Jack Brabham
Race car driver, Organization founder
1926 –
Who is Jack Brabham?
Sir John Arthur "Jack" Brabham, AO, OBE is an Australian former racing driver who was Formula One 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 in midgets and Australian and New Zealand road racing events led to him going to the United Kingdom 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 became the largest manufacturer of customer racing cars in the world in the 1960s. In 1966 Brabham became the first – and still the only – man to win the Formula One world championship driving one of his own cars.
Brabham retired to Australia after the 1970 Formula One season, where he bought a farm and maintained various business interests, which included the Engine Developments racing engine manufacturer and several garages. He is the oldest surviving Formula One race-winner, and world champion.
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- Born
- Apr 2, 1926
Hurstville - Also known as
- Sir Jack Brabham
- Sir John Arthur "Jack" Brabham
- John Arthur Brabham
- Black Jack
- Sir John Arthur "Jack" Brabham, AO, OBE
- Spouses
- Betty Brabham
( - 1994) - Margaret Brabham
(1995 - )
- Betty Brabham
- Children
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Lived in
- Sydney
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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