1957_Australian_Grand_Prix

1957 Australian Grand Prix

1957 Australian Grand Prix

Motor car race

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]

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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

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

Results as follows.[5] [6]

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References

  1. [1]
    OzatWar Website Retrieved 15 May 2020
  2. [2]
    Davison (Ferrrari) Wins Grand Prix, Australian Motor Sports, April 1957, pages 134 to 139
  3. [3]
    Flyer for 22nd Australian Grand Prix, Caversham, Western Australia, March 2nd and 4th 1957
  4. [4]
    The official history of the Australian Grand Prix - 80 Years, page 175
  5. [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. [6]
    "The CAMS Gold Star". Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  7. [7]
    Graham Howard, Lex Davison - Larger Than Life, 2004, page 121
  8. [8]
    Graeme Cocks, Controversy at Caversham, Fremantle Motor Museum, 2007, page 40
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