1957 Australian Grand Prix
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 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
Results as follows.Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Laps | Time | Points |
1 | 2 | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 625 F1 / Ferrari 3.0L | 70 | 1h 56m 24.7s | 6 2 |
2 | 1 | ![]() | Maserati 250F / Maserati 3.0L | 70 | 1h 57m 7.6s | 5 |
3 | 3 | ![]() | Cooper T41 / Climax FWB 1.5L | 69 | 3 | |
4 | 9 | ![]() | Cooper T23 / Bristol 2.0L | 67 | 2 | |
5 | 6 | ![]() | Cooper T20 / Bristol 2.0L | 66 | 1 | |
6 | 14 | ![]() | TS Special / GMC | |||
7 | 11 | ![]() | Decca Special Mk.2 / Climax FWA 1.1L | 60 | ||
8 | 19 | ![]() | BRM Morgan / Standard 2.1L | |||
9 | 28 | ![]() | Morgan 4-4 / Morgan 1.2L | |||
10 | 23 | ![]() | Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | |||
Ret | 25 | ![]() | Amilcar Special / Holden | |||
Ret | 18 | ![]() | Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | |||
Ret | 7 | ![]() | Aston Martin DB3S / Aston Martin 2.9L | |||
Ret | 20 | ![]() | Bondley Special / Standard 2.1L | |||
Ret | 15 | ![]() | Plymouth Special / Plymouth 3.8L | |||
Ret | 29 | ![]() | WS Mercury Special / Mercury 4.1L | |||
Ret | 17 | ![]() | MG TC Special / MG 1.4L | |||
Ret | 5 | ![]() | Cooper T20 / Holden 2.4L | |||
Ret | 22 | ![]() ![]() | Bugatti Type 57 / Bugatti 3.3L | |||
Ret | 8 | ![]() ![]() | Cooper T23 / Holden 2.3L | 25 | ||
Ret | 24 | ![]() | Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | |||
Ret | 21 | ![]() | BM Special / Holden | |||
Ret | 16 | ![]() | Ballot Special / Ford 4.1L | |||
Ret | 12 | ![]() | Alta GP-2 / Alta S/C 1.5L | 4 | ||
DNS | 10 | ![]() | Austin-Healey 100S / Austin-Healey 2.7L | |||
DNS | 4 | ![]() | Cooper T39 / Climax FP 1.5L | |||
DNS | 26 | ![]() | Sevin / Peugeot 1.3L | |||
DNS | 27 | ![]() | Double V8 / 2xFord 8.2L |