1958 Australian Grand Prix 1958 Australian Grand Prix The 1958 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Libre racing cars, held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 6 October 1958. The race had 26 starters. It was the first Australian Grand Prix to specifically exclude sports cars from the entry. The race was the twenty third Australian Grand Prix and the seventh race of the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship. Lex Davison won his third AGP, equalling the record held jointly by Bill Thompson and Doug Whiteford. Results as follows. '# New Zealander Merv Neal was
1970 Formula One season at the Kyalami circuit between Johannesburg and Pretoria. Jack Brabham won the race in a Brabham BT33. The Spanish Grand Prix took place on the Jarama circuit. The defending champion Jackie Stewart won in a March 701. The Monaco Grand Prix ended in a close finish. At the last corner of the last lap, Jack Brabham skidded off the track, allowing Austrian Jochen Rindt in a Lotus 49 to pass and win the race. Formula One had recently lost one of its top drivers: Bruce McLaren had been killed testing a Can-Am car at the Goodwood circuit in southern England.