1957 Australian Grand Prix
Appearance
1957 Australian Grand Prix | |||
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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 |
| 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]
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
[edit]Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Entrant [6] | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | 2 | Ferrari 625 F1 / Ferrari 3.0L | Ecurie Australie | 70 | 1h 56m 24.7s | 6[7] 2[7] | |
2 | 1 | Maserati 250F / Maserati 3.0L | Stan Jones | 70 | 1h 57m 7.6s | 5 | |
3 | 3 | Cooper T41 / Climax FWB 1.5L | Jack Brabham | 69 | 3 | ||
4 | 9 | Cooper T23 / Bristol 2.0L | Len Lukey | 67 | 2 | ||
5 | 6 | Cooper T20 / Bristol 2.0L | A. G. Mildren | 66 | 1 | ||
6 | 14 | TS Special / GMC | S. Taylor | ||||
7 | 11 | Decca Special Mk.2 / Climax FWA 1.1L | D. E. Jolly | 60 | |||
8 | 19 | BRM Morgan / Standard 2.1L | Bill Richards Motors | ||||
9 | 28 | Morgan 4–4 / Morgan 1.2L | B. Ranford | ||||
10 | 23 | Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | Sydney Anderson Automotives | ||||
Ret | 25 | Amilcar Special / Holden | F. Coxon | ||||
Ret | 18 | Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | A. Melrose | ||||
Ret | 7 | Aston Martin DB3S / Aston Martin 2.9L | T. Sulman | ||||
Ret | 20 | Bondley Special / Standard 2.1L | P. Bond | ||||
Ret | 15 | Plymouth Special / Plymouth 3.8L | S. Negus | ||||
Ret | 29 | WS Mercury Special / Mercury 4.1L | G. Wakelin | ||||
Ret | 17 | MG TC Special / MG 1.4L | J. Walker | ||||
Ret | 5 | Cooper T20 / Holden 2.4L | J. Myers | ||||
Ret | 22 | Bugatti Type 57 / Bugatti 3.3L | D. Van Dal | ||||
Ret | 8 | Cooper T23 / Holden 2.3L | T. V. Hawkes | 25[8] | |||
Ret | 24 | Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | E. Kinnear | ||||
Ret | 21 | BM Special / Holden | Badger Motors Holden | ||||
Ret | 16 | Ballot Special / Ford 4.1L | M. Geneve | ||||
Ret | 12 | Alta GP-2 / Alta S/C 1.5L | Sydney Anderson Automotives | 4[8] | |||
DNS[8] | 10 | Austin-Healey 100S / Austin-Healey 2.7L | R. K. Phillips | ||||
DNS | 4 | Cooper T39 / Climax FP 1.5L | W. Patterson | ||||
DNS | 26 | Sevin / Peugeot 1.3L | V. Smith | ||||
DNS | 27 | Double V8 / 2xFord 8.2L | Sydney Anderson Automotives |
References
[edit]- ^ OzatWar Website Retrieved 15 May 2020
- ^ Davison (Ferrrari) Wins Grand Prix, Australian Motor Sports, April 1957, pages 134 to 139
- ^ Flyer for 22nd Australian Grand Prix, Caversham, Western Australia, March 2nd and 4th 1957
- ^ The official history of the Australian Grand Prix - 80 Years, page 175
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "The CAMS Gold Star". Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ^ a b Graham Howard, Lex Davison - Larger Than Life, 2004, page 121
- ^ a b c Graeme Cocks, Controversy at Caversham, Fremantle Motor Museum, 2007, page 40