1960 Australian Grand Prix


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. 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.
won the 1960 Australian Grand Prix driving a Cooper T51, similar to the example depicted above

Classification

Results as follows.
PosNo.DriverCarEntrantLapsTime
12 Alec MildrenCooper T51 / Maserati 2.5LAG Mildren Pty Ltd361h 4m 35.05s
23 Lex DavisonAston Martin DBR4/300 / Aston Martin 3.0LEcurie Australie361h 4m 35.55s
316 Bib StillwellCooper T51 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.2LBS Stillwell36
470 Jon LeightonCooper T45 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.0LScuderia Birchwood35
571 Noel HallCooper T51 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.0LO Hall35
68 Arnold GlassMaserati 250F / Maserati 2.5LCapitol Motors Pty Ltd35
720 Glynn ScottCooper T43 / Coventry Climax FPF 1.7LGlyn Scott Motors
84 Charlie WhatmoreLotus Eleven / Coventry Climax FPF 1.5LCharles Whatmore
933 Mel McEwinTornado II / Chevrolet 4.6LM McEwin
1049 Noel BarnesMG TC Special / MG 1.5LN Barnes
?37 Keith RussellMG TC Special / MG 1.5LD Russell
?32 Max WilliamsMG TC Special / MG 1.5LM Williams
?10 George JamiesonLotus Eleven / Coventry Climax FWA 1.1LRockhampton Car Sales
Ret87 Frank MatichLotus 15 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5LLeaton Motors9
Ret18 Stan JonesMaybach III / Chevrolet 4.6LStan Jones Motors Pty Ltd4
Ret6 Joe BonentiMG TF Special / MG 1.5LJ Bonetti
DNS7 Ern TadgellSabakat / Lycoming 7.9LTadgell Aviation