Geoff Brabham

Geoff Brabham 1990

Geoff Brabham in the Nissan NPT in the 1990 IMSA GTP series

Geoffrey "Geoff" Brabham (born March 20, 1952 in Sydney ) is a former Australian racing driver .

Career

Geoff Brabham is the eldest son of three-time Formula 1 world champion Jack Brabham . He has two younger brothers who also found their way into international racing. Gary , who has since ended his career, and David , who also drove in Formula 1 in the 1990s and is still active in sports car races. His son Matthew is also a racing driver.

Geoff Brabham celebrated his successes in racing almost exclusively in the USA. Between 1981 and 1994 he competed ten times in the Indianapolis 500 . His best result was fourth in the 1983 race. He won four times in a row (1988-1991) the overall ranking of the IMSA GTP series and in 1981 the overall ranking of the CanAm championship .

In 1993 he also won the Le Mans 24 Hours . He shared the cockpit of a Peugeot 905 with Éric Hélary and Christophe Bouchut . Geoff Brabham also drove in NASCAR and won the Bathurst 1000km race with his two brothers in his native Australia.

During his long career he was repeatedly involved in the V8 supercar racing series in Australia. Today, after the end of his motorsport career, he works as a driving trainer and instructor for BMW Australia. His son Matthew continues the family tradition in motorsport and is already successful in karting .

In 2004, Geoff Brabham was inducted into the Hall of Fame of US Motorsport.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1989	Nissan International Motorsport	Nissan R89C	Chip Robinson	Aria Luyendyk	failure	Engine failure
1990	Nissan Performance Technology	Nissan R90CK	Chip Robinson	Derek Daly	failure	Engine failure
1993	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 905 Evo 1C	Eric Helary	Christophe Bouchut	Overall victory

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1989	Electramotive engineering	Nissan GTP ZX Turbo	Aria Luyendyk	Chip Robinson		Overall victory
1990	Nissan Performance Tech.	Nissan GTP ZX Turbo	Derek Daly	Chip Robinson		Rank 2
1991	Nissan Performance	Nissan NPT-90	Derek Daly	Gary Brabham		Overall victory
1992	Nissan Performance Technology	Nissan NPT-91A	Aria Luyendyk	Gary Brabham	Derek Daly	Rank 2

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
1987	Team Schuppan	Porsche 962	JAR	JER	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
												6th

Web links

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