{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox Grand Prix race report |Type = CUST |Description = Race 6 of 8 in 1966 Tasman Series |Grand Prix = Australian |Country = Australia |Image = Lakesidemap.JPG |Location = Lakeside Raceway, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |Date = 22 February |Year = 1966 |Course = Permanent racing facility |Course_mi = 1.5 |Course_km = 2.4 |Distance_laps = 66 |Distance_mi = 99 |Distance_km = 158.4 |Weather = Sunny |Pole_Driver = Jackie Stewart |Pole_Country = UK |Pole_Team = BRM |Pole_Time = 0'55.5 |Fast_Driver = Jackie Stewart<br> {{flagicon|UK}} Graham Hill |Fast_Team = BRM<br> BRM |Fast_Time = 0'55.9 |Fast_Country = UK |First_Driver = Graham Hill |First_Country = UK |First_Team = BRM |Second_Driver = Frank Gardner |Second_Country = Australia |Second_Team = Brabham-Climax |Third_Driver = Jim Clark |Third_Country = UK |Third_Team = Lotus-Climax }} The '''1966 Australian Grand Prix''' was a motor race staged on 20 February 1966 at the Lakeside Circuit<ref name=RCN>Des White, Hill Takes A.G.P. for Tasman Double, Racing Car News, April 1966, page 18</ref> in Queensland, Australia. The race, which had 15 starters,<ref name=tasman-series>{{cite web|url=http://www.tasman-series.com/races/1966/round6/round6.asp|title=XXXI Australian Grand Prix V Lakeside International|author=White|first=Des|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030823121918/http://www.tasman-series.com/races/1966/round6/round6.asp|archive-date=23 August 2003|url-status=dead|accessdate=23 October 2017}}</ref> was open to Racing Cars complying with the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula.<ref name=CAMS>Conditions for Australian Titles, 1966 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 69</ref> It was both the 31st Australian Grand Prix<ref name=Howard>{{cite book |editor1-first=Graham |editor1-last=Howard | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 }}</ref> and race 6 of the 1966 Tasman Championship for Drivers.<ref>The Tasman Championship for Drivers - Season 1966, 1966 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 66 to 69</ref>
Graham Hill won the race driving BRM P261.<ref name=tasman-series/> It was his only Australian Grand Prix victory.<ref name=Howard/>
== Classification == [[File:J Crosthwaite in duffel coat with Graham Hill in BRM.jpg|thumb|Graham Hill won the race driving a BRM P261 (1965 image)]] Results as follows:<ref name=50-race>{{cite book |last1=White |first1=Des |editor1-first=Graham |editor1-last=Howard | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 |pages=310–319 |chapter=1966}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Pos !! No.<ref name=Programme>Official Programme, XXXI Australian Grand Prix, Lakeside, 18,19,20 February 1966</ref> !! Driver !! Entrant<ref name=Programme/> !! Car / Engine !! Laps !! Time |- ! 1 | align="center" | 2 | {{flagicon|UK}} Graham Hill | Owen Racing Organisation<ref name=BRM>Official Programme shows "Owen Racing Organisation" as Entrant of BRMs for Qualifying Races but "B.R.M. Team" as Entrant for Grand Prix. Given that Official Programmes for Warwick Farm and Sandown Tasman rounds show "Owen Racing Organisation", that name has been used here.</ref> | BRM P261 / BRM V8 1.9 | 66 | 1h 02m 38.0s |- ! 2 | align="center" | 4 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Frank Gardner | Alec Mildren Racing P/L | Brabham BT11A / Climax FPF | 66 | 1h 02m 55.0s |- ! 3 | align="center" | 1 | {{flagicon|UK}} Jim Clark | Team Lotus | Lotus 39 / Climax FPF | 66 | 1h 02m 57.0s |- ! 4 | align="center" | 17 | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Jim Palmer | Jim Palmer Motor Racing | Lotus 32B / Climax FPF | 64 | |- ! 5 | align="center" | 14 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Kevin Bartlett | Alec Mildren Racing P/L | Repco Brabham<ref name=Programme/> BT2 / Ford 1.5 | 63 | |- ! 6 | align="center" | 20 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Glyn Scott | Glyn Scott Motors | Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 | 63 | |- ! 7 | align="center" | 16 | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Andy Buchanan | Wilson Motors | Repco Brabham<ref name=Programme/> BT7A / Climax FPF | 63 | |- ! 8 | align="center" | 6 | {{flagicon|Australia}} John Harvey | R.C. Phillips Sports Car World | Repco Brabham<ref name=Programme/> BT14 / Ford 1.5 | 62 | |- ! 9 | align="center" | 5 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Leo Geoghegan | Total Team | Lotus 32 / Ford 1.5 | 39 | Bent Wishbone |- ! Ret | align="center" | 11 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Spencer Martin | Scuderia Veloce | Repco Brabham<ref name=Programme/> BT11A / Climax FPF | 47 | Fuel Pump |- ! Ret | align="center" | 7 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Greg Cusack | Greg Cusack | Repco Brabham<ref name=Programme/> BT10 / Ford 1.5 | 30 | Accident |- ! Ret | align="center" | 3 | {{flagicon|UK}} Jackie Stewart | Owen Racing Organisation<ref name=BRM/> | BRM P261 / BRM V8 1.9 | 28 | Gearbox |- ! Ret | align="center" | 26 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Mel McEwin | Mel McEwin | Elfin Mono / Ford 1.5 | 26 | Fuel Pump |- ! Ret | align="center" | 19 | {{flagicon|Australia}} John McDonald | Bill Patterson Motors | Cooper T70/79 / Climax FPF | 23 | Water Pump |- ! Ret | align="center" | 9 | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Dennis Marwood | Ecurie Rothmans | Cooper T66 / Climax FPF | 7 | Oil Pressure |- ! DNQ | align="center" | 23 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Paul Bolton | Town & Country Garage | Repco Brabham<ref name=Programme/> BT6 / Ford 1.5 | | |- ! DNQ | align="center" | 25 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Les Howard | Howard & Sons Racing Team | Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 | | |- ! DNQ | align="center" | 50 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Bob Jane | Autoland Pty. Ltd. | Elfin Mono / Ford 1.5 | | |- ! DNQ | align="center" | 21 | {{flagicon|New Zealand}} Roly Levis | R.A. Levis | Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5 | | |- ! DNQ | align="center" | 44 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Max Stewart | Max Stewart Motors | Rennmax BN1 / Ford 1.5 | | |- ! DNQ | align="center" | 10 | {{flagicon|Australia}} Peter Williamson | J. McGuire | Elfin FJ / Hillman 1.0 | | |- |} {{Clear}}
== Notes == *Pole position: Jackie Stewart – 0'55.5 *Fastest lap: Jackie Stewart / Graham Hill – 0'55.9
==References== {{reflist}}
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