1957 Australian Grand Prix
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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
| Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Entrant [4] | Laps | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Template:Flagicon Lex Davison Template:Flagicon Bill Patterson |
Ferrari 625 F1 / Ferrari 3.0L | Ecurie Australie | 70 | 1h 56m 24.7s | 6[5] 2[5] |
| 2 | 1 | Template:Flagicon Stan Jones | Maserati 250F / Maserati 3.0L | Stan Jones | 70 | 1h 57m 7.6s | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham | Cooper T41 / Climax FWB 1.5L | Jack Brabham | 69 | 3 | |
| 4 | 9 | Template:Flagicon Len Lukey | Cooper T23 / Bristol 2.0L | Len Lukey | 67 | 2 | |
| 5 | 6 | Template:Flagicon Alec Mildren | Cooper T20 / Bristol 2.0L | A. G. Mildren | 66 | 1 | |
| 6 | 14 | Template:Flagicon Syd Taylor | TS Special / GMC | S. Taylor | |||
| 7 | 11 | Template:Flagicon Derek Jolly | Decca Special Mk.2 / Climax FWA 1.1L | D. E. Jolly | 60 | ||
| 8 | 19 | Template:Flagicon Merv Dudley | BRM Morgan / Standard 2.1L | Bill Richards Motors | |||
| 9 | 28 | Template:Flagicon Barry Ranford | Morgan 4–4 / Morgan 1.2L | B. Ranford | |||
| 10 | 23 | Template:Flagicon Neil Aldous | Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | Sydney Anderson Automotives | |||
| Ret | 25 | Template:Flagicon Fred Coxon | Amilcar Special / Holden | F. Coxon | |||
| Ret | 18 | Template:Flagicon Aub Melrose | Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | A. Melrose | |||
| Ret | 7 | Template:Flagicon Tom Sulman | Aston Martin DB3S / Aston Martin 2.9L | T. Sulman | |||
| Ret | 20 | Template:Flagicon Peter Bond | Bondley Special / Standard 2.1L | P. Bond | |||
| Ret | 15 | Template:Flagicon Syd Negus | Plymouth Special / Plymouth 3.8L | S. Negus | |||
| Ret | 29 | Template:Flagicon George Wakelin | WS Mercury Special / Mercury 4.1L | G. Wakelin | |||
| Ret | 17 | Template:Flagicon John Walker | MG TC Special / MG 1.4L | J. Walker | |||
| Ret | 5 | Template:Flagicon Jack Myers | Cooper T20 / Holden 2.4L | J. Myers | |||
| Ret | 22 | Template:Flagicon David Van Dal Template:Flagicon John Cummins |
Bugatti Type 57 / Bugatti 3.3L | D. Van Dal | |||
| Ret | 8 | Template:Flagicon Tom Hawkes Template:Flagicon Ern Seeliger |
Cooper T23 / Holden 2.3L | T. V. Hawkes | 25[6] | ||
| Ret | 24 | Template:Flagicon Eric Kinnear | Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | E. Kinnear | |||
| Ret | 21 | Template:Flagicon Aubury Badger | BM Special / Holden | Badger Motors Holden | |||
| Ret | 16 | Template:Flagicon Mick Geneve | Ballot Special / Ford 4.1L | M. Geneve | |||
| Ret | 12 | Template:Flagicon Syd Anderson | Alta GP-2 / Alta S/C 1.5L | Sydney Anderson Automotives | 4[6] | ||
| DNS[6] | 10 | Template:Flagicon Ron Phillips | Austin-Healey 100S / Austin-Healey 2.7L | R. K. Phillips | |||
| DNS | 4 | Template:Flagicon Bill Patterson | Cooper T39 / Climax FP 1.5L | W. Patterson | |||
| DNS | 26 | Template:Flagicon Vin Smith | Sevin / Peugeot 1.3L | V. Smith | |||
| DNS | 27 | Template:Flagicon Tony Carboni | Double V8 / 2xFord 8.2L | Sydney Anderson Automotives |
Notes
- Attendance: 25,000 [7]
References
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- ↑ 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
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ John Storm, Grand Prix Muddle, Modern Motor, May 1957, pages 35 to 37 & 68 to 69
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