| Type: | CUST |
| Description: | Race 1 of 8 in 1957 Australian Drivers' Championship |
| Grand Prix: | Australian |
| Country: | Australia |
| Location: | Caversham, Western Australia |
| Date: | 4 March |
| Year: | 1957 |
| Course: | Permanent airfield circuit[1] |
| Course Mi: | 2.25 |
| Course Km: | 3.621 |
| Distance Laps: | 70 |
| Distance Mi: | 157.5 |
| Distance Km: | 253.47 |
| Weather: | Very warm (104°F),[2] sunny |
| Pole Driver: | Stan Jones |
| Pole Country: | AUS |
| Pole Team: | Maserati |
| Fast Driver: | Lex Davison |
| Fast Team: | Ferrari |
| Fast Time: | 1'34.8 |
| Fast Country: | AUS |
| First Driver: | Lex Davison |
| First Driver2: | Bill Patterson |
| First Country: | AUS |
| First Country2: | AUS |
| First Team: | Ferrari |
| Second Driver: | Stan Jones |
| Second Country: | AUS |
| Second Team: | Maserati |
| Third Driver: | Jack Brabham |
| Third Country: | AUS |
| Third Team: | 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.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Entrant | Laps | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Lex Davison Bill Patterson | Ferrari 625 F1 / Ferrari 3.0L | Ecurie Australie | 70 | 1h 56m 24.7s | 6[7] 2 |
| 2 | 1 | Stan Jones | Maserati 250F / Maserati 3.0L | Stan Jones | 70 | 1h 57m 7.6s | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Jack Brabham | Cooper T41 / Climax FWB 1.5L | Jack Brabham | 69 | 3 | |
| 4 | 9 | Len Lukey | Cooper T23 / Bristol 2.0L | Len Lukey | 67 | 2 | |
| 5 | 6 | Alec Mildren | Cooper T20 / Bristol 2.0L | A. G. Mildren | 66 | 1 | |
| 6 | 14 | Syd Taylor | TS Special / GMC | S. Taylor | |||
| 7 | 11 | Derek Jolly | Decca Special Mk.2 / Climax FWA 1.1L | D. E. Jolly | 60 | ||
| 8 | 19 | Merv Dudley | BRM Morgan / Standard 2.1L | Bill Richards Motors | |||
| 9 | 28 | Barry Ranford | Morgan 4–4 / Morgan 1.2L | B. Ranford | |||
| 10 | 23 | Neil Aldous | Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | Sydney Anderson Automotives | |||
| Ret | 25 | Fred Coxon | Amilcar Special / Holden | F. Coxon | |||
| Ret | 18 | Aub Melrose | Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | A. Melrose | |||
| Ret | 7 | Tom Sulman | Aston Martin DB3S / Aston Martin 2.9L | T. Sulman | |||
| Ret | 20 | Peter Bond | Bondley Special / Standard 2.1L | P. Bond | |||
| Ret | 15 | Syd Negus | Plymouth Special / Plymouth 3.8L | S. Negus | |||
| Ret | 29 | George Wakelin | WS Mercury Special / Mercury 4.1L | G. Wakelin | |||
| Ret | 17 | John Walker | MG TC Special / MG 1.4L | J. Walker | |||
| Ret | 5 | Jack Myers | Cooper T20 / Holden 2.4L | J. Myers | |||
| Ret | 22 | David Van Dal John Cummins | Bugatti Type 57 / Bugatti 3.3L | D. Van Dal | |||
| Ret | 8 | Tom Hawkes Ern Seeliger | Cooper T23 / Holden 2.3L | T. V. Hawkes | 25[8] | ||
| Ret | 24 | Eric Kinnear | Austin-Healey 100/4 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | E. Kinnear | |||
| Ret | 21 | Aubury Badger | BM Special / Holden | Badger Motors Holden | |||
| Ret | 16 | Mick Geneve | Ballot Special / Ford 4.1L | M. Geneve | |||
| Ret | 12 | Syd Anderson | Alta GP-2 / Alta S/C 1.5L | Sydney Anderson Automotives | 4 | ||
| DNS | 10 | Ron Phillips | Austin-Healey 100S / Austin-Healey 2.7L | R. K. Phillips | |||
| DNS | 4 | Bill Patterson | Cooper T39 / Climax FP 1.5L | W. Patterson | |||
| DNS | 26 | Vin Smith | Sevin / Peugeot 1.3L | V. Smith | |||
| DNS | 27 | Tony Carboni | Double V8 / 2xFord 8.2L | Sydney Anderson Automotives | |||