Motor car race
Winner Chris Amon in the Ferrari 246T
The 1969 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Lakeside in Queensland , Australia on 2 February 1969.[ 1] The race was promoted by the Queensland Motor Sports Club[ 1] and was open to Australian National Formula cars and Australian Formula 2 cars.[ 2] It was the thirty fourth Australian Grand Prix and was race five of the 1969 Tasman Championship .[ 1]
New Zealander Chris Amon started the race from pole position and drove the fastest race lap on his way to a victory, with his British Scuderia Veloce teammate Derek Bell placed second. Leo Geoghegan was the first of the domestic based drivers in third position. Amon also won the 1969 Tasman Series .
Classification
Results as follows:[ 3] [ 4]
Qualifying
Race
Notes
References
^ a b c The Tasman Championship for Drivers - Season 1969, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1969, pages 73 to 76
^ a b c d e f Official Programme, AGP, Lakeside, Feb 2 1969
^ a b "1969 Rounds 5–7 Australia" . New Zealand Motor Racing. Archived from the original on 17 November 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008 .
^ a b White, Des (1986). "1969". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix . Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 336– 344. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5 .
^ a b Australian Grand Prix , www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 31 January 2021
^ a b c d e Tasman Championship, Motor Sport, March 1969, pages 212 to 213
External links
27°13′41″S 152°57′54″E / 27.22806°S 152.96500°E / -27.22806; 152.96500