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The 1931 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Phillip Island

Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit

The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...

on 23 March 1931. The race had 20 entrants and 14 starters.

It was the fourth Australian Grand Prix

Australian Grand Prix

The Australian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually and is held to be the pinnacle of motor racing in Australia. The Grand Prix is the oldest surviving motor racing competition held in Australia having been held 76 times since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928. Since 1985 the race has...

and the fourth held at Phillip Island. The race was run in 4 classes (A, B, C and D)

Classification

Source:

Pos	No.	Class	Driver	Car	Laps	Time
1	16	C	Carl Junker	Bugatti Type 39	31	2h 54m 50s
2	1	A	Cyril Dickason	Austin 7 Ulster s/c Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad...	31	3h 02m 24s
3	12	C	Harold Drake-Richmond	Bugatti Type 37	31	3h 03m 19s
4	10	B	Barney Dentry	Riley Brooklands Riley Nine thumb\|250px\|Riley Nine Kestrel Saloon 1933The Riley Nine was one of the most successful light cars produced by the British motor industry in the inter war period. It was made by the Riley company of Coventry, England with a wide range of body styles between 1926 and 1938.The car was largely...	31	3h 09m 39s
5	13	B	Joan Richmond	Riley Brooklands Riley Nine thumb\|250px\|Riley Nine Kestrel Saloon 1933The Riley Nine was one of the most successful light cars produced by the British motor industry in the inter war period. It was made by the Riley company of Coventry, England with a wide range of body styles between 1926 and 1938.The car was largely...	31	3h 34m 00s
6	3	A	Cec Warren	Austin 7 Ulster Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad...	31	3h 35m 21s
Ret	15	C	Hope Bartlett	Bugatti Type 37 s/c	29	Engine
Ret	19	D	Les Jennings	Morris Oxford Morris Oxford After the Second World War the Oxford MO replaced the 10. It was introduced in 1948 and was produced until 1954. The design was shared with Nuffield Organisation stable-mate Wolseley 4/50....	28
Ret	2	A	Clarrie May	Austin 7 s/c Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad...	18
Ret	4	A	Ian Russell	Morris Minor Morris Minor (1928) This article refers to the motor car manufactured by the Morris Motor Company and its successors from 1928–1933. For the Morris Minor manufactured by the Morris Motor Company from 1948–1971, see Morris Minor....	15
Ret	20	D	Jack Clements	Bugatti Type 30	14	Crankshaft
Ret	18	D	Jack Sidebottom	Singer Singer (car) Singer was an automobile company founded in 1905 in Coventry, England. It was acquired by the Rootes Group of the United Kingdom in 1956, who continued the brand until 1970...	12
Ret	14	C	Arthur Terdich Arthur Terdich Arthur Terdich was an Australian racing driver. He won the 1929 Australian Grand Prix....	Bugatti Type 37 s/c	8	Con-rod
Ret	9	B	Bill Lowe	Lombard AL3 s/c

External links

National Museum of Australia 1930s Australian Grand Prix and Monte Carlo rally driver Joan Richmond collection.

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