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Sir John Arthur Brabham was an Australian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1955 to 1970. Brabham won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, in 1959, 1960 and 1966, and 14 Grands Prix across 16 seasons. He co-founded Brabham in 1960, leading the team to two World Constructors' Championship titles, and remains the only driver to have won the Wor…
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sports · Australian racing driver and motorsport executive (1926–2014) · Formula One driver · sporting director · also Jack Brabham, Sir John Arthur Brabham, Sir Jack Brabham, Black Jack Brabham, John Arthur Brabham, Brabham
Born 2 April 1926 · Died 19 May 2014 · Q2125
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“My father passed away peacefully at home at the age of 88 this morning. He lived an incredible life, achieving more than anyone would ever dream of and he will continue to live on through the astounding legacy he leaves behind.”
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“terrific driver training. You had to have quick reflexes: in effect you lived—or possibly died—on them.”
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Died 2014-05-19.
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Fox Sports: 3-time F1 champion Jack Brabham dies at 88
When he made his debut in the British Formula Ford Championship
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The suburb of Brabham in Perth, Western Australia, was named after him
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Flew to Bahrain with most of the other Formula One world Drivers' Champions for a celebration of 60 years of the Formula One world championship
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And won two ladders of the Road to Indy, eventually racing in the 2016 Indianapolis 500 and winning three Stadium Super Trucks championships
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autoweek: Jack Brabham: Not involved in F1 cost-cap entry for 2010
Awarded Officer of the Order of Australia (2008).
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Won Centenary Medal (2001).
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Won Australian Sports Medal (2000).
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After competing at the Goodwood Revival at the age of 73 he commented that driving stopped him getting old
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That Brabham is never listed among the Top 10 of all time, noting that "Stirling Moss and Jim Clark dominated the headlines when Jack was racing, and they still do"
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And they lived on the Gold Coast, Queensland
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The name was attached to a German company selling cars and accessories in 2008, and an unsuccessful attempt to set up a new Formula One team the following year
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Awarded Knight Bachelor (1978).
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With John Judd, who had worked for Brabham on the Repco engine project in the mid-1960s
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The Formula One title went to Brabham's teammate Denny Hulme
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Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with Brabham (1966).
Awarded Australian of the Year (1966).
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Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1966).
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A new 3-litre formula was created for Formula One
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To drive for his own team: the Brabham Racing Organisation, using cars built by Motor Racing Developments
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Played for Brabham (1962–1970).
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Established his own Brabham marque with fellow Australian Ron Tauranac, which in the 1960s became the largest manufacturer of custom racing cars in the world
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Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Deceased Motorsport (1960).
Leading the team to two World Constructors' Championship titles, and remains the only driver to have won the World Drivers' Championship in an eponymous car
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Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Deceased Motorsport (1959).
1960 and 1966, and 14 Grands Prix across 16 seasons
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Brabham drove another mid-engined Cooper, again only fitted with a 2-litre engine, at the Monaco Grand Prix
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Played for Cooper Car Company (1955–1961).
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Brabham became interested in road racing
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Schonberg's wife persuaded him to stop racing and on his suggestion Brabham took over
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Born 1926-04-02.
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