1966 Australian Grand Prix

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1966 Australian Grand Prix
Race 6 of 8 in 1966 Tasman Series
Lakesidemap.JPG
Race details
Date 22 February 1966
Location Lakeside Raceway, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.4 km (1.5 mi)
Distance 66 laps, 158.4 km (99 mi)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver
BRM
Time 0'55.5
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jackie Stewart
United Kingdom Graham Hill		 BRM
BRM
Time 0'55.9
Podium
First
BRM
Second
  • Australia Frank Gardner
 Brabham-Climax
Third
Lotus-Climax

The 1966 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race staged on 20 February 1966 at the Lakeside Circuit[1] in Queensland, Australia. The race, which had 15 starters,[2] was open to Racing Cars complying with the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula.[3] It was both the 31st Australian Grand Prix[4] and race 6 of the 1966 Tasman Championship for Drivers.[5]

Graham Hill won the race driving BRM P261.[2] It was his only Australian Grand Prix victory.[4]

Classification[]

Graham Hill won the race driving a BRM P261 (1965 image)

Results as follows:[6]

Pos No.[7] Driver Entrant[7] Car / Engine Laps Time
1 2 United Kingdom Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation[8] BRM P261 / BRM V8 1.9 66 1h 02m 38.0s
2 4 Australia Frank Gardner Alec Mildren Racing P/L Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 66 1h 02m 55.0s
3 1 United Kingdom Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 39 / Climax FPF 66 1h 02m 57.0s
4 17 New Zealand Jim Palmer Jim Palmer Motor Racing Lotus 32B / Climax FPF 64
5 14 Australia Kevin Bartlett Alec Mildren Racing P/L Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5 63
6 20 Australia Glyn Scott Glyn Scott Motors Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 63
7 16 New Zealand Andy Buchanan Wilson Motors Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF 63
8 6 Australia John Harvey R.C. Phillips Sports Car World Brabham BT14 / Ford 1.5 62
9 5 Australia Leo Geoghegan Total Team Lotus 32 / Ford 1.5 39 Bent Wishbone
Ret 11 Australia Spencer Martin Scuderia Veloce Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 47 Fuel Pump
Ret 7 Australia Greg Cusack Greg Cusack Brabham BT10 / Ford 1.5 30 Accident
Ret 3 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Owen Racing Organisation[8] BRM P261 / BRM V8 1.9 28 Gearbox
Ret 26 Australia Mel McEwin Mel McEwin Elfin Mono / Ford 1.5 26 Fuel Pump
Ret 19 Australia John McDonald Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T70/79 / Climax FPF 23 Water Pump
Ret 9 New Zealand Dennis Marwood Ecurie Rothmans Cooper T66 / Climax FPF 7 Oil Pressure
DNQ 23 Australia Paul Bolton Town & Country Garage Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5
DNQ 25 Australia Les Howard Howard & Sons Racing Team Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNQ 50 Australia Bob Jane Autoland Pty. Ltd. Elfin Mono / Ford 1.5
DNQ 21 New Zealand Roly Levis R.A. Levis Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5
DNQ 44 Australia Max Stewart Max Stewart Motors Rennmax BN1 / Ford 1.5
DNQ 10 Australia Peter Williamson J. McGuire Elfin FJ / Hillman 1.0

Notes[]

  • Pole position: Jackie Stewart – 0'55.5
  • Fastest lap: Jackie Stewart / Graham Hill – 0'55.9

References[]

  1. ^ Des White, Hill Takes A.G.P. for Tasman Double, Racing Car News, April 1966, page 18
  2. ^ a b White, Des. "XXXI Australian Grand Prix V Lakeside International". Archived from the original on 23 August 2003. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. ^ Conditions for Australian Titles, 1966 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 69
  4. ^ a b Howard, Graham, ed. (1986). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
  5. ^ The Tasman Championship for Drivers - Season 1966, 1966 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 66 to 69
  6. ^ White, Des (1986). "1966". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 310–319. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
  7. ^ a b Official Programme, XXXI Australian Grand Prix, Lakeside, 18,19,20 February 1966
  8. ^ a b Official Programme shows "Owen Racing Organisation" as Entrant of BRMs for Qualifying Races but "B.R.M. Team" as Entrant for Grand Prix. Given that Official Programmes for Warwick Farm and Sandown Tasman rounds show "Owen Racing Organisation", that name has been used here.
Preceded by
 Tasman Series
1966 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian Grand Prix
1966 		Succeeded by

Coordinates: 27°13′40″S 152°57′54″E / 27.2279°S 152.9650°E / -27.2279; 152.9650

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