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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: danny_galaga on May 21, 2014, 08:46:21 pm
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I don't know if many people outside of Australia have heard of Jack Brabham, but he passed away recently at 88. He was a three time winner of Formula One, and is still the only driver in history to have won in a car he built. A true Aussie icon. R.I.P
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/motorsport/queensland-to-hold-state-funeral-for-sir-jack-brabham/story-fncei7d9-1226924035067 (http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/motorsport/queensland-to-hold-state-funeral-for-sir-jack-brabham/story-fncei7d9-1226924035067)
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Yeah you are right.
88 is pretty good, especially after breathing in those exhaust fumes over the years.
Well we are all have to go sometime.
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Best description I've heard since his passing was from Phil Branagan who simply said "You know Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn? Imagine they were the one person."
A brilliant driver who won 3 world championships.
A brilliant engineer who built the car he won his last championship in.
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Was gonna say - 3 time world driver champion. he won more than 3 races. I think he was more like 88 rather than 68?
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Very sad time for F1. Better a long and full life than an abrupt end in a shunt on track. Word from a Jackie Stewart interview on SkyF1 this weekend says Brabham wasn't doing so well when he last saw him at the Aussie GP. Sad, but inevitable I'm afraid.
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Oops! Yeah won 3 championships, not 3 races! Although even getting to race in F1 is pretty cool.
One thing's for sure, he will remain the only guy to win a championship in his own car.