Racing Career
Brabham raced in Australian Formula Ford (1982), two seasons in British Formula Ford 2000, three seasons in British Formula Three (runner-up in 1988 with four wins) and won the first season of British Formula 3000 in 1989. He also entered odd races in other categories including the 1987 Bathurst 1000 in a BMW. In 1988 he won the Scottish Superprix.
He failed to prequalify for two Formula One Grands Prix with the troubled Life project, a team that failed to prequalify for all 14 of its attempts during the 1990 season. Brabham was the second-slowest prequalifier (trailing only the Coloni of Bertrand Gachot, who recorded a lap time over five minutes, but 30 seconds behind the Eurobrun of Claudio Langes) at Phoenix and the engine gave up after only 400 meters in Brazil. After those two races, he quit the team.
Brabham later raced in sportscars winning the 1991 12 Hours of Sebring with brother Geoff in a factory prepared Nissan sports car. Brabham became a regular in the Australian Touring Car endurance scene, particularly at the Bathurst 1000 racing Fords for Tony Longhurst Racing and Allan Moffat Racing. He later raced in CART, becoming the first Australian driver to race the Gold Coast Indycar street race before retiring from racing in 1995 to teach advanced driver training.
He is best known for being the son of three time Formula One World Champion Sir Jack Brabham. His two brothers, Geoff and David also pursued professional racing careers as has his nephew Matthew.
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