1962 Australian Grand Prix


The 1962 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Libre cars, 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. Held at the former United States Navy air base in still remote Western Australia, it 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 second of only three Australian Grands Prix to be held in Western Australia and the next would not be held until 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. This rivalry, with the growing influence of the two in Formula One, would assist in the creation of the Tasman Series in 1964.

Race classification

Results as follows.
PosNo.DriverEntrantCarLapsTime
147 Bruce McLarenBruce McLarenCooper T62 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.7L601h 21m 58.4s
25 John YoulScuderia VeloceCooper T55 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L601h 22m 40s
36 Bib StillwellB S StillwellCooper T55 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L601h 22m 44.7s
43 Bill PattersonBill Patterson MotorsCooper T51 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L57
57 Arnold GlassCapitol MotorsBRM P48 / Buick 3.9L55
614 Syd NegusSyd NegusCooper T20 / Repco-Holden 2.3L47
72 Ted EdwardsE EdwardsT.S. Special / GMC 4.5L47
84 Lex DavisonEcurie AustralieCooper T53 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.7L46
926 Jeff DunkertonJ DunkertonLotus Super 7 / Ford 1.546
Ret1 Jack BrabhamEcurie VitesseRepco Brabham BT4 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5L50Accident
DNS11 Wally HiggsW HiggsPeugeot Special / Peugeot 1.1LEngine