1958 Australian Grand Prix


The 1958 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Libre racing cars, held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 6 October 1958. The race had 26 starters. It was the first Australian Grand Prix to specifically exclude sports cars from the entry.
The race was the 23rd Australian Grand Prix and the seventh race of the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship.
Lex Davison won his third AGP, equalling the record held jointly by Bill Thompson and Doug Whiteford.

Classification

Results as follows.
PosNo.DriverCarEntrantLapsTimePts
112 Lex DavisonFerrari 625 / Ferrari 3.0LEcurie Australie301h 25m 18s8
21 Ern SeeligerMaybach III / Chevrolet 4.6LStan Jones Motors Pty Ltd301h 27m 20s5
346 Tom HawkesCooper T23 / Holden 2.3LEcurie Corio301h 27m 26s3
45 Merv NeilCooper T45 / Climax 1.7LM Neil29#
59 Curley BrydonFerrari 125 F1 / Chevrolet 4.7LAH Brydon281
633 Len LukeyLukey / Bristol 2.2LLukey Mufflers Pty Ltd28
710 Alec MildrenCooper T43 / Climax FPE 2.0LAG Mildren Pty Ltd28
819 Ray WalmsleyAlfa Romeo Tipo B / Chevrolet 4.7LR Wamsley28
922 Tom ClarkFerrari 555 Super Squalo / Ferrari 3.4LT Clark28
103 Jack MyersWM Special / Holden 2.4LJ Myers27
1156 Bill ReynoldsOrlando MG / MG 1.5LR Orlando22
1232 Keith MoyMG NE / Holden 2.4LK Moy19
1311 Gordon StewartMG Special / MG 1.5LG Stewart18
Ret4 Stan JonesMaserati 250F / Maserati 2.5LStan Jones Motors Pty Ltd26
Ret21 Syd NegusCooper T20 / Bristol 2.0LSyd Negus24
Ret39 Ted GrayTornado II / Chevrolet 4.6LLou Abrahams24
Ret25 Ray GibbsCooper T23 / Holden 2.4LR Gibbs18
Ret20 Alf HarveyMaserati 4CLT / O.S.C.A. 4.5LA Harvey16
Ret41 Frank WaltersSo Cal Special / Ford 4.4LF Walters10
Ret62 John SchroderNota Consul / Ford 1.5LJ Schroder10
Ret45 Alan FergusonMG TC / Holden 2.4LA Ferguson8-
Ret15 Barry CollersonMG TA / MG 1.5LB Collerson6
Ret48 Bill CookePeugeot Special / Peugeot 1.5LW Cooke6
Ret58 Ern TadgellSabakat / Climax FPE 1.5LTadgell Aviation4
Ret14 Jack RobinsonJaguar Special / Jaguar 3.4LJ Robinson2
DSQ44 Jack NealMaserati 4C / Maserati 1.5LJ Neal18
DNS59 Bill PattersonCooper T43 / Climax 1.7LBill Patterson Motors Pty Ltd-
DNS71 Noel HallRalt Mk.4 / Vincent 1.0LO Hall

'# New Zealander Merv Neal was not eligible to score points in the Australian Drivers Championship

1958 Australian Drivers' Championship standings after the race

The top five standings in the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship after the Australian Grand Prix were:
PosDriverPoints
1 Stan Jones23
2 Len Lukey20
3 Alec Mildren18
4 Ted Gray13
5 Lex Davison8