1966 Australian Grand Prix

June 2020 December 2019 CUST Race 6 of 8 in 1966 Tasman Series Australian Australia Lakesidemap.JPG Lakeside Raceway, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 20 February 1966 Permanent racing facility 1.5 2.4 66 99 158.4 Sunny Jackie Stewart UK BRM 0'55.5 Jackie Stewart UK Graham Hill BRM BRM 0'55.9 UK Graham Hill UK BRM Frank Gardner Australia Brabham-Climax Jim Clark UK Lotus-Climax The 1966 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race staged on 20 February 1966 at the Lakeside CircuitDes White, Hill Takes A.G.P. for Tasman Double, Racing Car News, April 1966, page 18 in Queensland, Australia. The race, which had 15 starters,http://www.tasman-series.com/races/1966/round6/round6.asp XXXI Australian Grand Prix V Lakeside International White Des https://web.archive.org/web/20030823121918/http://www.tasman-series.com/races/1966/round6/round6.asp 23 August 2003 dead 23 October 2017 was open to Racing Cars complying with the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1966 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 69 It was both the 31st Australian Grand PrixGraham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 and race 6 of the 1966 Tasman Championship for Drivers.The Tasman Championship for Drivers - Season 1966, 1966 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 66 to 69 Graham Hill won the race driving BRM P261. It was his only Australian Grand Prix victory. Classification thumb|Graham Hill won the race driving a BRM P261 (1965 image) Results as follows:White Des Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 310–319 1966 Pos No.Official Programme, XXXI Australian Grand Prix, Lakeside, 18,19,20 February 1966 Driver Entrant Car / Engine Laps Time 1 2 UK Graham Hill Owen Racing OrganisationOfficial 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. 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 UK 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 Repco 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 Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF 63 8 6 Australia John Harvey R.C. Phillips Sports Car World Repco 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 Repco Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF 47 Fuel Pump Ret 7 Australia Greg Cusack Greg Cusack Repco Brabham BT10 / Ford 1.5 30 Accident Ret 3 UK Jackie Stewart Owen Racing Organisation 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 Repco 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 Tasman Series 1966 Warwick Farm International 1966 1966 Sandown International Australian Grand Prix 1965 Australian Grand Prix 1966 1967 Australian Grand Prix -27.2279 152.9650 type:event_region:AU-QLD title Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Category:Tasman Series Category:Sports competitions in Brisbane Australian Grand Prix