Jack Brabham was an Australian racing driver and constructor who lived from 1926 to 2014, born in Hurstville, New South Wales, and who won the Formula One World Drivers Championship three times, in 1959, 1960 and 1966. His 1966 title is unique in Formula One history: he won it driving a car of his own construction, bearing his own name, making him the only driver ever to become World Champion in a car built by his own team, a distinction no other Formula One competitor has matched.
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Career HighlightBrabham won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, in 1959, 1960 and 1966. 1 Classification
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Is Jack Brabham the only Formula One champion to win the title in a car he built himself?
Yes. His 1966 title came in a car built by his own team and bearing his name.
Yes. Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Drivers Championship three times, in 1959, 1960 and 1966. His 1966 title came in a car of his own construction that carried his own name, which makes him the only driver in the history of the championship to be crowned World Champion in a car built by his own team. No other Formula One competitor has matched that distinction.
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Sir John Arthur Brabham (2 April 1926 – 19 May 2014) was an Australian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1955 to 1970.
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John Arthur 'Jack' Brabham was born on 2 April 1926 in Hurstville, New South Wales, then a commuter town outside Sydney.
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He died at his home on the Gold Coast on 19 May 2014, aged 88
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He died at his home on the Gold Coast on 19 May 2014, aged 88
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was an Australian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1955 to 1970.
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Brabham won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, in 1959, 1960 and 1966, and 14 Grands Prix across 16 seasons.
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who competed in Formula One from 1955 to 1970
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Sir John Arthur Brabham (2 April 1926 - 19 May 2014) was an Australian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1955 to 1970.
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