After winning two championships with Cooper’s innovative rear-engined cars Jack Brabham claimed a third in his own chassis. He passed away today aged 88.
Jack Brabham articles archive
Ayrton Senna vs Jack Brabham
Champion of Champions
Posted onAyrton Senna and Jack Brabham both won three championships but had very different careers.
Jack Brabham vs Lewis Hamilton
Champion of Champions
Posted onJack Brabham and Lewis Hamilton both won the championship in their second full F1 seasons.
Jack Brabham vs Phil Hill
Champion of Champions
Posted onWhich of these champions of the sixties should progress a stage in Champion of Champions?
New row over use of Brabham name
Posted onBrabham is the latest former F1 team to be tipped to return to F1 in 2010, joining the likes of Lola and March. However the company that has submitted the entry for 2010 under the Brabham name is not linked to the man who founded the original Brabham team, three-times F1 champion Sir Jack Brabham. … Continue reading New row over use of Brabham name
100 F1 race winners part 3: 1959-1962
Posted onPart three of our look at Formula 1’s 100 Grand Prix winners. This part looks at the careers of champions such as Jack Brabham, Phill Hill and Graham Hill.
Last-lap losers (p1/2)
Posted onPoor Felipe Massa. Had his Ferrari engine gone three laps further he’d be sitting on top of the drivers’ championship now. Formula 1 cars may be extremely reliable nowadays but they do break down occasionally. But it’s one thing to drop out of the race in the early stages – it’s quite another when you’re … Continue reading Last-lap losers (p1/2)
Where are all the Australians?
Posted onAustralia has produced two world champions but where are its stars of the future? Jack Butler looks at the past and future of Australians in F1 in this guest post. Australia is a big country. It’s one of the biggest, in fact. And yet it’s only produced sixteen F1 drivers and two world champions (Jack … Continue reading Where are all the Australians?
Could Felipe Massa ‘do a Prost’?
Posted onOn his current run of form Felipe Massa stands a chance of achieving something very rarely seen in Formula 1: he could turn the tables on his team mate by taking the title off him the year after he won it. The only driver to achieve this in recent F1 history is Alain Prost, who … Continue reading Could Felipe Massa ‘do a Prost’?