1953 Australian Grand Prix in a major population centre. The circuit was laid out on public roads surrounding the Albert Park Lake in inner Melbourne. The race was won by Doug Whiteford, his third and final Australian Grand Prix victory, equalling the feat achieved by Bill Thompson in the 1930s. It was also the largest margin of victory in the race's history, Whiteford winning by five laps for a margin of 25 kilometres. Results as follows. 1953 Australian Grand Prix The 1953 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at Albert Park Street Circuit, Victoria on 21 November 1953. The race,
Pau Grand Prix and spectators. After being run to Formula Two regulations in 1958–1960, limiting the capacity to 1500 cm Formula One in 1961 allowed the Grand Prix de Pau back in the spotlight ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix. In early 1960s, the event was won by such famous drivers as Jack Brabham, Maurice Trintignant, and Jim Clark (who achieved his first victory in a Formula One car in Pau Grand Prix in 1961, and went on to win the Pau Grand Prix three more times in 1963–1965). In 1964, after switching the format of the Grand Prix again from Formula One