In kangaroo country…
18. May 2021
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… cars jump, everybody knows that.
Witness this image taken at the 1959 Australian Grand Prix ran at Longford in Tasmania and won by a certain Stan Jones (Maserati 250F), who was none other than the father of future World Champion Alan Jones.
Jones Sr. duly won the race (ran according to Formula Libre regulations) in front of the Cooper of Len Lukey, in the absence of the first Australian to become World Champion, Jack Brabham.
The passage of the F1 to 1600 cc engines in 1961, would enable the birth of the Tasman Series, ran in Australia and in New-Zealand, with single-seaters equipped with the 2.5L engines seen in the Grand Prix, in the preceding seasons.
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Formula 1, Formule Libre, Tasman Series, Longford, Australian Grand Prix, Stan Jones, Len Lukey, Alan Jones, Maserati, Australia, 1959
Source: DR
