1962 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship was the sixth Australian Drivers' Championship. It was contested by drivers of Formula Libre cars over a six round series.

Round 1, South Pacific International, Longford, Tasmania, 3 March
Round 2, Bathurst 100, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, 23 April
Round 3, Lowood, Queensland, 3 June
Round 4, Victorian Road Racing Championship, Sandown Raceway, Victoria, 16 September
Round 5, Mallala Motor Sport Park, South Australia, 8 October
Round 6, Australian Grand Prix, Caversham, Western Australia, 3 November

Points were awarded on a 12, 7, 5, 3, 2 , 1 basis to the first six placegetters in each round. However, only resident Australian drivers were eligible to score championship points.

The championship winner was awarded the 1962 CAMS Gold Star.

Position	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total
1	Bib Stillwell	6 & 16	Cooper Climax	BS Stillwell	7	12	-	7	12	7	45
2	John Youl	5	Cooper T55 Climax	Scuderia Veloce	2	-	-	-	7	12	21
3	Bill Patterson	9	Cooper T51 Climax	Bill Patterson Motors	3	5	-	5	-	5	18
4	Greg Cusack		Cooper Climax	Scuderia Veloce	-	3	12	3	-	-	18
	David McKay		Cooper T55 Climax	Scuderia Veloce	5	7	-	-	5	-	17
	Lex Davison	4	Cooper Climax	Ecurie Australie		1	-	12	-	-	13
	Jack Brabham	1	Cooper Climax		12	-	-	-	-	-	12
	Bryan Thomson		Cooper T51 Climax	Ecurie Shepparton	-	-	7	2	-	-	9
	Tom Ross		Lotus 20	T Ross	-	-	5	-	-	-	5
	Arnold Glass		BRM P48 Buick	Capitol Motors	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
	Clive Nolan		Lotus 20	Clive Nolan Motors	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
	Andy Brown		Elfin FJ		-	-	-	-	3	-	3
	Syd Negus		Cooper T20 Repco Holden		-	-	-	-	-	2	2
	Alwyn Rose		Dalro Jaguar Mk II	A Rose	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
	Roy Morris		Elfin Climax		-	-	2	-	-	-	2
	Bill Pile		Cooper		-	-	-	-	2	-	2
	E Edwards		TS Special		-	-	-	-	-	1	1
	Ron Marshall	23	Cooper		1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Garrie Cooper		Elfin FJ		-	-	-	-	1	-	1

Patterson was awarded third place in the championship due to his superior placing in the 1962 Australian Grand Prix.

All positions below fourth place in the above table are probable rather than definite as the sixth placed finishers in Rounds 3 and 4 are not known at this stage.