Claim: Hawthorn Memorial Trophy was won in the 1959 championship by an Australian driver, Jack Brabham—a Royal Australian Air Force flight mechanic and founder of Brabham racing team and race car constructor—while Stirling Moss was the first British winner who won the title in the 1961 season.
Evidence: Brabham was a Royal Australian Air Force flight mechanic and ran a small engineering workshop before he started racing midget cars in 1948. He was a founder of the Brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name. The inaugural winner was the Australian driver Jack Brabham who won the 1959 championship. The first British winner was Stirling Moss for the 1961 season, and the inaugural recipient from New Zealand was Denny Hulme after winning the 1967 championship.