1952 Australian Grand Prix

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1952 Australian Grand Prix
Formula Libre race
Mount Panorama 1938-1986.png
Race details
Date14 April 1952
Location Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales
Course Temporary road circuit
Course length 6.12 km (3.84 miles)
Distance 38 laps, 234.8 km (145.92 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Talbot-Lago
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Australia (converted).svg Doug Whiteford Talbot-Lago
Time 3'02
Podium
First Talbot-Lago
Second Maybach Special
Third
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Murray
Alfa Romeo-Alvis
Doug Whiteford won the race driving a Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot Lago T26C of Doug Whiteford.jpg
Doug Whiteford won the race driving a Talbot-Lago T26C
Stan Jones (Maybach) leads Whiteford early in the race. Jones placed second. Maybach of Stan Jones (1952 AGP).jpg
Stan Jones (Maybach) leads Whiteford early in the race. Jones placed second.
Bill Murray on his way to third place driving an Alfa Romeo Tipo B Alfa Romeo of Bill Murray (1952 AGP).jpg
Bill Murray on his way to third place driving an Alfa Romeo Tipo B

The 1952 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst, in New South Wales, Australia on 14 April 1952. The race had 43 starters and was held over 38 laps of the six kilometre circuit, a total distance of 235 kilometres. A crowd of 15,000 watched the race, [1] which was organised by the Australian Sporting Car Club. [2]

Contents

The race, which is recognised by Motorsport Australia as the seventeenth Australian Grand Prix, [3] was won by Doug Whiteford driving a Talbot-Lago T26C Formula One car. It was Whiteford's second Australian Grand Prix victory.

Classification

Results as follows. [2]

