1957 New Zealand Grand Prix

Date 13 January 1957

Location Ardmore Circuit, Auckland, New Zealand

Course Temporary racing facility

Course length 3.2 km (2.0 miles)

1957 New Zealand Grand Prix
5th New Zealand Grand Prix
Race details
Date	13 January 1957
Location	Ardmore Circuit, Auckland, New Zealand
Course	Temporary racing facility
Course length	3.2 km (2.0 miles)
Distance	120 laps, 384 km (240 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Ron Roycroft	Ferrari 375
Time	Determined by heats
Fastest lap
Driver	Reg Parnell	Ferrari 555/860
Time	1:31.2
Podium
First	Reg Parnell	Ferrari 555/860
Second	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 555/860
Third	Stan Jones	Maserati 250F

The 1957 New Zealand Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Ardmore Circuit on 13 January 1957. The event was won by Briton Reg Parnell driving the Ferrari 555/860 to victory over fellow Briton Peter Whitehead and former New Zealand Grand Prix winner, Stan Jones.

The event was perhaps best known for the death of British driver Ken Wharton. Whilst attempting to overtake a lapped car, Wharton lost control of his car and struck straw bales outlining the base of the pylon carrying an overhead banner over the circuit. After somersaulting several times, where Wharton was thrown out onto the circuit, he was left unconscious with severe head injuries of which he would later succumb to.