1954 Australian Grand Prix
The race was won by Lex Davison, later to become the most successful driver in the history of the Australian Grand Prix. It was Davison's first win in the Grand Prix having finished in the top three as far back as 1947. Davison drove a Formula 2 HWM re-engined with a 3.4 litre Jaguar engine. Davison finished a lap clear of Curley Brydon's MG TC special and two laps ahead of third placed Ken Richardson in a Ford based special. The gaps were caused by attrition amongst the fastest drivers. Jack Brabham was out on the second lap with a broken engine in his Cooper; Rex Taylor was black flagged for receiving outside assistance after spinning his Lago-Talbot; Dick Cobden retired his Ferrari after a spin and Stan Jones crashed heavily while leading after the chassis of his Maybach Special failed. It would be the last race for Maybach Mk.II, with Charlie Dean's team rebuilding it as Maybach Mk.III.
Classification
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Lex_Davison_-_HWM_Jaguar.jpg/220px-Lex_Davison_-_HWM_Jaguar.jpg)
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Ferrari_125_of_Dick_Cobden_%281954_AGP%29.jpg/220px-Ferrari_125_of_Dick_Cobden_%281954_AGP%29.jpg)
Results as follows.
Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Entrant | Laps | Time / Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 77 | ![]() |
HWM F2 / Jaguar 3.4L | A.N. Davison | 27 | 1h 50m 18s |
2 | 43 | ![]() |
MG TC Special / MG s/c 1.3L | H. Brydon | 26 | |
3 | 9 | ![]() |
Ford V8 Special / Ford 3.9L | K.B. Richardson | 25 | |
4 | 8 | ![]() |
Triumph TR2 / Standard s/c 2.0L | E. deB. Norman | 24 | |
5 | 31 | ![]() |
Triumph TR2 / Standard 2.0L | D. P. Griffiths | 24 | |
6 | 29 | ![]() |
Rizzo Riley Special / Riley 1.5L | Frank Tobin | 23 | |
7 | 4 | ![]() |
Jaguar Special / Jaguar 3.4L | Chas. Whatmore | 23 | |
8 | 46 | ![]() |
Cooper T20 / Bristol 2.0L | S.F. Coffey | 23 | |
9 | 10 | ![]() |
MG Holden Special / Holden 2.4L | O. Bailey | 23 | |
10 | 2 | ![]() |
Cooper Mk.IV / Norton 0.5L | C. Swinburne | 23 | |
11 | 21 | ![]() |
Jaguar XK120 Special / Jaguar 3.4L | J. C. Anderson | 22 | |
12 | 1 | ![]() |
Maserati 8CM / Maserati 3.0L | F. Zambucka | 22 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
Ford V8 Special / Ford 4.2L | Snow Sefton | 21 | Black flag |
Ret | 14 | ![]() |
MG TC Special / MG 1.3L | N. F. Barnes | 19 | Overheating |
Ret | 92 | ![]() |
Ford V8 Special / Ford 4.4L | D. Whiteford | 17 | Blocked jet |
Ret | 79 | ![]() |
Wylie Javelin / Jowett s/c 1.5L | A. Griffiths | 15 | Head gasket |
Ret | 87 | ![]() |
Maybach Special Mk.II / Maybach 4.3L | S.J. Jones | 13 | Crashed |
Ret | 15 | ![]() |
MG TC Special / MG 1.3L | J. McKinney | 11 | Fire |
Ret | 74 | ![]() |
Peugeot Special / Peugeot 1.5L | I. Mountain | 11 | Overheating |
Ret | 49 | ![]() |
Ferrari 125 / Ferrari s/c 2.0L | R. Cobden | 10 | Crashed |
Ret | 3 | ![]() |
Holden Special / Holden 2.3L | W. S. Anderson | 9 | Seized oil pump |
Ret | 56 | ![]() |
Allard J2 / Cadillac 5.3L | J.E. Murray | 8 | |
Ret | 23 | ![]() |
Riley Imp Special / Riley | G. J. Downing | 8 | Overheating |
Ret | 78 | ![]() |
Talbot-Lago T26C / Talbot-Lago 4.5L | R. Taylor | 6 | Black flag |
Ret | 37 | ![]() |
MG TD Special / MG 1.4L | Martin Motors | 6 | |
Ret | 20 | ![]() |
Austin-Healey 100 / Austin-Healey 2.7L | G. Greig | 4 | Valve |
Ret | 86 | ![]() |
Ford V8 Special / Ford 4.0L | W. Wilcox | 3 | |
Ret | 6 | ![]() |
Cooper T23 / Bristol 2.0L | Jack Brabham | 1 | Engine |
DNS | 28 | ![]() |
Hudson Special | F. Kleinig | - | Battery |
DNS | 12 | ![]() |
Riley Special | A. G. Mildren | - | Oil cooler |
- Pole position: Rex Taylor (Allocated by the race organisers prior to the event)
- Winner's average speed: 83.7 mph (134.7 km/h)
- Fastest lap: Dick Cobden (Ferrari), 3:52s, 88.45 mph, 142.3 km/h
- Attendance: More than 60,000