David Brabham

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David Brabham
David Brabham 2012 (7321981998) (cropped).jpg
Brabham in 2012
Born (1965-09-05) 5 September 1965 (age 58)
Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian
Active years 1990, 1994
Teams Brabham, Simtek
Entries30 (24 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 1990 San Marino Grand Prix
Last entry 1994 Australian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 19921993, 19962010, 2012
Teams Tom Walkinshaw Racing, Gulf Racing/GTC Racing, David Price Racing, Panoz Motorsports, Team Bentley, Zytek Engineering, Aston Martin Racing, Russian Age Racing, Peugeot Sport Total, Highcroft Racing, JRM
Best finish1st (2009)
Class wins3 (2007, 2008, 2009)

David Philip Brabham (born 5 September 1965) is an Australian racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing. He 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. Brabham won the American Le Mans Series in 2009 and 2010. He also competed in Formula One, racing for the Brabham and Simtek teams in 1990 and 1994, respectively. Brabham is the youngest son of three-time Formula One world champion Sir Jack Brabham, brother to Geoff Brabham and Gary Brabham. He is also brother-in-law to Mike Thackwell, father to Sam Brabham and uncle to Matthew Brabham.

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Early life

Brabham, who was born in Wimbledon, London, spent his childhood in Australia. Despite his father's motor racing fame he took little interest in motor racing until after he left school. As a child he played soccer up until the age of twelve and then took up Australian rules football when the family moved to Sydney. Growing up, Sir Jack did not force David into racing, and it was only after discovering go-karts at 17, that he became enthusiastic enough to purchase a second-hand go-kart with his next-door neighbour and to begin racing.

Motor racing career

Early career

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. In 1986 he switched to Formula Ford 1600 and subsequently to Australian Formula 2, winning the 1987 Australian Drivers' Championship in that category. The 1987 ADC was, unlike previous years, only held as a single race rather than a series of rounds and was run as a support category to the 1987 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide. After starting 38th on the grid due to carburettor and electrical problems with his Ralt RT30 Volkswagen in qualifying, he caught and passed leader Rohan Onslow on lap 13 of the 15 lap race and went on to a 1.7 second victory.

He also 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. [1] A move from Australia to Europe under sponsorship from Camel in 1989 saw him joining the Bowman team and winning the British Formula Three Championship.

Formula One career

Brabham's break into Formula One in 1990 with the Brabham team met with little success. He had raised a considerable amount of sponsorship to join the team bearing his family name (though it had been sold on three times since) but financial constraints hindered the team all season. While David had been hired to drive ahead of the season he requested to skip the first two races to prepare himself, Gregor Foitek taking the seat instead. Ironically his brother Gary attempted to qualify for the first two rounds in the ill-fated Life before quitting; the brothers therefore both contested the 1990 season without actually entering any of the same meetings.

Brabham driving the Simtek S941 at the 1994 British Grand Prix meeting at Silverstone. David Brabham 1994 Silverstone.jpg
Brabham driving the Simtek S941 at the 1994 British Grand Prix meeting at Silverstone.

His first outing with the team was the 1990 San Marino Grand Prix where he failed to qualify. His first Formula One start came at the next race in Monaco where his father Jack had won in 1959, his first championship year. In 14 races he only managed to qualify the uncompetitive Judd-engined car six times, including the last race of the year at home in Australia. This, and David 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. Brabham joined the Tom Walkinshaw Racing Jaguar team in 1991 and also in that year won the Spa 24 Hours driving a Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R alongside Naoki Hattori and Anders Olofsson.

