1960 Australian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 3 of 7 in 1960 Australian Drivers' Championship | |||
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| Date | 12 June 1960 | ||
| Location | Lowood circuit, Tarampa, Queensland | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.54 km (2.82 mi) | ||
| Distance | 36 laps, 163.44 km (101.52 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Cooper-Maserati | ||
| Time | 1'45.9 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lex Davison
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Aston Martin | |
| Time | 1'44 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Cooper-Maserati | ||
| Second | Aston Martin | ||
| Third |
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Cooper-Climax | |
The 1960 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Lowood in Queensland, Australia on 12 June 1960. The race had 16 starters.
It was the twenty fifth Australian Grand Prix.Alec Mildren won his only AGP, which was also the second AGP victory for a rear-engined racing car. Mildren eschewed the more usual Coventry Climax FPF engine in favour of a Maserati sports car unit to power his Cooper T51, one of many competitors at the time who tried sports car engines in racing car chassis. Davison's Aston Martin DBR4 too had a DB3S three litre sports car engine replacing the 2.5 litre powerplant.
Results as follows.
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