David Brabham

David Brabham is an Australian professional racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing. He has won three international Sports Car series and is one of four Australians to have won the Le MansHour sports car race, winning the event in 2009. Brabham won the American Le Mans Series in 2009 and 2010. He also competed in Formula One, racing for the Brabham and Simtek teams in 1990 and 1994 respectively. Brabham is the youngest son of threetime Formula One world champion Sir Jack Brabham.

Brabham, who was born in Wimbledon, London, spent his childhood in Australia. Despite his fathers motor racing fame he took little interest in motor racing until after he left school. As a child he played the more accessible sport of football up until the age of twelve and then took up Australian rules football when the family moved to Sydney. Growing up, Sir Jack did not force David into racing, and it was only after discovering gokarts at 17, that he became enthusiastic enough to purchase a secondhand gokart with his nextdoor neighbour and to begin racing.

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