Brabham returned to Formula One in 1994 with the under-funded Simtek team after his father bought shares in the team. The second seat was to be filled by paying drivers, with Roland Ratzenberger taking the first five races before Jean-Marc Gounon took over. The S941 chassis was overweight, used a fully manual gearbox as opposed to the semi-automatic types used by most teams and inferior wire-spring Cosworth HB customer engines. Despite this Brabham qualified for every round of the series. The team suffered the blow of the death of Roland Ratzenberger during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix. Traditionally the other team driver would withdraw in such a situation, but seeing the demoralisation around him, Brabham decided to race on, only to crash out after a suspension failure of his own. In Ratzenberger's memory the team made a collective decision to see out the season, with Brabham's strong leadership often cited as a key factor. While the Simtek was uncompetitive he won considerable acclaim for his determination and for gradually improving the speed of the underfunded package, also handily out-performing his various teammates.

Touring Cars

Brabham quit Formula One at the end of that year to begin touring car racing – while he wanted to help Simtek the salary offered by the BMW works team was too good to ignore. 1995 in a BTCC BMW was not a success, but subsequent successes included winning the 1996 JGTC GT500 championship in McLaren F1 GTR (so far the only non-Japanese team car to win this), and the 1997 AMP Bathurst 1000 in its Super Touring era. Driving a BMW 320i at Bathurst with brother Geoff, the pair were flagged in 2nd but were elevated to the win soon after the finish when their BMW Motorsport Australia teammates Paul Morris and Craig Baird were disqualified, the team making an error at the last pit stop by not doing a driver change and leaving Baird in the car for the run home, not realising that he would exceed his allowed driving time before the race ended.

He won the Professional Sports Car Championship in the United States with the Panoz racing team in 1998, and the 1999 Petit Le Mans race also with Panoz.

Brabham driving the distinctive Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S during the 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans. Panoz LMP-1 Roadster S - Jan Magnussen, David Brabham & Mario Andretti exits the Esses at the 2000 Le Mans (52490785938).jpg
Brabham driving the distinctive Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S during the 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans.

GT racing

Brabham joined Sumo Power GT for the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship, teaming with Jamie Campbell-Walter in a Nissan GT-R. The duo finished 10th in the driver's championship. He will join the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2012, driving a McLaren MP4-12C for United Autosports.

Sports car racing

Brabham driving the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans winning Peugeot 908 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. 2009Peugeot908HDIFAP.jpg
Brabham driving the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans winning Peugeot 908 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Since 1999 he has been a regular in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), having raced for teams such as Panoz and Prodrive Ferrari 550 Maranello. He won the Sebring 12-hour race in 2005. In Australia, he has contested the Bathurst 24 Hour race and continued to make occasional appearances in the Bathurst 1000.

Brabham has won a total of 23 ALMS events across all four classes in the series. He is a two-time champion in the series, winning the LMP1 title in 2009 and LMP title in 2010.

In 2003, Brabham won first-in-class (4th overall) with Multimatic Motorsports at the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Daytona Prototype category's inaugural race. [2] Brabham finished second at the 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans driving for Bentley. In 2005 he started the first of four consecutive Le Mans starts racing Aston Martin DBR9's. He finished ninth overall and third in the GT1 Class for Aston Martin Racing. At the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans, Brabham scored a fourth in the GT1 category (ninth overall) driving for Russian Age Racing. 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.

Driving for Peugeot, he won the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans outright with co-drivers Alexander Wurz and Marc Gené driving a Peugeot 908 HDi FAP. He joined brother Geoff as a Le Mans winner with his older brother having also won for Peugeot in 1993. It also saw him join his father and older brother as an outright winner at Le Mans with father Jack having won the only French Grand Prix held at the Bugatti Circuit in 1967.

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.

Brabham won the 2009 and 2010 American Le Mans Series LMP championship, driving for Highcroft Racing. For 2012, he will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship in a JRM Racing Honda Performance Development ARX-03a.

