1961 Australian Grand Prix
| 1961 Australian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 5 of 5 in 1961 Australian Drivers' Championship | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 9 October 1961 | ||
| Location |
Mallala Race Circuit, Mallala, South Australia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.38 km (2.1 miles) | ||
| Distance | 50 laps, 168.95 km (105 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Cooper-Climax | ||
| Time | 1'42.0 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Drivers |
 Bill Patterson | Cooper-Climax | |
|
Lex Davison | Cooper-Climax | ||
| Time | 1'44 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Cooper-Climax | ||
| Second |
| Cooper-Climax | |
| Third | Cooper-Climax | ||
The 1961 Australian Grand Prix was a
Mallala Race Circuit in South Australia on 9 October 1961. The race, which was Round 5 of the 1961 Australian Drivers' Championship, had 17 starters.[2]
The race was the twenty sixth
Adelaide Parklands Circuit in 1985. Lex Davison won his fourth and final AGP setting a record for wins that still stands today, having only been equalled by Michael Schumacher. David McKay actually crossed the finish line first but had been assigned a one-minute penalty, for a jumped start, which relegated him to third position behind Davison and Bib Stillwell.[3]
Davison's Australian Grand Prix victory would be the last for a domestically based Australian until Frank Matich won the 1970 AGP at Warwick Farm in Sydney driving a McLaren M10B Formula 5000 car, although British-based Australian Jack Brabham had won the AGP in both 1963 and 1964.
Classification
Results as follows.[4]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant[2] | Car / Engine | Laps | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Lex Davison
|
B.S. Stillwell | Coventry Climax FPF 2.2L
|
50 | 1h 29m 01s |
| 2 | 6 | Bib Stillwell
|
B.S. Stillwell | Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L
|
50 | 1h 29m 42s |
| 3 | 14 | David McKay
|
Scuderia Veloce | Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L
|
50 | 1h 30m 05s |
| 4 | 9 | Bill Patterson
|
Bill Patterson Motors P/L | Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L
|
48 | |
| 5 | 15 | Murray Trenberth
|
M Trenberth | Holden 2.5L
|
46 | |
| 6 | 20 | Eddie Clay
|
E Clay | Cooper T23 / Bristol 2.2L | 45 | |
| 7 | 26 | Alan Jack
|
Briefield Motors | Coventry Climax FWB 1.5L[5]
|
48 | |
| 8 | 45 | Trevor Ellis
|
T Ellis | Austin 8 Special / Austin Supercharged 0.9L[5] | 38 | |
| 9 | 16 | Mel McEwin
|
M McEwin | Tornado Mk II / Chevrolet 4.6L[2] | 35[2] | |
| 10 | 60 | Peter Wilkinson
|
P Wilkinson | Elfin Steamliner[2] / Ford 1.2L | 35[2] | |
| Ret | 5 | John Youl
|
Scuderia Veloce | Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L
|
46 | Exhaustion |
| Ret | 8 | Keith Rilstone
|
K Rilstone | Zephyr Special / Ford 2.3L | 33[2] | |
| Ret | 19 | Doug Whiteford
|
Bill Patterson Motors P/L | Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L
|
30[2] | Engine |
| Ret | 11 | John Ampt
|
J Ampt | Jaguar 3.8L
|
25[2] | |
| Ret | 30 | John Newmarch
|
J Bruggeman | Ricardian / Holden 2.4L
|
14[2] | |
| Ret | 56 | Helene Bittner
|
H Bittner | Vitesse / Ford 100E 1.2L | 1[2] | Gearbox[5] |
| Ret | 3 | Laurie Whitehead
|
L Whitehead | Ausper T2 / Ford 1.0L[5] | 0 | |
| DNS | 2 | Stan Jones
|
Stan Jones Motors Pty Ltd | Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L
|
Engine | |
| DNS | 29 | Garrie Cooper
|
Elfin Sports Cars | Elfin Formula Junior / Ford 1.1L[2] | Gearbox | |
| DNS | 44 | Dud Dansie
|
Bakewell Bridge Motors | BBM rotary valve special / Holden - Dunstan Rotary Valve
|
Notes
- Pole Position: Bill Patterson - 1:42.0
- Fastest Lap: Bill Patterson / Lex Davison - 1:44.0
References
- ^ The Australian Grand Prix, 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 52
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 1961 Gold Star Races, members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw Archived 1 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 14 March 2013
- ^ McKay, Peter (3 January 2005). "Dashing enthusiast of motor sport". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
- ^ a b c d 1961 Australian Grand Prix, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 14 March 2013