1975 Australian Grand Prix

1975 Australian Grand Prix
Round 1 of 5 of the 1975 Australian Drivers' Championship
Race details
Date 31 August 1975
Official name XL Australian Grand Prix
Location Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.219 km (2.000 miles)
Distance 50 laps, 160.95 km (100.00 miles)
Weather Heavy rain
Pole position
Driver Lola-Chevrolet
Time 1'05.8
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Max Stewart Lola-Chevrolet
Time 1'17.8
Podium
First Lola-Chevrolet
Second Bowin-Chevrolet
Third Mildren Mono-Ford

The 1975 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars,[1] held on a very wet track at the Surfers Paradise International Raceway in Queensland, Australia on 31 August 1975.[2] It was the fortieth Australian Grand Prix and was also Round 1 of the 1975 Australian Drivers' Championship.[2]

1974 Australian Grand Prix winner Max Stewart won his second AGP ahead of John Leffler and Ray Winter.[2]

  1. ^ Conditions for Australian Titles, 1975 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 84
  2. ^ a b c Wilson, Stewart (1986). "1975". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 388–394. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.