Walk of fame - Le Mans, Handprints and signatures from the winners of the 2009 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Hall of fame Le Mans-winners 2009.JPG
Walk of fame - Le Mans, Handprints and signatures from the winners of the 2009 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Project Brabham

In the Autumn of 2014, Project Brabham was announced [3] as an innovative and new way of setting up a motor racing team. The project is aimed at integrating the public and fans with the team. The initial start-up of the project was run via crowdfunding [4] [5] through the Indiegogo portal, where members of the public and fans alike could become part of the team.

″The money from the first phase of crowdfunding has been used to build this first stage Brabham-Digital website. We also created the all-important investor prospectus, which is vital in searching for and securing the investment required to build and launch both the team and Brabham-Digital platform" [4]

The project is still gathering much needed investment to get the team onto the track with the aim to become part of the FIA World Endurance championship.

"Our complete focus is now on finding and signing the investors and partners that will be vital in securing the investment required to make this vision a reality. When that investment is secured, the full Brabham-Digital platform will be developed and built, evolving into a much more engaging and powerful engine, divided into the three different knowledge sharing and e-learning platforms."

Brabham Automotive

Brabham launched Brabham Automotive in May 2018. Its first product is the Brabham BT62. [6] Brabham drove the car on its racing debut at Brands Hatch on 9 and 10 November, participating in Britcar's annual 'Into the Night' races. [7] He was joined in the car by Will Powell. [8] He 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. In a post-race interview he referred to his father's win at the 1966 British Grand Prix who won in a Brabham BT19.

Family

Brabham's two older brothers Geoff and Gary also pursued motor racing careers. His wife Lisa (sister of Mike Thackwell) also raced. His son Sam Brabham and nephew Matthew Brabham now race in junior formulae.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1985Goodyear Car Owners Club Laser Series [9] 6th Ford KB Laser D Brabham
1986 Motorcraft Formula Ford "Driver to Europe" Series 5th Van Diemen RF85 Ford D Brabham
1987 Australian Drivers' Championship 1st Ralt RT30 Volkswagen Australian Motor Racing
Australian Formula 2 Championship 12th
Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series 12th Van Diemen RF86 D Brabham
1988 British Formula 3 Championship Class B3rd Ralt RT31 Volkswagen Jack Brabham Racing
1989 British Formula 3 Championship 1st Ralt RT31 Volkswagen Jack Brabham Racing
Macau Grand Prix 1st Ralt RT33 Volkswagen
1990 Formula One World Championship NC Brabham BT59 Judd Motor Racing Developments
Australian Endurance Championship 17th Ford Sierra RS500 Benson & Hedges Racing
1991 World Sportscar Championship 18th Jaguar XJR-14 Silk Cut Jaguar
1992 World Sportscar Championship 10th Toyota TS010 Toyota Team TOM's
1994 Formula One World Championship NC Simtek S941 Ford Simtek
1995 British Touring Car Championship 13th BMW 318i Schnitzer Motorsport
1996 All-Japan GT Championship 1st McLaren F1 GTR BMW Team Lark
1997 FIA GT Championship 23rd Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Ford David Price Racing
1998 FIA GT Championship 11th Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Ford DAMS
1999 American Le Mans Series 2nd Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Ford
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Ford
Panoz Motor Sports
Shell Championship Series 54th Holden VT Commodore Wayne Gardner Racing
2000 American Le Mans Series 7th Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Ford Panoz Motor Sports
2001 American Le Mans Series 7th Panoz LMP07 Élan
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Élan
Panoz Motor Sports
European Le Mans Series 11th Panoz LMP07 Élan Panoz Motor Sports
2002 American Le Mans Series 6th Panoz LMP01 Evo Élan Panoz Motor Sports
2003 American Le Mans Series (GTS Class) 3rd Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Prodrive
American Le Mans Series (LMP900 Class) 21st Bentley EXP Speed 8 Team Bentley
V8 Supercar Championship Series 46th Ford BA Falcon Dick Johnson Racing
2004 American Le Mans Series (GTS Class) 7th Saleen S7-R Ford
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT
ACEMCO Motorsports
Krohn-Barbour Racing
Le Mans Endurance Series (LMP1 Class) 28th Zytek 04S Zytek Engineering
2005 American Le Mans Series (GT1 Class) 11th Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 36th Ford BA Falcon Ford Performance Racing
2006 American Le Mans Series (GT2 Class) 5th Panoz Esperante GT-LM Multimatic Motorsports
FIA GT Championship 31st Aston Martin DBR9 Cirtek Motorsport
2007 American Le Mans Series (P2 Class) 9th Acura ARX-01a Highcroft Racing
2008 American Le Mans Series (P2 Class) 3rd Acura ARX-01B Highcroft Racing
2009 American Le Mans Series (P1 Class) 1st Acura ARX-02a Highcroft Racing
Le Mans Series 21st Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Team Peugeot Total
Australian Mini Challenge NC Mini JCW R56 BMW Uber Star
2010 American Le Mans Series (LMP Class) 1st HPD ARX-01C Highcroft Racing
2011 FIA GT1 World Championship 10th Nissan GT-R Sumo Power GT
International V8 Supercars Championship 54th Ford FG Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship 10th HPD ARX-03a JRM
2013Scirocco R China Masters Challenge5thVolkswagen Scirocco R-Cup
American Le Mans Series (LMP2 Class) 10th HPD ARX-03b Extreme Speed Motorsports
International V8 Supercars Championship 59th Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG James Rosenberg Racing
2014 United SportsCar Championship 33rd HPD ARX-03b Extreme Speed Motorsports
2015 FIA World Endurance Championship 18th HPD ARX-03b Extreme Speed Motorsports
2019 Britcar Endurance Championship NC Brabham BT62 Brabham Automotive
2021 GT2 European Series - Pro-Am 10th Brabham BT62 High Class Racing
2024 GT Cup Championship - Group GTO Brabham BT62 Kendall Developments

