1966 Australian Grand Prix

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]

1966 Australian Grand Prix
Race 6 of 8 in 1966 Tasman Series
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	Jackie Stewart	BRM
Time	0'55.5
Fastest lap
Driver	Jackie Stewart Graham Hill	BRM BRM
Time	0'55.9
Podium
First	Graham Hill	BRM
Second	Frank Gardner	Brabham-Climax
Third	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax

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	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation [8]	BRM P261 / BRM V8 1.9	66	1h 02m 38.0s
2	4	Frank Gardner	Alec Mildren Racing P/L	Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF	66	1h 02m 55.0s
3	1	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus 39 / Climax FPF	66	1h 02m 57.0s
4	17	Jim Palmer	Jim Palmer Motor Racing	Lotus 32B / Climax FPF	64
5	14	Kevin Bartlett	Alec Mildren Racing P/L	Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5	63
6	20	Glyn Scott	Glyn Scott Motors	Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5	63
7	16	Andy Buchanan	Wilson Motors	Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF	63
8	6	John Harvey	R.C. Phillips Sports Car World	Brabham BT14 / Ford 1.5	62
9	5	Leo Geoghegan	Total Team	Lotus 32 / Ford 1.5	39	Bent Wishbone
Ret	11	Spencer Martin	Scuderia Veloce	Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF	47	Fuel Pump
Ret	7	Greg Cusack	Greg Cusack	Brabham BT10 / Ford 1.5	30	Accident
Ret	3	Jackie Stewart	Owen Racing Organisation [8]	BRM P261 / BRM V8 1.9	28	Gearbox
Ret	26	Mel McEwin	Mel McEwin	Elfin Mono / Ford 1.5	26	Fuel Pump
Ret	19	John McDonald	Bill Patterson Motors	Cooper T70/79 / Climax FPF	23	Water Pump
Ret	9	Dennis Marwood	Ecurie Rothmans	Cooper T66 / Climax FPF	7	Oil Pressure
DNQ	23	Paul Bolton	Town & Country Garage	Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5
DNQ	25	Les Howard	Howard & Sons Racing Team	Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNQ	50	Bob Jane	Autoland Pty. Ltd.	Elfin Mono / Ford 1.5
DNQ	21	Roly Levis	R.A. Levis	Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5
DNQ	44	Max Stewart	Max Stewart Motors	Rennmax BN1 / Ford 1.5
DNQ	10	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. 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. 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. Official Programme, XXXI Australian Grand Prix, Lakeside, 18,19,20 February 1966
8. 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.