Brabham
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Motor Racing Developments Ltd., commonly known as Brabham ( ), was a British racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team. It was founded in 1960 by the Australian driver Jack Brabham and the British-Australian designer Ron Tauranac. The team had a successful thirty-year history, winning four FIA Formula One World Drivers' Championships and two World Constructors' Championships.
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- inception
- 1960-01-01
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- Brabham Racing Organisation
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- Brabham Racing Organisation
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 769
- number of wins
- 35
- points for
- 925
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26 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Racing history—Formula One
- Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac (1961–1970)
- Ron Tauranac (1971)
- Bernie Ecclestone (1972–1988)
- Joachim Lüthi (1989)
- Middlebridge Racing (1989–1992)
- Motor Racing Developments
- Racing history—other categories
- IndyCar
- Formula Two
- Formula Three
- Formula 5000
- Sports cars
- Technical innovation
- Controversy
- Later use of the Brabham name
- Revival attempts
- Brabham Racing
- Championship results
- See also
- Notes
- Footnotes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Motor Racing Developments Ltd., commonly known as Brabham ( ), was a British racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team. It was founded in 1960 by the Australian driver Jack Brabham and the British-Australian designer Ron Tauranac. The team had a successful thirty-year history, winning four FIA Formula One World Drivers' Championships and two World Constructors' Championships.
Under Brabham and Tauranac, Brabham won double world championships in 1966 and 1967, with the 1966 drivers' title going to Jack Brabham and the 1967 title going to Denny Hulme. Jack Brabham is the only Formula One driver to win a Drivers' Championship in a car bearing his own name. Brabham was the first Formula One team to use a wind tunnel to design cars. It became the world's largest manufacturer of open-wheel racing cars sold to customer teams, having built more than 500 cars by 1970. Teams using Brabham cars won championships in Formula Two and Formula Three. The cars also competed in events like the Indianapolis 500 and Formula 5000 racing.