Complete British Formula 3 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantEngineClass123456789101112131415161718DCPts
1988 Jack Brabham Racing VW N THR SIL THR BRH DON SIL BRH
11
THR SIL DON SIL SNE
6
OUL
11
SIL
22
BRH
15
SPA
8
THR
7
SIL
9
3rd58
1989 Bowman Racing VW A THR
DNS
DON
C
SIL
1
BRH
1
SIL
3
BRH
1
THR
3
SIL
3
DON
22
SIL
2
SNE
11
OUL
1
SIL
1
BRH
2
DON
Ret
SIL
1
THR
Ret
1st80

Complete Formula One results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213141516WDC Pts
1990 Motor Racing Developments Brabham BT59 Judd EV 3.5 V8 USA BRA SMR
DNQ
MON
Ret
CAN
DNQ
MEX
Ret
FRA
15
GBR
DNQ
GER
Ret
HUN
DNQ
BEL
Ret
ITA
DNQ
POR
Ret
ESP
DNQ
JPN
Ret
AUS
Ret
NC0
1994 MTV Simtek Ford Simtek S941 Ford HBD6 3.5 V8 BRA
12
PAC
Ret
SMR
Ret
MON
Ret
ESP
10
CAN
14
FRA
Ret
GBR
15
GER
Ret
HUN
11
BEL
Ret
ITA
Ret
POR
Ret
EUR
Ret
JPN
12
AUS
Ret
NC0

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910Pos.Pts
1991 Roni Team Ralt Ralt RT23 Cosworth VAL
7
PAU
7
JER
11
MUG
9
PER HOC BRH SPA BUG NOG NC0

