Australian Grand Prix
Longford, 2 Mar 1959
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stan Jones | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2520] 6 #1 Stan Jones Motors Pty Ltd |
50 | 1h 11m 43.8s |
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| 2 | Len Lukey | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-10-58] - Climax FPF 4 #5 Lukey Mufflers Pty Ltd |
50 | 1h 11m 46.0s |
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| 3 | Arnold Glass | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2516] 6 #7 Capitol Motors |
50 | 1h 13m 21.0s |
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| 4 | Alec Mildren | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-21-58] - Climax FPF 4 #4 A. G. Mildren Pty Ltd |
50 | 1h 13m 51.0s |
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| 5 | Alan Jack | (sports racing) 1.5-litre Cooper Bobtail 'T39' [CS/11/12/56] - Climax FWB #6 Byfield Motors |
21 | ||||||
| 6 | Lyn Archer | (sports racing) 1.5-litre Cooper Bobtail 'T39' [CS/3/56] - Climax FWB #4 Ecurie van Diemen |
20 | ||||||
| R | Max Stephens | (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper 'T40' [GP2/55] - Bristol 6 #74 Max Stephen's [sic] Palm Grove Car Centre |
19 | gearbox | |||||
| R | John Roxburgh | (F2) 1.5-litre Cooper Mk I 'T41' [F2-3-56] - Climax FWB #19 Kingbridge Service (see note 1) |
14 | clutch | |||||
| R | Ron Phillips | (sports racing) 3.8-litre Cooper 'T38' [CJ/1/55] - Jaguar 6 #56 J & R Phillips |
14 | diff | |||||
| R | Austin Miller | (libre) 1.5-litre Miller Spl (Cooper T41) ['F2-2-56'] - Climax FWB #60 Victorian Amateur Deriver's Club Inc (see note 2) |
9 | gearbox | |||||
| R | Ted Gray | (libre) 4.6-litre Tornado Mk II - Chevrolet Corvette 283 ci V8 #3 Lou Abrahams |
5 | bearings | |||||
| R | Doug Whiteford | (sports racing) 3-litre Maserati 300S [3055] 6 #26 Doug Whiteford |
1 | transmission | |||||
| R | John Lanyon | (libre) 1.3-litre MG Special - s/c 4 #44 Victorian Amateur Deriver's Club Inc |
1 | engine | |||||
| DNS | Bill Patterson | (libre) 1.66-litre Cooper Mk II 'T43' [F2-9-57?] - Climax FPF 4 #9 Bill Patterson Motors Pty Ltd |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Ern Tadgell | (F2) 1.5-litre Sabakat (Lotus 12) [351] - Climax FWB #25 C. E. Tadgell |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNQ | Bill Bashfield | (libre) 1.2-litre Bashmobile #18 W. J. Bashfield |
Did not qualify | ||||||
| T | Len Lukey | (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CBR-2-53?] - Bristol 6 #66 Lukey Mufflers Pty Ltd |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| Geoff Smedley | (libre) 1-litre Kenley - Vincent s/c 2 #15 Scuderia Kenley |
On entry list | |||||||
| Brian Mahoney | (libre) 1-litre Cooper 500 Mk V 'T15' [Mk5-L9-51?] - Vincent #23 B. L. Mahoney |
On entry list | |||||||
| Jock Walkem | Gorringe Special #25 Donald Gorringe |
On entry list | |||||||
| John Youl | (libre) 1.5-litre Wylie-Javelin - Jowett 4 #55 J. C. Youl |
On entry list | |||||||
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stan Jones | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2520] - Maserati 6 | 17m 18.5s | ||
| 2 | Len Lukey | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-10-58] - Climax FPF 4 | 17m 30.0s | ||
| 3 | Doug Whiteford | (sports racing) 3-litre Maserati 300S [3055] - Maserati 300S 6 | 17m 37.0s | ||
| 4 | Arnold Glass | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2516] - Maserati 6 | 17m 40.0s | ||
| 5 | Alec Mildren | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-21-58] - Climax FPF 4 | 17m 41.0s | ||
| 6 | Austin Miller | (libre) 1.5-litre Miller Spl (Cooper T41) ['F2-2-56'] - Climax FWB | 18m 27.0s | ||
| 7 | Max Stephens | (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper 'T40' [GP2/55] - Bristol 6 | 19m 13.0s | ||
| 8 | John Roxburgh | (F2) 1.5-litre Cooper Mk I 'T41' [F2-3-56] - Climax FWB | 19m 40.0s | ||
| 9 | Alan Jack | (sports racing) 1.5-litre Cooper Bobtail 'T39' [CS/11/12/56] - Climax FWB | 20m 40.0s | ||
Notes on the cars:
- Cooper Mk I 'T41' [F2-3-56] (John Roxburgh): Jack Brabham was allocated the second Mk I which first appeared in his hands at the Oulton Park Gold Cup in Sep 1956. After a second race in October, Brabham took the car to New Zealand and Australia and, after an impressive run of results, sold it to Alex Mildren. It was later owned by Arthur Griffiths, John Roxburgh and Lyn Archer. This car now bears the chassis plate F2-P-56. (Sources: Cooper Cars, Nye; Historic Racing Cars in Australia, Blanden)
- Miller Spl (Cooper T41) ['F2-2-56'] (Austin Miller): The fouth and final Mk 1 built for 1956 went to Ken Wharton and was then shipped out to New Zealand for the Internationals. Ater Wharton's death in a sports car race, the Mk 1 returned to the UK and was sold to Bill Whitehouse for the early 1957 races. When Whitehouse took delivery of his Mk II, the ex-Wharton Mk I went to Paul England, on holiday from Australia. England later sold the car to Austin Miller, another Aussie over in Europe and he shipped it back to Australia. It ran as the Miller Special for several seasons and remained in Australia with later owners. (Sources: Cooper Cars, Nye; Historic Racing Cars in Australia, Blanden)
Sources
Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.
These results have been compiled by David McKinney from a wide rangle of sources, including his own magazine articles and books. The 1959-1963 results are complete but for the 1957 and 1958 seasons, the only cars currently shown in the results are the F1, Intercontinental and F2 cars that feature elsewhere on this site plus the major Australian specials.
All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.