News Details

On This Day: 2014 - Jack Brabham passes away.

On this day in 2014, Australian driver Jack Brabham sadly passed away at the age of 88/ Brabham was enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in his youth becoming a flight mechanic.  He began his racing career in his home country in midget cars, before moving to Europe in 1955. Brabham made his Formula One debut at the 1955 British Grand Prix at the age of 29, in a race won by Sterling Moss. It took Brabham four years to win his first race, taking the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix in his Cooper-Climax.  It was 1959 that Brabham won his first F1 World Championship, before defending his title in 1960.  In 1962, Brabham founded his own team, winning the 1966 championship...
Full Story »
7y ago from GPBlog.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Spanish GP: 'The tapas makes you quicker' - Jolyon...

Jolyon Palmer and Jack Nicholls look forward to this weekend's Spanish...
7y ago from BBC.co.uk

Barcelona test 'beneficial' for Renault – Carlos...

Carlos Sainz Jr. has said that the first in-season Formula 1 test of the...

Formula 1 – Drivers' Titles Decided By Close...

Formula 1 Classic Formula 1 Formula E NASCAR IndyCar Indy Lights More...

Aitken: 'An amazing experience' to drive a current F1...

Testing – Renault reserve driver Jack Aitken got his first taste of...
7y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Santino Ferrucci issued post-race penalty but keeps...

The NTT IndyCar Series has issued a penalty to the #14 entry of Santino...

Louis Foster reveals likely cause of scary 180MPH...

On lap 84 of Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix, Louis Foster was involved in...

Detroit GP expected to remain downtown amid potential...

Following the conclusion of the Detroit Grand Prix, organizers have...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Redemption for Ogier

One year on from losing victory on the final stage of Rally Italia...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal table serious contract offer to sign...

With the transfer window officially open and top clubs scrambling to...
3h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Arsenal make shock move to sign player from Man United

Arsenal will be in the market for a new left winger this summer, and one...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal risk missing out on priority target as rival...

Arsenal are reportedly facing the risk of missing out on their priority...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Chelsea hold talks in recent days over Liverpool...

Chelsea have had contacts with Ajax in the last few days about a potential...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.