1957 Australian Grand Prix

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1957 Australian Grand Prix
Race 1 of 8 in 1957 Australian Drivers' Championship
Race details
Date4 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 Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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. [3] The race had 24 starters. [4]

Contents

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

Results as follows. [5] [6]

PosNo.DriverCarEntrant [6] LapsTimePoints
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lex Davison
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Patterson 		Ferrari 625 F1 / Ferrari 3.0LEcurie Australie701h 56m 24.7s6 [7]
2 [7]
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stan Jones Maserati 250F / Maserati 3.0LStan Jones701h 57m 7.6s5
33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Cooper T41 / Climax FWB 1.5LJack Brabham693
49 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Len Lukey Cooper T23 / Bristol 2.0LLen Lukey672
56 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alec Mildren Cooper T20 / Bristol 2.0LA. G. Mildren661
614 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Syd TaylorTS Special / GMC S. Taylor
711 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Derek JollyDecca Special Mk.2 / Climax FWA 1.1LD. E. Jolly60
819 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Merv DudleyBRM Morgan / Standard 2.1LBill Richards Motors
928 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Ranford Morgan 4–4 / Morgan 1.2LB. Ranford
1023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Aldous Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7LSydney Anderson Automotives
Ret25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Fred Coxon Amilcar Special / Holden F. Coxon
Ret18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aub Melrose Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7LA. Melrose
Ret7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Sulman Aston Martin DB3S / Aston Martin 2.9LT. Sulman
Ret20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter BondBondley Special / Standard 2.1LP. Bond
Ret15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Syd Negus Plymouth Special / Plymouth 3.8LS. Negus
Ret29 Flag of Australia (converted).svg George WakelinWS Mercury Special / Mercury 4.1LG. Wakelin
Ret17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Walker MG TC Special / MG 1.4LJ. Walker
Ret5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Myers Cooper T20 / Holden 2.4LJ. Myers
Ret22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Van Dal
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Cummins		 Bugatti Type 57 / Bugatti 3.3LD. Van Dal
Ret8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Hawkes
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ern Seeliger		 Cooper T23 / Holden 2.3LT. V. Hawkes25 [8]
Ret24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eric Kinnear Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7LE. Kinnear
Ret21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aubury BadgerBM Special / Holden Badger Motors Holden
Ret16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mick GeneveBallot Special / Ford 4.1LM. Geneve
Ret12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Syd Anderson Alta GP-2 / Alta S/C 1.5LSydney Anderson Automotives4 [8]
DNS [8] 10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Phillips Austin-Healey 100S / Austin-Healey 2.7LR. K. Phillips
DNS4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Patterson Cooper T39 / Climax FP 1.5LW. Patterson
DNS26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vin SmithSevin / Peugeot 1.3LV. Smith
DNS27 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony CarboniDouble V8 / 2xFord 8.2LSydney Anderson Automotives

Notes

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. 1 2 "The CAMS Gold Star". Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  7. 1 2 Graham Howard, Lex Davison - Larger Than Life, 2004, page 121
  8. 1 2 3 Graeme Cocks, Controversy at Caversham, Fremantle Motor Museum, 2007, page 40
  9. ↑ John Storm, Grand Prix Muddle, Modern Motor, May 1957, pages 35 to 37 & 68 to 69
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