| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race 3 of 7 in 1960 Australian Drivers' Championship | ||
| Date | 12 June 1960 | |
| Location | Lowood circuit, Tarampa, Queensland | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.54 km (2.82 mi) |
|
| Distance | 36 laps, 163.44 km (101.52 mi) | |
| Weather | Sunny | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver | Alec Mildren | Cooper-Maserati |
| Time | 1'45.9 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Lex Davison | Aston Martin |
| Time | 1'44 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Alec Mildren | Cooper-Maserati |
| Second | Lex Davison | Aston Martin |
| Third | Bib Stillwell | Cooper-Climax |
The 1960 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Lowood 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 near compulsory Climax FPF engine in favour of a Maserati sports car engine to power his Cooper T51, one of many such cars at the time who tried sports car engines in racing car chassis. Davison's Aston Martin too had a DB3S three litre sports car engine replacing the 2.5 litre.
Results as follows.[1]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Laps | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Alec Mildren | Cooper T51 / Maserati 2.5L | 36 | 1h 4m 35.05s |
| 2 | 3 | Lex Davison | Aston Martin DBR4/300 / Aston Martin 3.0L | 36 | 1h 4m 35.55s |
| 3 | 16 | Bib Stillwell | Cooper T51 / Climax FPF 2.2L | 36 | |
| 4 | 70 | Jon Leighton | Cooper T45 / Climax FPF 2.0L | 35 | |
| 5 | 71 | Noel Hall | Cooper T51 / Climax FPF 2.0L | 35 | |
| 6 | 8 | Arnold Glass | Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5L | 35 | |
| 7 | 20 | Glynn Scott | Cooper T43 / Climax FPF 1.7L | ||
| 8 | 4 | Charlie Whatmore | Lotus Eleven / Climax FPF 1.5L | ||
| 9 | 33 | Mel McEwin | Tornado II / Chevrolet 4.6L | ||
| 10 | 49 | Noel Barnes | MG TC Special / MG 1.5L | ||
| ? | 37 | Keith Russell | MG TC Special / MG 1.5L | ||
| ? | 32 | Max Williams | MG TC Special / MG 1.5L | ||
| ? | 10 | George Jamieson | Lotus Eleven / Climax FW 1.1L | ||
| Ret | 87 | Frank Matich | Lotus 15 / Climax FPF 2.5L | 9 | |
| Ret | 18 | Stan Jones | Maybach III / Chevrolet 4.6L | 4 | |
| Ret | 6 | Joe Bonetti | MG TF Special / MG 1.5L | ||
| DNS | 7 | Ern Tadgell | Sabakat / Lycoming 7.9L |
| Preceded by 1959 Australian Grand Prix |
Australian Grand Prix 1960 |
Succeeded by 1961 Australian Grand Prix |