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1962 Australian Grand Prix

FieldValue
TypeCUST
DescriptionRace 6 of 6 in 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship
Grand PrixAustralian
CountryAustralia
LocationCaversham, Western Australia
Date18 November
Year1962
CourseAirfield circuit
Course_mi2.25
Course_km3.621
Distance_laps60
Distance_mi123.54
Distance_km198.78
WeatherSunny
Pole_DriverBruce McLaren
Pole_CountryNZ
Pole_TeamCooper-Climax
Pole_Time1'19.6
Fast_DriverJack Brabham
Fast_TeamRepco Brabham-Climax
Fast_Time1'20.0
Fast_CountryAUS
First_DriverBruce McLaren
First_CountryNZ
First_TeamCooper-Climax
Second_DriverJohn Youl
Second_CountryAUS
Second_TeamCooper-Climax
Third_DriverBib Stillwell
Third_CountryAUS
Third_TeamCooper-Climax

The 1962 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Libre cars, held at the Caversham circuit in Western Australia, Australia on 18 November 1962. It was the twenty seventh Australian Grand Prix and the sixth and final race in the 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship. The Grand Prix meeting was organised by the Western Australian Sporting Car Club Inc.

Held at the former United States Navy air base in still remote Western Australia, the race had just ten starters, seven of which had made the long journey across the Nullarbor Plain from the eastern states, and three of which were local entries. It was the third of only four Australian Grands Prix to be contested in Western Australia with the next held in 1979.

Bruce McLaren won his first Australian Grand Prix, beginning a new era for the race in which the results would be dominated by professional drivers and teams rather than the gentleman amateurs who had won most of the post-war AGP races. It also began an AGP rivalry between the two senior drivers from the region, McLaren and Jack Brabham who were already long-time rivals in Formula One racing.

Race classification

Results as follows.

PosNo.DriverEntrantCarLapsTime123456789RetDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
47New Zealand Bruce McLarenBruce McLarenCooper T62 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.7L601h 21m 58.4s
5Australia John YoulScuderia VeloceCooper T55 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L601h 22m 40.0s
6Australia Bib StillwellB. S. StillwellCooper T55 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L601h 22m 44.7s
9Australia Bill PattersonBill Patterson MotorsCooper T51 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L57
7Australia Arnold GlassCapitol MotorsBRM P48 / Buick 3.9L55
14Australia Syd NegusS. A. NegusCooper T20 / Repco-Holden 2.3L47
2Australia Ted EdwardsE. D. EdwardsT.S. Special / GMC 4.5L47
4Australia Lex DavisonEcurie AustralieCooper T53 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.7L46
26Australia Jeff DunkertonReimann MotorsLotus Super 7 / Ford 1.546
1Australia Jack BrabhamEcurie VitesseRepco Brabham BT4 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L50Accident
10Australia Ron DowneySporting CarsFerrari 166 F2 / Chevrolet 4.6L-Engine
12Australia Ron McCormackRon McCormackMaybach 3 / Chevrolet 4.6L-
15Australia Jack AyersSuperior CarsAlta F2 / Holden 2.4L-
17Australia Dave GordonDave Sullivan MotorsDJ Special / Holden 2.5L-
11Australia Wally HiggsW. HiggsPeugeot Special / Peugeot 1.1L-Engine
18Australia Don WillisonDon WillisonHRD Special / Vincent 1.0L-

Additional awards

  • 1st Australian resident driver: John Youl
  • 1st Western Australian resident driver: Syd Negus

Notes

  • Pole Position: Bruce McLaren - 1:19.6
  • Winner's average speed: 145.49 km/h
  • Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham, 1:20.0s, 92.65 mph, 149.1 km/h

References

References

  1. [http://www.terrywalkersplace.com/Results/1962-all.pdf Western Australian Motor Race Results 1962] {{Webarchive. link. (3 June 2014 Retrieved from www.terrywalkersplace.com on 28 August 2012)
  2. The Australian Grand Prix, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1962 Edition, page 66
  3. Supplementary Regulations, Australian International Grand Prix, November 17th-18th, Caversham, Western Australia
  4. (1986). "The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix". R & T Publishing.
  5. Official Souvenir Programme, Australian International Grand Prix, Caversham, 17-18 Nov, '62
  6. Patterson is listed in the Official Programme as No 3. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix page 284 states that he raced with No. 9
  7. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120928065138/http://members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw/images/results/races62.htm ''1962 Gold Star'', members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org on 28 September 2012]
  8. [http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1962/1962.html#aus ''1962 Non-World Championship Grands Prix'', www.silhouet.com] Retrieved 28 August 2012
  9. [https://www.oldracingcars.com/australia/results/1962/caversham/australian-grand-prix/ ''Australian Grand Prix, Caversham, 18 Nov 1962'', www.oldracingcars.com] Retrieved 26 September 2014
  10. Re driver of Car No. 10 - Programme has R.E. Downey, oldracingcars.com has Ron Downey, dandsshaw has Ron Downey, Around the Houses has Bill Bowney
  11. [https://www.oldracephotos.com/shop/product5001#7175_V_Ferr_62 Bill Downey ex Cobden Ferrari Corvette Caversham AGP practice 1962. Blew the engine so did not race, www.oldracephotos.com] Retrieved 2 April 2021
  12. The official history of the Australian Grand Prix - 80 races, page 209
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