Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Report of Sir Jack Brabham (Champion of Formula One)
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Student: Omar Awadh
ID: H00083853
Section: CIQ
Teacher: Hedley Butterfield
Introduction:
Sir John Arthur Jack Brabham is very famous and he was an
Australian racing driver. He was born on 2nd April 1926 and died on
19th May 2014. He was considered as Formula One champion in 1959,
1960 and 1966 respectively. The foundation of Brabham racing team and race car
constructor was done by Jack Brabham and he therefore got world fame.
Sir John
Arthur Jack Brabham is very famous and he was Australian as a driver. He was born
on 2nd April 1926 and died on 19th May 2014. He was a champion of a formula
one in 1959, 1960 and 1966. Brabham racing team was constructed by Jack Brabham
and got many of world fame.
He started racing cars in 1948 and before that he was a
flight mechanic and owned a workshop carrying out small engineering. He got
success in racing events that were conducted in New Zealand and Australia that
enabled him to move to the UK to promote his racing career in future. Then he
got a chance of being a part of the racing team nominated by Cooper Car
Company. He made his contribution in designing of the mid-engined cars and
ultimately this design was used by majority of producers of racing cars in the
1960s. There were championships in 1959 and 1960 carrying the name of Formula
One and Jack Brabham won them. In 1970 he retired and purchased a farm along
with maintaining his business of car racing production (Auto sport Haymarket Publications).
Early life:
In his early life Jack Brabham was involved in car
mechanics and when he was 12, he put his mind to learning about family cars
and trucks. He studied technical education along with technical drawing and
metalwork (Nye, 2004).
From his early age Jack was interested in engineering and when
he was just fifteen years old, he got a job at a local garage while he was
attending a mechanical course in the evening session. He immediately opened
his own garage selling motorbikes and he used the back portion of his parents' property as his workshop where he planned to
manage his business (Nye, 2004).
Jack Brabham enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force
when he crossed his 18th birthday. He was eager to become a pilot
but due to excessive aircrew he decided to put his expertise to flight
mechanic as this profession was in deficiency. At the age of 20, he was
released from the Royal Australian Air Force with the position of an expert
aircraftman. He established his own workshop for the purpose of providing
repair services.
Racing career in Australia &
Europe:
Jack Brabham was motivated by one of his American friends
and he then started racing. Actually the concept of midget car racing was
quite famous in Australia, catching the attention of thousands of race
watchers. Jack was not supposed to continue with the idea of driving and he
remained interested in building a car with his friend Schonberg ( Nye 2004).
In the beginning Schonberg drove the device that was made
using a motor cycle engine. In 1948 Jack was convinced by someone to give up
workshop-related tasks and then he put his efforts into racing cars. By that
time he became a competitor and winner at different reputable tracks in
Australia. Jack was quite expert in driving but he used to ensure quick
reflexes while driving (Nye 2004)). He won the following championships at that
specific time:
In 1948 Australian speed car racing championship
In 1949 South Australian championship
In 1950 – 1951 Australian championship
By that time Jack was able to develop his interest in road
racing and therefore, he purchased a series of racing cars from the renowned
Cooper Car Company and he made cars according to his style of racing where
drivers can compete on using closed circuits and in this work his father
supported him. There was also a company named Redex that provided him with enough
counseling. Jack beat his rivalsin Australian and New Zealand till1955 and he
took a long series of victories that also covered the championship in 1953
named Queensland Road Racing (Australian Motor Sport.). At that time
people used to call him Black Jack as his nick name. He later on was convinced
by one of the managers in the UK in to attempt a racing season in Europe ( Nye,
2004) .
Jack arrived in Europe in 1955 and he selected to live in
the UK where he purchased another Cooper that could be used to race in local
events. His style was crowd pleasing and also he made visits to the Cooper
manufacturing unit where he became a friend of Charlie and John Cooper.
Brabham took the cars to the race after many requests done by the factory team
and this was a strong motivation (Dracket1985).
Retirement:
Brabham did not want to leave his workplace but his wife
motivated him to shift to a farm between Melbourne and Sydney ( Nye 2004).
Actually his wife wanted his sons living away from motorsport. Brabham carried
on his interests in businesses comprising of garages, dealing in cars, and
managing Aviation Company at micro level. Brabham set up his team in 1971 to
build engines in order to use racing applications (Engine Developments Ltd).
In the early 1980s Brabham won two championships and the team kept in Formula
One. At the time of retirement, Brabham was involved in events related to
motor sports where he drove in the past using former Cooper and Brabham cars.
Death:
Brabham died at the age of 88 and he was seen for the last
time in public on 18th May 2014 with one of the cars he constructed. He fell to
liver or kidney disease. His death occurred when he was having his breakfast
and his wife was there. His son confirmed his death (The Guardian). His son
said that his father passed away after having lived an incredible life with
lots of successes (The Guardian).
Conclusion:
Jack Brabham got three world famous championships that were
the evidence of his driving skills along with his expertise in engineering.
His first two titles confirmed the success of using front engine formula one
cars whereas his third title enabled him being the only driver who became
champion of a car made by him. He received the award of knighthood in lieu of
his life time achievements.
References:
·
ww.formula1.com
·
"Jose Froilan Gonzalez, Ferrari's first F1
winner, dies aged 90". Autosport(Haymarket
Publications). 15 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June
2013.
·
Brabham,
Nye (2004) pp.20–21 and pp. 21-22
·
www.autosport.com
·
Unique
(pp.30–31) "Jack Brabham potential world champion..." Article
reproduced from a 1958 edition of Australian Motor Sport.
·
"Australian F1 world champion driver Jack
Brabham has died, aged 88". The Guardian.
Retrieved 18 May 2014.
·
"'I'm sure he would be so proud': Formula One
champion Sir Jack Brabham to receive a state funeral".
Daily Mail. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
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