David Philip Brabham was born on 5 September 1965 and is an Australian professional racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing.
26 Facts About David Brabham
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David Brabham has won three international Sports Car series and is one of four Australians to have won the Le Mans 24 Hour sports car race, winning the event in 2009.
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David Brabham competed in Formula One, racing for the Brabham and Simtek teams in 1990 and 1994, respectively.
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David Brabham is brother-in-law to Mike Thackwell, father to Sam Brabham and uncle to Matthew Brabham.
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David Brabham, who was born in Wimbledon, London, spent his childhood in Australia.
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David Brabham's professional racing career began in Australia in 1983, racing karts for two years, after which he moved into the Ford Laser "one make" series for 1985.
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David Brabham competed in the New Zealand Formula Atlantic series, the American Formula Atlantic series and in the South American Formula 3 Championship during the 1987 season.
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David Brabham had raised a considerable amount of sponsorship to join the team bearing his family name but financial constraints hindered the team all season.
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This, and David Brabham being unable to raise the reported $3m needed to keep his place in the team, led to him being replaced at the end of the season.
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David Brabham joined the Tom Walkinshaw Racing Jaguar team in 1991 and in that year won the Spa 24 Hours driving a Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R alongside Naoki Hattori and the late Anders Olofsson.
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David Brabham returned to Formula One in 1994 with the under-funded Simtek team after his father bought shares in the team.
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Traditionally the other team driver would withdraw in such a situation, but seeing the demoralisation around him, David Brabham decided to race on, only to crash out after a suspension failure of his own.
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David Brabham won the Professional Sports Car Championship in the United States with the Panoz racing team in 1998, and the 1999 Petit Le Mans race with Panoz.
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David Brabham joined Sumo Power GT for the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship, teaming with Jamie Campbell-Walter in a Nissan GT-R.
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David Brabham has won a total of 23 ALMS events across all four classes in the series.
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David Brabham is a two-time champion in the series, winning the LMP1 title in 2009 and LMP title in 2010.
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In 2003, David Brabham won first-in-class with Multimatic Motorsports at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Daytona Prototype category's inaugural race.
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David Brabham finished second at the 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans driving for Bentley.
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David Brabham finished ninth overall and third in the GT1 Class for Aston Martin Racing.
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At the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans, David Brabham scored a fourth in the GT1 category driving for Russian Age Racing.
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David Brabham won the GT1 class of the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans and again in the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans driving for Aston Martin Racing.
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David Brabham joined brother Geoff as a Le Mans winner with his older brother having won for Peugeot in 1993.
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David Brabham became only the fourth Australian driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans following Bernard Rubin in 1928, Vern Schuppan in 1983, and older brother Geoff in 1993.
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David Brabham won the 2009 and 2010 American Le Mans Series LMP championship, driving for Highcroft Racing.
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David Brabham was joined in the car by Will Powell.
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David Brabham drove the car home to victory at Brands Hatch as a remarkable win, the Brabham BT62's first ever race and win and Brabham Automotive's first car and win.