V New Zealand International Grand Prix 1957
Ardmore Airfield, Auckland, New Zealand

 

Januaray 12 100 laps x 3379.5 m = 337.95 km Pole Position: (Ken Wharton, 1'28.5")
Ron Roycroft, 1'29.2"		 Fastest Lap: Reg Parnell, 1'31.2"

 

Pos Cla. # Driver, Nationality Entrant / Car Owner Car - Engine Cyl
vol		 Type Chassis Time, Laps Reason Out
1 1 4 Reg Parnell, GB Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 555/860 3.4 L4   3:07.56.1"
76.63 mph		  
2 2 5 Peter Whitehead, GB Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 555/860 3.4 L4   76.61 mph  
3 3   Stan Jones, AUS   Maserati 250F 2.5 L6   74.41 mph  
4 4   Ross Jensen, NZ   Ferrari 750 Monza
DNS Austin Healey 100S		 3.0 L4   72.29 mph  
5 5   Bob Gibbons, NZ Jim Shelley Jaguar D-type 3.4 L6   71.40 mph  
6 6   George Palmer, NZ George Palmer Cooper T23 - Bristol 2.0 L6   69.45 mph  
7 7   Ralph Watson, NZ   Lycoming Special 4.7 F4   68.56 mph  
8 8   Ron Frost, NZ   Cooper T36 - Norton 0.5 1   68.35 mph  
9 9   Tom Clark, GB   HWM - Alta 2.0 L4 s/c   68.22 mph  
10 10   Jack Brabham, AUS   Cooper T41 - Climax 1.5 L4   68.14 mph  
11 11   Peter Gendells, NZ Ron Roycroft Bugatti - Jaguar 3.4 L6   67.82 mph  
12 12   Alex Stringer, NZ Allan McKay Cooper T41 - Climax 1.1 L4   63.91 mph  
13 13   Ronnie Moore, NZ   Cooper T39 - Climax 1.1 L4   59.72 mph  
14 14   John McMillan, NZ   Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9 L8
s/c		   56.19 mph  
                     
15 DNF 19 Ron Roycroft, NZ Ron Roycroft Ferrari 375 4.5 V12   63 Driver exhausted
16 DNF   Bib Stillwell, AUS   Maserati 250F 2.5 L6   50 Gearbox
17 DNF   Arnold Stafford, NZ   Cooper T36 - Norton 0.5 1   49 Oil pressure
18 DNF   Allan Freeman, NZ   Lago-Talbot 26C 4.5 L6     Magneto
19 DNF   Roly Crowther, NZ   Lotus 11 - Climax 1.1 L4   32  
20 DNF   Pat Hoare, NZ   Maserati 4CLT-48 1.5 L4
s/c		      
21 DNF   Horace Gould, GB Horace Gould Maserati 250F 2.5 L6   15 Valve
22 DNF   Syd Jensen, NZ   Cooper T41 - Climax 1.5 L4   7 Engine
23 DNF   Dave Caldwell, NZ   Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9 L8
s/c		   3 Valve
24 DNF   Bill Morrice, GB George Palmer Cooper T20 - Bristol 2.0 L6   0 Engine
                     
25 DNS   Ken Wharton, GB   Maserati 250F 2.5 L6     Fatal accident in sportscar race
26 DNS   Gavin Quirk, MZ Gavin Quirk Cooper T20 - Bristol 2.0 L6      
                     
27 DNQ   Frank Shuter, NZ   Maserati 8CM 3.0 L8
s/c		      
28 DNQ   Phil Neill, NZ   Maserati 6CM 1.5 L6
s/c		      
29 DNQ   Ted Thompson, NZ   Bugatti Type 38 - Ford 4.1 V8      
30 DNQ   Rob Hugill, NZ   Cooper T31 - JAP 0.5 1      
31 DNQ   Bruce Webster, NZ   Cooper T26 - JAP 0.5 1      
32 DNQ   Len Gilbert, NZ   Cooper T18 - Norton 0.5 1      
33 DNQ   Les Moore, NZ   Cooper T15 - Vincent 1.0 V2      
34 DNQ   Wally Henwood, NZ   Cooper T12 - Vincent 1.0 V2      
                     
35 DNA   Reg Hunt, GB   Maserati 250F 2.5 L6      

Grid

Whitehead

  

Parnell

  

Roycroft

  

(Wharton)
 

Gould

  

R. Jensen

  

Clark

  

Stillwell

  

S. Jensen

  

Brabham

  

Jones
 

Stringer

  

Hoare

  

Palmer

  

Watson

  

Gibbons

  

Caldwell

  

Crowther
 

Frost

  

Gendells

  

Freeman

  

Morrice

  

Stafford

  

McMillan

  

Moore

 

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