12 Hours of Sebring results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1992 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bud Light/Jaguar Racing Flag of the United States.svg Davy Jones Jaguar XJR-12DGTP3384th4th
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Wallace Panoz GTR-1 GT13182nd1st
1999 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Panoz GTR-1 LMP103DNFDNF
2000 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Flag of France.svg Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S LMP249DNFDNF
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Panoz LMP07 LMP900109DNFDNF
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele
Panoz LMP01 Evo LMP90056DNFDNF
2003 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Bentley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell
Bentley Speed 8 LMGTP3633rd1st
2004 Flag of the United States.svg ACEMCO Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Terry Borcheller
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Mowlem
Saleen S7-R GTS25725th3rd
2005 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Ortelli
Aston Martin DBR9 GT13384th1st
2006 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Multimatic Motorsports Team Panoz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Scott Maxwell
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais
Panoz Esperante GT-LMGT23209th1st
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Highcroft Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson
Flag of the United States.svg Duncan Dayton
Acura ARX-01a LMP23466th4th
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Patrón Highcroft Racing Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp
Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson
Acura ARX-01B LMP23495th4th
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Patrón Highcroft Racing Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marino Franchitti
Acura ARX-02a LMP1302DNFDNF
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Patrón Highcroft Racing Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marino Franchitti
HPD ARX-01C LMP23495th2nd
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Highcroft Racing Flag of France.svg Simon Pagenaud
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marino Franchitti
HPD ARX-01e LMP13322nd2nd
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JRM Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Dumbreck
Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok
HPD ARX-03a LMP130917th6th
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Extreme Speed Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp
Flag of the United States.svg Guy Cosmo
HPD ARX-03b LMP228137th5th
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Extreme Speed Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Scott Sharp
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel
HPD ARX-03b P2912nd2nd

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1992 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Team Tom's Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Lees
Flag of Japan.svg Ukyo Katayama
Toyota TS010 C1192DNFDNF
1993 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TWR Jaguar Racing Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard
Jaguar XJ220 GT306DSQDSQ
1996 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gulf Racing
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GTC Racing
Flag of France.svg Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lindsay Owen-Jones
McLaren F1 GTR GT13355th4th
1997 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Price Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Perry McCarthy
Flag of the United States.svg Doc Bundy
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 GT1145DNFDNF
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motorsports Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Wallace
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Davies
Panoz Esperante GTR-1 GT13357th7th
1999 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motorsports Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard
Flag of the United States.svg Butch Leitzinger
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Ford LMP3367th6th
2000 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motorsports Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti
Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S-Élan LMP90031515th8th
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motorsports Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Flag of France.svg Franck Lagorce
Panoz LMP07-Élan LMP90085DNFDNF
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Panoz Motor Sports Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen
Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta
Panoz LMP01 Evo-Élan LMP90090DNFDNF
2003 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Bentley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert
Bentley Speed 8 LMGTP3752nd2nd
2004 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zytek Engineering, Ltd. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Wallace
Flag of Japan.svg Hayanari Shimoda
Zytek 04S LMP1167DNFDNF
2005 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Aston Martin DBR9 GT13339th3rd
2006 Flag of Russia.svg Russian Age Racing
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team Modena
Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García
Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr.
Aston Martin DBR9 GT13439th4th
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell
Aston Martin DBR9 GT13435th1st
2008 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Aston Martin DBR9 GT134413th1st
2009 Flag of France.svg Peugeot Sport Total Flag of Spain.svg Marc Gené
Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP13821st1st
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Highcroft Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marino Franchitti
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner
HPD ARX-01C LMP229625th9th
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JRM Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Dumbreck
Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok
HPD ARX-03a LMP13576th6th

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122232425PosPts
1995 BMW Motorsport Team BMW 318i DON
1

12
DON
2

12
BRH
1

4
BRH
2

6
THR
1

5
THR
2

Ret
SIL
1

8
SIL
2

11
OUL
1

10
OUL
2

8
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

10
DON
1

11
DON
2

11
SIL
7
KNO
1

DNS
KNO
2

4
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

Ret
SNE
1

16
SNE
2

17
OUL
1

11
OUL
2

Ret
SIL
1

9
SIL
2

Ret
13th48

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516Pos.Pts
1995 BMW Team Isert BMW 318is ZOL
1
ZOL
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
ÖST
1
ÖST
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
NÜR
1

