July 25th, 2013 (F1plus/B. Dixon).- There have been just a sprinkling of Australian drivers in Formula One, but from that sprinkling of just fourteen, four World Championships and thirty five wins have been achieved and celebrated with the most successful being Jack Brabham. Commanding the wheel of a Cooper, Brabham enjoyed back-to-back World Championship success in 1959 and 1960. At the end of the following year, Jack decided to leave Cooper and start up his own team. Big changes loomed for the 1966 season with engine size increasing to 3 litres, a change Brabham had the foresight to prepare for, while other teams were not quite so organised. He reaped the reward of his canniness,...
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