Nationality: Australian
Date of Birth-Death: 2 April 1926 - 19 May 2014
Drivers championships:
1959,
1960,
1966
Grand Prix victories: 14
Races started: 126
Pole positions: 13
Teams:
Brabham 1962 - 1970,
Cooper 1955 - 1961
Jack Brabham career
Jack Brabham is the only person to win the drivers championship in a car built by his own company. Jack Brabham won three world championships, two in a Cooper and one in a Brabham.
Previous seasons
1970
Team: Brabham
Position: 5
Points: 25
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 1 In his final season in F1 he won the first race of the season in South Africa in Kyalami.
1969
Team: Brabham
Position: 10
Points: 14
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 2 This was another mixed season with 4 retirements and 2 podium finishes.
1968
Team: Brabham
Position: 23
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was a difficult season for Jack Brabham as he only finished 2 out the 11 races he started.
1967
Team: Brabham
Position: 2
Points: 48
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 2 Jack Brabham finished second to his team mate Denny Hulme giving the Brabham team their second constructors championship.
1966
Team: Brabham
Position: 1
Points: 42
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 3 The 1966 season saw the introduction of 3 litre engines. Jack Brabham arranged with Repco to develop a lightweight V8 engine which combined with the BT19 chassis produced a wining combination. His 4 race wins helped him win his 3rd drivers championship and is the only person to win the championship with a car on it. with his own name.
1965
Team: Brabham
Position: 10
Points: 9
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was another mixed season with a best of 3rd in at Watkins Glen in America.
1964
Team: Brabham
Position: 8
Points: 11
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was a mixed season with 4 retirements and two 3rd places.
1963
Team: Brabham
Position: 7
Points: 14
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This season he had his best result with the Brabham-Climax combination with a 2nd place in Mexico.
1962
Team: Brabham
Position: 9
Points: 9
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 Part way through the 1962 Jack Brabham started running his own car with the Climax engine having run a Lotus 24 for the first half of the season.
1961
Team: Cooper
Position: 11
Points: 4
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 The new 1.5litre specification Coventry Climax engine was not as competitive and he only finished 2 of the 8 races he entered.
1960
Team: Cooper
Position: 1
Points: 43
Race wins: 5
Pole positions: 3 This was the second of Jack Brabham's three drivers championship and his most successful season in F1. He had 5 race wins and 3 pole positions.
1959
Team: Cooper
Position: 1
Points: 31
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 1 For the 1959 season jack Brabham had the more powerful 2.5litre engine which he put to good use, winning his first drivers championship. He won in Monaco and won from pole position in Britain at the Aintree circuit.
1958
Team: Cooper
Position: 18
Points: 3
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This season scored his points in F1 with a 4th place in Monaco.
1957
Team: Cooper
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He ran a Cooper in 5 races with top 10 finishes in 3 races.
1956
Team: Maserati
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This season his only F1 race was in a Maserati in Britain at Silverstone from which he retired.
1955
Team: Cooper
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 His first race in F1 was at the British GP from which he retired.
