| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race 3 of 12 in 1959 Australian Drivers' Championship | ||
| Date | March 2, 1959 | |
| Location | Longford Circuit, Longford, Tasmania | |
| Course | Temporary street circuit 7.0 km (4.4 mi) |
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| Distance | 25 laps, 175 km (110 mi) | |
| Weather | Sunny | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver | Stan Jones | Maserati |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Arnold Glass | Maserati |
| Time | 2'27 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Stan Jones | Maserati |
| Second | Len Lukey | Cooper-Climax |
| Third | Arnold Glass | Maserati |
The 1959 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at Longford on March 2, 1959. The race had just 13 starters.
It was the twenty fourth Australian Grand Prix and the third race of the 1959 Australian Drivers' Championship. Stan Jones won his only AGP, breaking through after years of trying with the Maybach series of specials to win in his Maserati 250F, in what would be the last victory for a front-engined car.
The grid was decided based on race times set in two heat races. The first and slower heat was won by Doug Whiteford from Arnold Glass and Bill Patterson. The second heat was won by Jones, giving him the pole position, from Len Lukey and Alec Mildren.
Results as follows.[1]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Laps | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Stan Jones | Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5L | 25 | 1h 11m 44s |
| 2 | 5 | Len Lukey | Cooper T45 / Climax FPE 2.0L | 25 | 1h 11m 46s |
| 3 | 7 | Arnold Glass | Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5L | 25 | 1h 13m 21s |
| 4 | 4 | Alec Mildren | Cooper T43 / Climax FPF 2.0L | 25 | 1h 13m 50s |
| 5 | 6 | Alan Jack | Cooper T39 / Climax FPE 1.5L | 21 | |
| 6 | 14 | Lyn Archer | Cooper T39 / Climax 1.1L | 20 | |
| Ret | 74 | Max Stephens | Cooper T40 / Bristol 2.0L | 19 | |
| Ret | 56 | Ron Phillips | Cooper T38 / Jaguar 3.8L | 14 | |
| Ret | 19 | John Roxburgh | Cooper T39 / Climax 1.5L | 14 | |
| Ret | 60 | Austin Miller | Miller Special / Climax FWB 1.5L | 9 | |
| Ret | 3 | Ted Gray | Tornado Mk.II / Chevrolet 4.6L | 5 | |
| Ret | 44 | John Lanyon | MG TC Special / MG 1.3L | 1 | |
| Ret | 26 | Doug Whiteford | Maserati 300S / Maserati 3.0L | 1 | |
| DNS | 75 | Bill Patterson | Cooper / Climax FPF 1.8L | ||
| DNQ | 55 | John Youl | Wylie Javelin / Jowett 1.5L S/C |
| Preceded by 1958 Australian Grand Prix |
Australian Grand Prix 1959 |
Succeeded by 1960 Australian Grand Prix |