1960 Australian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 3 of 7 in 1960 Australian Drivers' Championship | |||
 | |||
| Date | 12 June 1960 | ||
| Location | Lowood circuit, Tarampa, Queensland | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.54 km (2.82 mi) | ||
| Distance | 36 laps, 163.44 km (101.52 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Cooper-Maserati | ||
| Time | 1'45.9 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lex Davison | Aston Martin | |
| Time | 1'44 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Cooper-Maserati | ||
| Second | Aston Martin | ||
| Third |
| Cooper-Climax | |
The 1960 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Lowood in Queensland, Australia on 12 June 1960. The race had 16 starters.
It was the twenty fifth Australian Grand Prix.[1] 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 DB3S three litre sports car engine replacing the 2.5 litre powerplant.
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Alec Mildren won the 1960 Australian Grand Prix driving a Cooper T51, similar to the example depicted above
Classification
Results as follows.[2]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Entrant [3] | Laps | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Alec Mildren |
Cooper T51 / Maserati 2.5L | AG Mildren Pty Ltd | 36 | 1h 4m 35.05s |
| 2 | 3 | Lex Davison |
Aston Martin DBR4/300 / Aston Martin 3.0L | Ecurie Australie | 36 | 1h 4m 35.55s |
| 3 | 16 | Bib Stillwell |
Cooper T51 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.2L | BS Stillwell | 36 | |
| 4 | 70 | Jon Leighton |
Cooper T45 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.0L | Scuderia Birchwood | 35 | |
| 5 | 71 | Noel Hall |
Cooper T51 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.0L | O Hall | 35 | |
| 6 | 8 | Arnold Glass |
Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5L | Capitol Motors Pty Ltd | 35 | |
| 7 | 20 | Glynn Scott |
Cooper T43 / Coventry Climax FPF 1.7L | Glyn Scott Motors | ||
| 8 | 4 | Charlie Whatmore |
Lotus Eleven / Coventry Climax FPF 1.5L | Charles Whatmore | ||
| 9 | 33 | Mel McEwin |
Tornado II / Chevrolet 4.6L | M McEwin | ||
| 10 | 49 | Noel Barnes |
MG TC Special / MG 1.5L | N Barnes | ||
| ? | 37 | Keith Russell |
MG TC Special / MG 1.5L | D Russell | ||
| ? | 32 | Max Williams |
MG TC Special / MG 1.5L | M Williams | ||
| ? | 10 | George Jamieson |
Lotus Eleven / Coventry Climax FWA 1.1L [4] | Rockhampton Car Sales | ||
| Ret | 87 | Frank Matich |
Lotus 15 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L | Leaton Motors | 9 | |
| Ret | 18 | Stan Jones |
Maybach III / Chevrolet 4.6L | Stan Jones Motors Pty Ltd | 4 | |
| Ret | 6 | Joe Bonenti |
MG TF Special / MG 1.5L | J Bonetti | ||
| DNS | 7 | Ern Tadgell |
Sabakat / Lycoming 7.9L | Tadgell Aviation | ||
Notes
- Pole position: Alec Mildren - 1'45.9
- Fastest lap: Lex Davison - 1'44.0
References
- ↑ 25th Australian G.P. at Lowood, Australian Motor Sports, July 1960, pages 252 to 254
- ↑ Howard, Graham (1986). "1960". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 256–266. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
- ↑ 1960 Gold Star results, members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw via web.archive.org
- ↑ Australian Grand Prix Lowood, 12 Jun 1960, oldracingcars.com Retrieved 21 March 2015
External links
| Preceded by 1959 Australian Grand Prix |
Australian Grand Prix 1960 |
Succeeded by 1961 Australian Grand Prix |
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