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The 1962 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for
Results as follows.
Footage from the 1962 Australian Grand Prix held in Caversham, WA., www.abc.net.au
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cars, held at the Caversham circuit in Western Australia
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, Australia
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on 18 November 1962. It was the twenty seventh Australian Grand Prix
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and the sixth and final race in the 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship. The Grand Prix meeting was organised by the Western Australian Sporting Car Club Inc.Supplementary Regulations, Australian International Grand Prix, November 17th-18th, Caversham, Western Australia
Held at the former United States Navy
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air base in still remote Western Australia
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, the race had just ten starters, seven of which had made the long journey across the Nullarbor Plain
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from the eastern states, and three of which were local entries. It was the third of only four Australian Grands Prix to be contested in Western Australia with the next held in 1979
Events
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Bruce McLaren
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won his first Australian Grand Prix
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, 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
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AGP races. It also began an AGP rivalry between the two senior drivers from the region, McLaren and Jack Brabham
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who were already long-time rivals in Formula One
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racing.
Race classification
Results as follows.
Additional awards
* 1st Australian resident driver:John Youl
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* 1st Western Australian resident driver: Syd Negus
Notes
* Pole Position:Bruce McLaren
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- 1:19.6
* Winner's average speed: 145.49 km/h
* Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham
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, 1:20.0s, 92.65 mph, 149.1 km/hThe official history of the Australian Grand Prix - 80 races, page 209
References
Further reading
* Terry Walker, 1962: Caversham, Around the Houses - The History of Motor Racing in Australia, 1980, pages 16 & 17External links
Footage from the 1962 Australian Grand Prix held in Caversham, WA., www.abc.net.au
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Australian Grand Prix
The Australian Grand Prix is an annual motor racing event which is under contract to host Formula One until 2035. One of the oldest surviving motorsport competitions held in Australia, the Grand Prix has moved frequently with 23 different venu ...