Jack Brabham

personalia

nationality:	Australian
date of birth:	2 April 1926
date of death:	9 May 2014 (88)

same birthday:

Gino Munaron (2 April 1928)
Mike Hailwood (2 April 1940)
Fabrizio Barbazza (2 April 1963)

statistics

wins:	14 (10.9%)
podiums:	31 (24.2%)
pole positions:	13 (10.2%)
championships:	3 (18.8%)
best result:	1st
seasons:	16
events:	128
starts:	126
points:	261 (2 points per race avg)
retirements:	55 (43%)

first event:	1955 British Grand Prix
last event:	1970 Mexican Grand Prix

about Jack Brabham

Sir John Arthur Brabham, (2 April 1926 – 19 May 2014) was an Australian racing driver who was Formula One World Champion in 1959, 1960, and 1966. He was a founder of the Brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name.

Brabham was a Royal Australian Air Force flight mechanic and ran a small engineering workshop before he started racing midget cars in 1948. His successes with midgets in Australian and New Zealand road racing events led to his going to Britain to further his racing career. There he became part of the Cooper Car Company's racing team, building as well as racing cars. He contributed to the design of the mid-engined cars that Cooper introduced to Formula One and the Indianapolis 500, and won the Formula One world championship in 1959 and 1960. In 1962 he established his own Brabham marque with fellow Australian Ron Tauranac, which in the 1960s became the largest manufacturer of customer racing cars in the world. In the 1966 Formula One season Brabham became the first – and still the only – man to win the Formula One world championship driving one of his own cars. He was the last surviving World Champion of the 1950s.

Brabham retired to Australia after the 1970 Formula One season, where he bought a farm and maintained business interests, which included the Engine Developments racing engine manufacturer and several garages.

source: Wikipedia

seasons

1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970,

finishing positions

grid positions

wins

#	event		constructor
1	1959 Monaco Grand Prix	round 1	Cooper-Climax
2	1959 British Grand Prix	round 5	Cooper-Climax
3	1960 Dutch Grand Prix	round 4	Cooper-Climax
4	1960 Belgian Grand Prix	round 5	Cooper-Climax
5	1960 French Grand Prix	round 6	Cooper-Climax
6	1960 British Grand Prix	round 7	Cooper-Climax
7	1960 Portuguese Grand Prix	round 8	Cooper-Climax
8	1966 French Grand Prix	round 3	Brabham-Repco
9	1966 British Grand Prix	round 4	Brabham-Repco
10	1966 Dutch Grand Prix	round 5	Brabham-Repco
11	1966 German Grand Prix	round 6	Brabham-Repco
12	1967 French Grand Prix	round 5	Brabham-Repco
13	1967 Canadian Grand Prix	round 8	Brabham-Repco
14	1970 South African Grand Prix	round 1	Brabham

pole positions

#	event		constructor
1	1959 British Grand Prix	round 5	Cooper-Climax
2	1960 Belgian Grand Prix	round 5	Cooper-Climax
3	1960 French Grand Prix	round 6	Cooper-Climax
4	1960 British Grand Prix	round 7	Cooper-Climax
5	1961 United States Grand Prix	round 8	Cooper-Climax
6	1966 British Grand Prix	round 4	Brabham-Repco
7	1966 Dutch Grand Prix	round 5	Brabham-Repco
8	1966 United States Grand Prix	round 8	Brabham-Repco
9	1967 South African Grand Prix	round 1	Brabham-Repco
10	1967 Monaco Grand Prix	round 2	Brabham-Repco
11	1969 South African Grand Prix	round 1	Brabham-Ford
12	1969 Mexican Grand Prix	round 11	Brabham-Ford
13	1970 Spanish Grand Prix	round 2	Brabham