PosNo.DriverCar / EngineEntrant [4] LapsTime / Remarks
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Doug Whiteford Talbot-Lago T26C / Talbot-Lago 4.5LD Whiteford381h 57m 44s
23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stan Jones Maybach Special Mk.1 / Maybach 4.3LSJ Jones382h 02m 04s
313 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Murray Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Alvis 4.4LW Murray382h 05m 08s
45 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Murray Allard J2 / Cadillac 4.4LJE Murray382h 06m 04s
530 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry MondayMercury Special / Mercury 4.0LHS Monday382h 09m 34s
615 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Sulman Maserati 4CL / Maserati 1.5LTN Sulman382h 11m 05s
727 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clive AdamsPrad / Ford 2.2LCE Adams382h 11m 16s
841 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David McKay MG TC Special / MG 1.3LD McKay38 [5] 2h 13m 21s
943 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Critchley MG TB Special / MG 1.3LBetter Used Cars NSW38 [5] 2h 15m 27s
1033 Flag of Australia (converted).svg J.S. Moody Jaguar XK120 / Jaguar 3.4LJS Moody37Flagged off [5]
1119 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Arthur Griffiths MG TC Special / MG 1.3LAA Griffiths36Flagged off [5]
1244 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Ward MG TC Special / MG 1.3LRS Ward35Flagged off [5]
1335 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill McLachlan Bugatti Type 37A / Ford 3.6LDA McLachlan34Flagged off [5]
1432 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Calvert Jaguar XK120 / Jaguar 3.4LJ Calvert34Flagged off [5]
1516 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Puss Catlin [5]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Menere [5]
Bugatti Type 35B / Bugatti s/c 2.3LP Menere34Flagged off [5]
1611 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Saywell Cooper Mk.V / JAP 1.0LJ Saywell32Flagged off [5]
1740 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Silvio Massola HRG Special / HRG 1.5LS Massola29Flagged off [5]
Ret42 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Nind MG TB Special / MG 1.3LJP Nind34
Ret39 Flag of Australia (converted).svg T.G. Humphries HRG Special / HRG 1.5LTG Humphries33
Ret46 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Phil Harrison MG TD Special / MG 1.3LPC Harrison27
Ret18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Curley Brydon MG TC Special / MG s/c 1.3LAH Brydon27Split fuel tank [5]
Ret38 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Reid Terraplane Special / Terraplane 3.6LRM Reid24Engine noise [2]
Ret36 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alec Mildren Riley Nine Imp / Riley 1.5LAG Mildren24Black flagged [5]
Ret26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Wilcox Dodge Special / Dodge 4.0LWH Wilcox24Black flagged [5]
Ret22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry Thompson HRG / HRG 1.5LRedex Products NSW24
Ret21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian MountainM.Y.F. Special [4] / Ford 4.2LIK Mountain24
Ret34 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Roberts Jaguar XK120 / Jaguar 3.4LFK Roberts23
Ret17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Julian BarrettBWA Special / Frazer Nash 1.5LJ St. Q Barrett19
Ret28 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Lowe Bugatti Type 37 / Holden 2.2LPS Lowe17Distributor [6]
Ret11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stan MossetterRizzo Riley Special / Riley 1.5LS Mossetter16
Ret4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wally Feltham Alta / Alta 2.0LWD Feltham15
Ret7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Crouch Cooper Mk.V / JAP 1.1LJF Crouch15Suspension [5]
Ret25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Pearse MG TC Special / MG GE Pearse12
Ret12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Bland Riley Dixon [4] / Riley 1.5LAG Mildren11
Ret20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jesse GriffithsGeorge Reed Special / Ford 4.0LJJ Griffiths11
Ret24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vin Maloney MG TC Special / MG 1.3LVA Maloney11
Ret23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Cobden Cooper Mk.V / JAP 0.5LR Cobden10Dropped valve [5]
Ret14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eldred Norman Maserati 6C / Maserati 1.5LE de B Norman10Blow off valve [5]
Ret8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lloyd Hirst [7] Cooper Mk.V / JAP 1.1LFL Hirst8
Ret10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mischa Ravdell [8] Cooper Mk.V / Vincent 1.0LM Ravdell7
Ret6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Craig Cooper Mk.V / JAP 1.1LWJ Craig6
Ret9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank KleinigKleinig-Hudson 8 Special / Hudson 4.4LF Kleinig4Valve spring [5]
Ret31 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Tubman MG K3 Magnette [5] / MG 1.1LKV Tubman1
DNS29 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter McKenna [5] BMW 328 / BMW 2.0LP McKenna-Practised [5]
DNS45 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Feast [5] MG TB Special / MG 1.3LRJ Feast-Practised [5]
DNS2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lex Davison [9] Alfa Romeo P3 [10] AN Davison-Timing gear [9]

Note: Competitors still running when the winner completed the race were allowed to continue racing [2] until the race time limit flag was shown. [5] Nine cars completed the full race distance and a further eight were "flagged off". [5]

Notes

Handicap

The race incorporated a concurrent handicap award which was won by Harry Monday (Mercury Special), 12 seconds ahead of Doug Whiteford. [2] Minor placings were taken by Bill Murray, Clive Adams and David McKay. [11]

This was to be the last Australian Grand Prix to include a handicap section. [2]

References & notes

  1. 1 2 Whiteford Wins Grand Prix Again, Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 15 April 1952, page 1, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Howard, Graham (1986). "1952". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 170–180. ISBN   0-9588464-0-5.
  3. Australian Grand Prix, motorsport.org.au Retrieved 30 August 2023
  4. 1 2 3 Official Programme, Bathurst Car Races, 14th April 1952
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Easter Monday at Bathurst, Australian Motor Sport, May 1952, pages 26-39
  6. The official history of the Australian Grand Prix - 80 Years
  7. Howard uses both Lloyd and Wayne as the first name for Hirst. The Official Programme lists the Entrant and Driver of Car 8 as FL Hirst and makes reference to "Lloyd Hirst" in the Grand Prix Personalities section.
  8. Howard lists Mischa Randell as the driver of Car 10 however the Official Programme lists the Entrant and Driver as M Ravdell
  9. 1 2 Vic. Driver Wins Grand Prix, National Advocate, Tuesday 15 April 1952, page 2, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
  10. John B. Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, pages 20 & 21
  11. John Medley, Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Sport, page 139
Preceded by Australian Grand Prix
1952
Succeeded by

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