Jack Brabham made his Formula One Grand Prix debut at the age of 29 at the 1955 British Grand Prix with Copper car company.
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Sir John Arthur Brabham was an Australian racing driver who was Formula One World Champion in 1959, 1960, and 1966. He was a founder of the Brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name. Brabham started racing after an American friend, Johnny Schonberg, persuaded him to watch a midget car race. After successfully running the midget at some hill climbing events in 1951, Brabham became interested in road racing. He bought and modified a series of racing cars from the Cooper Car Company, a British constructor, and from 1953 concentrated on this form of racing, in which drivers compete on closed tarmac circuits.
Brabham made his Grand Prix debut at the age of 29 at the 1955 British Grand Prix. Later in the year Brabham, again driving the Bobtail, tussled with Stirling Moss for third place in a non-championship Formula One race at Snetterton. Although Moss finished ahead, Brabham saw the race as a turning point, proving that he could compete at this level. Brabham briefly and unsuccessfully campaigned his own second hand Formula One Maserati 250F during 1956, but his season was saved by drives for Cooper in sports cars and Formula Two, the junior category to Formula One.
Margaret was the second wife of the Australian race car driver. The couple got married in 1995 and they lived on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Betty Brabham was the first wife of Sir Jack Brabham. The couple got married in 1951, Betty was there for all of Sir Jack’s F1 titles in 1959, 1960 and 1966. Together they had three sons, Geoff, Gary and David who all launched into high profile racing careers. Brabham and Betty divorced in 1994 after 43 years.
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Not much is known about the three times Formula one World Champion’s wife Margaret. Although records suggest that she was working in the pits and performing the timing duties in Grand Prixs in the 60’s. The couple have no kids together according to sources. Jack has 3 sons from his previous marriage with Betty Braham. All the three sons, Geoff, Gary and David have launched into high profile racing careers.
