1966 Australian Grand Prix

  1966 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 8 in 1966 Tasman Series
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

The 1966 Australian Grand Prix was a race held at the Lakeside International Raceway on 22 February 1966. The race had 15 starters.

It was the 31st Australian Grand Prix and doubled as round six of the 1966 Tasman Series. Graham Hill won his only AGP.

Classification

Results as follows:^[1][2]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time
1	2	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Org.	BRM P261 / BRM V8 1.9	66	1h 02m 38.0s
2	4	Frank Gardner	Alec Mildren Racing	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	George Palmer	Lotus 32B / Climax FPF	64
5	14	Kevin Bartlett	Alec Mildren Racing	Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5	63
6	20	Glynn Scott	Glynn Scott Motors	Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5	63
7		Andy Buchanan	Wilson Motors	Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF	63
8	76	John Harvey	R.C. Phillips	Brabham BT14 / Ford 1.5	62
9	8	Spencer Martin	Scuderia Veloce	Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF	47	Fuel Pump
10	21	Leo Geoghegan	Total Team	Lotus 32 / Ford 1.5	39	Bent Wishbone
Ret	7	Greg Cusack	Castrol Team	Brabham BT10 / Ford 1.5	30	Accident
Ret	3	Jackie Stewart	Owen Racing Org.	BRM P261 / BRM V8 1.9	28	Gearbox
Ret		Mel McEwin	Mel McEwin	Elfin Mono / Ford 1.5	26	Fuel Pump
Ret		John McDonald	Bill Patterson Motors	Cooper T70/79 / Climax FPF	23	Water Pump
Ret		Dennis Marwood	Ecurie Rothmans	Cooper T66 / Climax FPF	7	Oil Pressure
DNQ		Paul Bolton	Town & Country Garage	Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5
DNQ		Les Howard	Howard & Sons Racing	Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5
DNQ		Bob Jane	Bob Jane Autoland	Elfin Mono / Ford 1.5
DNQ		Roly Levis	Roly Levis	Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5
DNQ		Max Stewart	Max Stewart Motors	Rennmax BN1 / Ford 1.5
DNQ		Peter Williamson	Jim 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. "XXXI Australian Grand Prix V Lakeside International". tasman-series.com. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
2. White, Des (1986). "1966". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 310–319. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.

Coordinates: 27°13′40″S 152°57′54″E / 27.2279°S 152.9650°E