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1960 Australian Grand Prix
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | CUST |
| Description | Race 3 of 7 in 1960 Australian Drivers' Championship |
| Grand Prix | Australian |
| Country | Australia |
| Image | Lowood Circuit.jpg |
| Location | Lowood circuit, Tarampa, Queensland |
| Date | 12 June |
| Year | 1960 |
| Course | Permanent racing facility |
| Course_mi | 2.82 |
| Course_km | 4.54 |
| Distance_laps | 36 |
| Distance_mi | 101.52 |
| Distance_km | 163.44 |
| Weather | Sunny |
| Pole_Driver | Alec Mildren |
| Pole_Country | AUS |
| Pole_Team | Cooper-Maserati |
| Pole_Time | 1'45.9 |
| Fast_Driver | Lex Davison |
| Fast_Team | Aston Martin |
| Fast_Time | 1'44 |
| Fast_Country | AUS |
| First_Driver | Alec Mildren |
| First_Country | AUS |
| First_Team | Cooper-Maserati |
| Second_Driver | Lex Davison |
| Second_Country | AUS |
| Second_Team | Aston Martin |
| Third_Driver | Bib Stillwell |
| Third_Country | AUS |
| Third_Team | Cooper-Climax |
It was the twenty fifth Australian Grand Prix. Alec Mildren won his only AGP, which was also the second AGP victory for a rear-engined racing car. Mildren eschewed the more usual Coventry Climax FPF engine in favour of a Maserati sports car unit to power his Cooper T51, one of many competitors at the time who tried sports car engines in racing car chassis. Davison's Aston Martin DBR4 too had a sports car engine replacing the 2.5-litre powerplant, this being 3.0 litre unit from a DBR1.
Classification
Results as follows.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Entrant | Laps | Time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ? | ? | ? | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Australia Alec Mildren | Cooper T51 / Maserati 2.5L | A.G. Mildren Pty. Ltd. | 36 | 1h 4m 35.05s | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Australia Lex Davison | Aston Martin DBR4/300 / Aston Martin 3.0L | A.N. Davison | 36 | 1h 4m 35.55s | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Australia Bib Stillwell | Cooper T51 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.2L | B.S. Stillwell | 36 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 70 | Australia Jon Leighton | Cooper T45 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.0L | Scuderia Birchwood | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 71 | Australia Noel Hall | Cooper T51 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.0L | Ecurie Hall | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Australia Arnold Glass | Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5L | Capitol Motors | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Australia Glynn Scott | Cooper T43 / Coventry Climax FPF 1.7L | G. A. Scott | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Australia Charlie Whatmore | Lotus Eleven / Coventry Climax FPF 1.5L | C. Whatmore & Co. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Australia Mel McEwin | Tornado II / Chevrolet 4.6L | M. W. McEwin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 49 | Australia Noel Barnes | MG TC Special / MG 1.5L | N. F. Barnes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 37 | Australia Keith Russell | MG TC Special / MG 1.5L | D. K. Russell | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | Australia Max Williams | MG TC Special / MG 1.5L | Ecurie Lismore | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Australia George Jamieson | Lotus Eleven / Coventry Climax FWA 1.1L | Rockhampton Car Sales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 87 | Australia Frank Matich | Lotus 15 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L | Leaton Motors (Sports Cars) Pty. Ltd. | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Australia Stan Jones | Maybach III / Chevrolet 4.6L | Moran Motors Pty. Ltd. | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Australia Joe Bonenti | MG TF Special / MG 1.5L | J. A. Bonetti | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Australia Ern Tadgell | Sabakat / Lycoming 7.9L | C. E. Tadgell |
Notes
- Attendance: 25,000
- Pole position: Alec Mildren – 1'45.9
- Fastest lap: Lex Davison – 1'44.0, 97.7 mph, new lap record
References
References
- (5 August 1960). "Australian Grand Prix, Autosport".
- ''25th Australian G.P. at Lowood'', Australian Motor Sports, July 1960, pages 252 to 254
- John B. Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979, p. 41
- (1986). "The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix". R & T Publishing.
- Official Programme, Twenty Fifth Australian Grand Prix, Lowood, Queensland, 12 June 1960
- [http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=AU60 ''Australian Grand Prix Lowood, 12 Jun 1960'', oldracingcars.com] Retrieved 21 March 2015
- (13 June 1960). ""Whisker" win in Grand Prix". The Courier Mail.
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