15
NÜR
2

13
SAL
1
SAL
2
AVU
1
AVU
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
31st22

Complete JGTC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCarClass123456DCPts
1996 Team Lark McLaren McLaren F1 GTR GT500 SUZ
2
FUJ
1
SEN
8
FUJ
2
SUG
Ret
MIN
4
1st63

Complete GT1 World Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920PosPts
2011 Sumo Power GT Nissan GT-R GT1 ABU
QR

8
ABU
CR

9
ZOL
QR

11
ZOL
CR

Ret
ALG
QR

3
ALG
CR

3
SAC
QR

8
SAC
CR

5
SIL
QR

Ret
SIL
CR

Ret
NAV
QR

4
NAV
CR

3
PRI
QR

9
PRI
CR

4
ORD
QR

3
ORD
CR

7
BEI
QR

11
BEI
CR

8
SAN
QR

7
SAN
CR

Ret
10th75

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678RankPoints
2012 JRM LMP1 HPD ARX-03 Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 SEB
12
SPA
9
LMS
5
SIL
7
SÃO
9
BHR
Ret
FUJ
5
SHA
5
10th50.5
2014 Extreme Speed Motorsports LMP2 HPD ARX-03b Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ SHA
5
BHR SÃO NC‡0‡
2015 Extreme Speed Motorsports LMP2 HPD ARX-03b Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 SIL
6
SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 18th8

As Brabham was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)

YearTeamClassCarEngine1234567891011RankPoints
2014 Extreme Speed Motorsports P HPD ARX-03b Honda HR28TT 2.8 L V6 Turbo DAY
15
SEB
2
LBH
LGA
DET
S6H
MSP
IMS
ELK
COA
PET 33rd50

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
1993 Winfield Racing Holden VP Commodore Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Olofsson 4th159
1997* BMW Motorsport Australia BMW 320i Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Brabham 1st161
1999 Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VT Commodore Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner 14th157
2003 Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon Flag of Brazil.svg Max Wilson 12th158
2004 Dick Johnson Racing Ford BA Falcon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Owen Kelly 17th157
2005 Ford Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright 14th152
2006 Ford Performance Racing Ford BA Falcon Flag of New Zealand.svg Matt Halliday DNF56
2010 Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison 13th161
2011 Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Davison 16th161

* Super Touring race

Spa 24 Hours results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1991 Flag of Japan.svg Team Zexel Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori
Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Olofsson
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R A/Div.35171st1st
1992 Flag of Japan.svg Nissan NISMO Racing Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Hasemi
Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Olofsson
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R A+2.5102DNFDNF
2005 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Darren Turner
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin
Aston Martin DBR9 GT15556th6th

Bathurst 24 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2002 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cirtek Motorsport Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Jurasz
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan Grice
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darren Palmer
Porsche 996 GT3-RS 5488DNFDNF
2003 Flag of Austria.svg BE Racing Flag of Austria.svg Klaus Engelhorn
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Montermini
Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Peter
Ferrari 360 N-GT A287DNFDNF

Complete Britcar results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-

YearTeamCarClass12345678910111213141516DCCPPoints
2019 Brabham Automotive Brabham BT62 1Inv SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
DON
1
DON
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
BRH
1

1
BRH
2

Ret
NC†NC†0†

† Brabham was ineligible for points as he was an invitation entry.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Graham Watson
Australian Drivers' Championship
Champion

1987
Succeeded by
Preceded by British Formula Three Champion
1989
Succeeded by
Preceded by Macau Grand Prix
Winner

1989
Succeeded by
Preceded by All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship
GT500 Champion

1996
With: John Nielsen
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 1000
1997
With: Geoff Brabham
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
2009
With: Marc Gené & Alexander Wurz
Succeeded by
Preceded by American Le Mans Series
Champion

2009-2010
With: Scott Sharp (2009) & Simon Pagenaud (2010)
Succeeded by