1962 Australian Grand Prix

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1962 Australian Grand Prix
Race 6 of 6 in 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship
Race details
Date18 November 1962
Location Caversham, Western Australia
Course Airfield circuit
Course length 3.621 km (2.25 mi)
Distance 60 laps, 198.78 km (123.54 mi)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Cooper-Climax
Time 1'19.6
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Repco Brabham-Climax [1]
Time 1'20.0
Podium
First Cooper-Climax
Second Cooper-Climax
Third Cooper-Climax

The 1962 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Libre cars, [2] 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. [3]

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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

The 9th placed Lotus Super 7, pictured in 2012 Lotus Super Seven S2 of John Evans.JPG
The 9th placed Lotus Super 7, pictured in 2012

Results as follows. [4]

PosNo. [5] DriverEntrant [5] CarLapsTime
147 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Cooper T62 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.7L601h 21m 58.4s
25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Youl Scuderia Veloce Cooper T55 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L601h 22m 40.0s
36 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bib Stillwell B. S. Stillwell Cooper T55 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L601h 22m 44.7s
49 [6] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Patterson Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T51 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L57
57 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Arnold GlassCapitol Motors BRM P48 / Buick 3.9L55
614 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Syd Negus S. A. Negus Cooper T20 / Repco-Holden 2.3L [7] 47
72 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ted Edwards [7] E. D. EdwardsT.S. Special / GMC 4.5L47
84 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lex Davison Ecurie Australie Cooper T53 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.7L46
926 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeff DunkertonReimann Motors Lotus Super 7 / Ford 1.546
Ret1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT4 [8] / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L50Accident
DNS [9] 10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Downey [9] [10] Sporting Cars Ferrari 166 F2 / Chevrolet 4.6L [9] -Engine [11]
DNS [9] 12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron McCormack [9] Ron McCormackMaybach 3 / Chevrolet 4.6L [9] -
DNS [9] 15 [9] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Ayers [9] Superior Cars [7] Alta F2 / Holden 2.4L [9] -
DNS [9] 17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dave Gordon [9] Dave Sullivan MotorsDJ Special / Holden 2.5L [9] -
DNS [9] 11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wally Higgs [9] W. HiggsPeugeot Special / Peugeot 1.1L [9] -Engine
DNS [9] 18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Don Willison [9] [12] Don Willison HRD Special / Vincent 1.0L [9] -

Additional awards

Notes

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Western Australian Motor Race Results 1962 Archived 3 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine 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. Howard, Graham (1986). "1962". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 276–284. ISBN   0-9588464-0-5.
  5. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 1962 Gold Star, members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org on 28 September 2012
  8. 1 2 1962 Non-World Championship Grands Prix, www.silhouet.com Retrieved 28 August 2012
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 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. 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. oldracingcars.com lists the driver of car No. 18 as Dan Willison. The Official Programme shows both driver and entrant of car No. 18 as Don Willison.
  13. The official history of the Australian Grand Prix - 80 races, page 209

Further reading

Preceded by Australian Grand Prix
1962
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