teams & teammates

season	teammate
1956	Stirling Moss Carlos Menditeguy José Froilán González Jean Behra Mike Hawthorn Gerino Gerini Luigi Piotti Chico Landi Alberto Uria Óscar González Horace Gould Louis Chiron Cesare Perdisa Louis Rosier Paco Godia Luigi Villoresi André Simon Hernando da Silva Ramos Roy Salvadori Bruce Halford Umberto Maglioli Harry Schell Ottorino Volonterio Jo Bonnier Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	compare 1956
1957	Les Leston Mike MacDowel Roy Salvadori Bob Gerard Tony Marsh Brian Naylor Dick Gibson Paul England	Cooper	compare 1957
1958	Stirling Moss Maurice Trintignant Roy Salvadori Ian Burgess Bruce McLaren Wolfgang Seidel Tony Marsh Brian Naylor Christian Goethals Dick Gibson Jack Fairman Robert La Caze André Guelfi François Picard Tom Bridger	Cooper	compare 1958
1959	Bruce McLaren Lucien Bianchi Masten Gregory Maurice Trintignant Stirling Moss Ivor Bueb Alain de Changy Jean Lucienbonnet Trevor Taylor Tim Parnell Keith Greene Henry Taylor Jack Fairman Mike Taylor Peter Ashdown Bill Moss Giorgio Scarlatti Harry Schell	Cooper-Climax	compare 1959
1960	Bruce McLaren Maurice Trintignant Stirling Moss Harry Schell Roy Salvadori Tony Brooks Chris Bristow Bruce Halford Carel Godin de Beaufort Henry Taylor Lucien Bianchi Olivier Gendebien Jack Fairman Chuck Daigh Lance Reventlow Vic Wilson Wolfgang Seidel Piero Drogo Arthur Owen Phil Hill Ron Flockhart	Cooper-Climax	compare 1960
1961	John Surtees Bruce McLaren Masten Gregory Jackie Lewis Bernard Collomb Roy Salvadori John Campbell-Jones Ian Burgess Renato Pirocchi Geoff Duke Jack Fairman Alfonso Thiele Menato Boffa Walt Hansgen Hap Sharp Roger Penske	Cooper-Climax	compare 1961
1962	Jim Clark Trevor Taylor Innes Ireland Masten Gregory Maurice Trintignant Jo Siffert Nino Vaccarella Lucien Bianchi John Campbell-Jones Carlo Abate Jay Chamberlain Tony Shelly Gerry Ashmore Ernesto Prinoth Jim Hall Roger Penske Rob Schroeder Sam Tingle Neville Lederle Ernie Pieterse Gary Hocking Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Climax	compare 1962
1963	Jim Clark Trevor Taylor Bernard Collomb Peter Arundell Maurice Trintignant Mike Hailwood André Pilette Tim Parnell Mike Spence Pedro Rodríguez Walt Hansgen Thomas Monarch Neville Lederle Ernie Pieterse Dan Gurney David Prophet	Lotus-Climax	compare 1963
1964	Dan Gurney Bob Anderson Jo Siffert Jo Bonnier	Brabham-Climax	compare 1964
1965	Jo Bonnier Dan Gurney Bob Anderson Denny Hulme Ian Raby Giancarlo Baghetti	Brabham-Climax	compare 1965
1966	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Climax	compare 1966
1967	Denny Hulme Guy Ligier	Brabham-Repco	compare 1967
1968	Dave Charlton John Love Jochen Rindt Silvio Moser Dan Gurney Kurt Ahrens	Brabham-Repco	compare 1968
1969	Jacky Ickx Piers Courage Silvio Moser	Brabham-Ford	compare 1969
1970	Rolf Stommelen Peter de Klerk Derek Bell Gus Hutchison	Brabham	compare 1970

news

2020-04-01 Sir Jack Brabham – a unique F1 champion

Sir Jack Brabham will surely remain the only Formula 1 driver in history to win the World Championship in a car bearing his own name. Although known for his aggressive and vigorous driving style, that belied a deep mechanical understanding that made his machines some of the most sturdy and trustworthy in an era when open-wheel racecars were, as a whole, frighteningly fragile. Brabham’s ...

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2019-04-22 F1’s iconic cars: Brabham BT52 by Giorgio Piola

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2019-02-08 Brabham BT62 could make Australian Grand Prix appearance

The 700-horsepower supercar is currently midway through a series of demo runs in Australia, which started with the Adelaide Motorsport Festival back in November last year. The car then made a record-smashing appearance at Mount Panorama during the Bathurst 12 Hour, Luke Youlden setting a new benchmark for tin-top cars with a 1m58.69s effort on the Saturday. The BT62 is also locked in to ...

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2019-02-05 Brabham turned down efforts to revive name in F1

The two-time constructors' championship-winning team last entered F1 in 1992. David Brabham, founder Jack Brabham's son, fought to regain use of the family name in a long-running court case and now a Le Mans 24 Hours GTE Pro effort has been targeted for 2022 to relaunch the company's racing activity. He revealed he has had "lots of conversations" about returning the name to F1. Brabham ...

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2018-03-26 Brabham documentary makers looking for lost footage

Brabham: The Untold Story of Formula One is currently being pieced together by by Australian production house Aurora Films, with principal photography expected to be completed this year.The film, which is endorsed by the Brabham family, will then be screened for the first time during the Australian Grand Prix weekend next year.With production ongoing, the filmmaking team – led by ...

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