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

References

  1. ^ Howard, Graham (1986). "1957". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 228–235. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5. 
  2. ^ "The CAMS Gold Star". Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. http://members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw/images/results/races57.htm. Retrieved 13 June 2009. 
Preceded by
1956 Australian Grand Prix		 Australian Grand Prix
1957		 Succeeded by
1958 Australian Grand Prix