In his excellent tribute to the late Sir Jack Brabham - a link to which was subsequently re-tweeted by his son David Brabham - Mike Lawrence pointed out that in addition to his success in F1, the Australian also enjoyed victories in F1 and Sports Cars. Indeed, not that long ago, when drivers weren't contesting the Formula One World Championship, their weekends 'off' were spent racing all manner of machines all over the world. Indeed, sadly, it is how we lost many of the sport's legends, including Jim Clark who was killed in an F2 race at the Nurburgring on the same day that some of his F1 rivals were contesting the BOAC 500 Sports Car race at Brands Hatch.Speaking at today's press...
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