1962 Australian Grand Prix
| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race 6 of 6 in 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship | ||
| Date | 18 November 1962 | |
| Location | Caversham, Western Australia | |
| Course | Airfield circuit 3.621 km (2.25 mi) |
|
| Distance | 45 laps, 162.945 km (101.25 mi) | |
| Weather | Sunny | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Bruce McLaren |
Cooper-Climax |
| Time | 1'19.6 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Jack Brabham |
Repco Brabham-Climax [1] |
| Time | 1'20.0 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Bruce McLaren |
Cooper-Climax |
| Second | John Youl |
Cooper-Climax |
| Third | Bib Stillwell |
Cooper-Climax |
The 1962 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at Caversham in Western 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 race, held at the former United States Navy air base in still remote Western Australia, had just ten starters, seven of which had made the long trek across the Nullarbor Plain from the eastern states, joined by just three local entries. It was the second of only three Australian Grands Prix to be held in Western Australia and the next would not be held until 1979.
Bruce McLaren won his first Australian Grand Prix, beginning a new era for the Grand Prix in which the results would become dominated by professional drivers and teams rather than the gentleman amateurs who had won most of the post-war races. It also signalled the beginning of an AGP rivalry between the two senior drivers from the region over the Grand Prix, between McLaren and Jack Brabham who were already long rivals racing Formula One overseas, a rivalry that with the growing influence of the two in Formula One would assist in the creation of the Tasman Series in 1964.
Classification [edit]
Results as follows.[2]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant [1] | Car | Laps | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 47 [1] | Bruce McLaren |
Bruce McLaren | Cooper T62 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.7L | 60 | 1h 21m 58.4s |
| 2 | 5 | John Youl |
Scuderia Veloce | Cooper T55 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L | 60 | 1h 22m 40s |
| 3 | 6 | Bib Stillwell |
B S Stillwell | Cooper T55 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L | 60 | 1h 22m 44.7s |
| 4 | 3 | Bill Patterson |
Bill Patterson Motors | Cooper T51 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L | 57 | |
| 5 | 7 | Arnold Glass |
Capitol Motors | BRM P48 / Buick 3.9L | 55 | |
| 6 | 14 | Syd Negus |
S A Negus | Cooper T20 / Repco-Holden 2.3L [3] | 47 | |
| 7 | 2 | Ted Edwards [3] |
E Edwards [3] | T.S. Special / GMC 4.5L | 47 | |
| 8 | 4 [1] | Lex Davison |
Ecurie Australie [3] | Cooper T53 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.7L | 46 | |
| 9 | 26 | Jeff Dunkerton |
Reimann Motors | Lotus Super 7 / Ford 1.5 | 46 | |
| Ret | 1 | Jack Brabham |
Ecurie Vitesse | Repco Brabham BT4 [4] / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L | 50 | Accident |
| DNS | 11 | Wally Higgs |
W Higgs | Formula Junior / Peugeot 1.1L | Engine |
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d Western Australian Motor Race Results 1962 Retrieved from www.terrywalkersplace.com on 28 August 2012
- ^ Howard, Graham (1986). "1962". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 276–284. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
- ^ a b c d 1962 Gold Star Retrieved on 28 August 2012
- ^ 1962 Non-World Championship Grands Prix Retrieved from www.silhouet.com on 28 August 2012
| Preceded by 1961 Australian Grand Prix |
Australian Grand Prix 1962 |
Succeeded by 1963 Australian Grand Prix |
