# 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre racing cars. The winner of the title, which was the sixth Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded the 1962 CAMS Gold Star.
The championship was won by Bib Stillwell driving a Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF.

## Schedule

The championship was contested over a six race series.
| Round | Race name | Circuit | State | Date | Winning driver | Car | Entrant |
| 1 | South Pacific Championship | Longford | Tasmania | 5 March | John Surtees | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax | Bowmaker - Yeoman Credit |
| 2 | Craven A Bathurst 100 | Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst | New South Wales | 23 April | Bib Stillwell | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax | B. S. Stillwell |
| 3 | Queensland Road Race Championship | Lowood | Queensland | 3 June | Greg Cusack | Cooper T51 Coventry Climax | Scuderia Veloce |
| 4 | Victorian Road Racing Championship | Sandown Park | Victoria | 16 September | Lex Davison | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax | Ecurie Australie |
| 5 | Advertiser Trophy | Mallala | South Australia | 8 October | Bib Stillwell | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax | B. S. Stillwell |
| 6 | Australian Grand Prix | Caversham | Western Australia | 18 November | Bruce McLaren | Cooper T62 Coventry Climax | Bruce McLaren |

## Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 12-7-5-3-2-1 basis for the six best placed Australian license holders. Each driver could count his/her results from the Australian Grand Prix plus the best four results from the remaining races. Ties in the award were determined by the relevant drivers placings in the Australian Grand Prix.

## Results

| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | Lon. | Bat. | Low. | San. | Mal. | Cav. | Total |
| 1 | Bib Stillwell | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF | B. S. Stillwell | 7 | 12 | - | 7 | 12 | 7 | 45 |
| 2 | John Youl | Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF Cooper T55 Coventry Climax FPF | Scuderia Veloce | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | Bill Patterson | Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF | Bill Patterson Motors | 3 | 5 | - | 5 | - | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Greg Cusack | Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF | Scuderia Veloce | - | 3 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 18 |
| 5 | David McKay | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF | Scuderia Veloce | 5 | 7 | - | - | 5 | - | 17 |
| 6 | Lex Davison | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF | Ecurie Australie | | 1 | - | 12 | - | - | 13 |
| 7 | Jack Brabham | Cooper T55 Coventry Climax FPF | Ecurie Vitesse | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| 8 | Bryan Thomson | Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF S/C | Ecurie Shepparton | - | - | 7 | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| 9 | Tom Ross | Lotus 20 Ford | T. Ross | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 |
| 10 | Arnold Glass | BRM P48 Buick | Capitol Motors Pty Ltd | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Clive Nolan | Lotus 20 Ford | Clive Nolan Motors | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| = | Andy Brown | Elfin FJ Ford | Autocourse Elfin | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| 13 | Syd Negus | Cooper T20 Repco Holden | Syd Negus | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Alwyn Rose | Dalro Jaguar Mk II | A. Rose | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| = | Roy Morris | Elfin FJ Climax Climax FWA | R. Morris | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| = | Bill Pile | Cooper Mk. V Climax Climax FWA | W. Pile | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 17 | Ted Edwards | TS Special | E. Edwards | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Ron Marshall | Cooper T51 (Replica) Coventry Climax FPF | R. Marshall | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| = | Ron Halpin | Gremlin FJ Ford | Gold Coast Auto | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| = | Garrie Cooper | Elfin FJ Ford | Elfin Sports Cars | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Note:
* Patterson was awarded third place in the championship due to his superior placing in the Australian Grand Prix.
* English driver John Surtees (Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF) was not awarded points for his victory in the Longford race
* New Zealand driver Angus Hyslop (Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF) was not awarded points for his fourth place in the Longford race
* New Zealand driver Bruce McLaren (Cooper T62 Coventry Climax FPF) was not awarded points for his victory in the Australian Grand Prix