Jack Brabham is a racing driver from Australia who last raced in Formula 1 for Brabham. Brabham is a three-time champion (1959, 1960, 1966), with 14 wins and 31 podiums from 128 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,211 ranks Brabham 247th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1970-10-25 | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | DNF | −41 |
| 1970-10-04 | Watkins Glen | P10 | +12 |
| 1970-09-20 | Circuit Mont-Tremblant | DNF | −108 |
| 1970-09-06 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | DNF | −18 |
| 1970-08-16 | Red Bull Ring | P13 | −36 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 13 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 25 | P5 | +56 | 5,622 |
| 1969 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Ford | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | P10 | −25 | 5,566 |
| 1968 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Repco | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | P23 | −998 | 5,591 |
| 1967 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Repco | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 48 | P2 | +502 | 6,589 |
| 1966 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Repco | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 45 | P1 | +469 | 6,087 |
| 1965 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Climax | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | P10 | +20 | 5,617 |
| 1964 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Climax | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | P8 | −214 | 5,597 |
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | P7 | +270 | 5,811 |
| 1962 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | P9 | +106 | 5,541 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | P11 | −464 | 5,435 |
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 43 | P1 | +578 | 5,900 |
| 1959 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 34 | P1 | +585 | 5,322 |
| 1958 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | P18 | +47 | 4,737 |
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +8 | 4,690 |
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −121 | 4,682 |
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +3 | 4,803 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 5,097 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 50% |
| 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | 5,136 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 55% |
| 🇬🇧 Jim Clark | 5,692 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 31% |
| 🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier | 4,402 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney | 4,902 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 75% |
| 🇬🇧 John Surtees | 4,899 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 35% |
| 🇺🇸 Richie Ginther | 5,503 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 55% |
| 🇨🇭 Jo Siffert | 5,058 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 60% |
| 🇳🇿 Denny Hulme | 5,522 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 63% |
| 🇫🇷 Maurice Trintignant | 4,839 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 78% |
Jack Brabham was an Australian Formula 1 driver who competed across 16 seasons from 1955 to 1970, accumulating 128 starts with 14 wins and 31 podiums. He won the World Drivers' Championship three times, in 1959, 1960, and 1966, and remains the only driver to have captured the title in a car bearing his own name. His average finish of fourth place across classified starts places him among the stronger professional competitors of his era, with a Racer Rating of 5,211.[1]
Brabham's career coincided with Formula 1's transition through its most competitive post-war period, and his head-to-head records against his most frequent rivals reflect the calibre of that competition. Against Graham Hill, a three-time champion, Brabham finished ahead in exactly half of their 36 shared races. He held a winning record against Jo Bonnier over 27 encounters and enjoyed a decisive edge over Dan Gurney across 24 races. However, he faced stiffer competition from Jim Clark, a two-time champion whom he beat only nine times in 29 races, and from Bruce McLaren, where Brabham's 17 victories to 14 defeats represented a marginal advantage. When matched against Jackie Stewart, another three-time champion, Brabham finished ahead on six occasions, though Stewart's career began in Brabham's final seasons.[2]
His later years saw sustained activity through 1970, when at age 44 he claimed a win and four additional podiums across the 13 rounds contested, finishing fifth in the championship. His time with Brabham-Repco, the team he co-founded, produced a constructors' championship legacy alongside his driving record. The machinery itself has since entered the motorsport canon, with his championship-winning BT19 becoming the first single-seater to enter the Motorsport Hall of Fame.