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.
^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 bGraham Howard, Lex Davison - Larger Than Life, 2004, page 121
^ a b cGraeme Cocks, Controversy at Caversham, Fremantle Motor Museum, 2007, page 40
External links
Western Australian Motor Race Results 1957, www.terrywalkersplace.com, as archive at web.archive.org