Matthew Brabham

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Matthew Chase Brabham (born February 25, 1994 in Boca Raton , Florida ) is an Australian - American racing driver . He won the Pro Mazda Championship in 2013 . In 2014 and 2015 he started in Indy Lights . He mostly drives with an Australian license. From 2014 to mid-2015 he competed with an American license. His father is Geoff Brabham and his grandfather was Jack Brabham .

Career

Brabham began his motorsport career in karting , where he remained active until 2008. In 2009 he switched to formula racing and initially drove in Australia with an Australian license. He first competed in the Victorian Formula Ford and finished ninth in his debut year. In 2010 he improved to fifth overall. In 2010, Brabham also drove in the Australian Formula Ford, in which he came 14th overall. In 2011, Brabham stayed in both series. He finished sixth in the Victorian Formula Ford and ninth in the Australian Formula One.

In 2012, Brabham decided to move to North America. He received a cockpit at Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing in the US F2000 National Championship . In the winter series he finished third overall with a win behind his teammates Spencer Pigot and Trent Hindman . In the regular championship, Brabham won four races and was on the podium a total of eleven times. With 339 to 332 points, he prevailed against his teammate Pigot and became champion. He also made guest starts in Europe in the BARC Formula Renault .

Because of his title win, Brabham received financial support for a cockpit in the Pro Mazda Championship in 2013 . He was signed by Andretti Autosport . Brabham dominated the season, winning 13 of 16 races. Only in one race in which he was eliminated did he not get on the podium. With 466 points he prevailed against Diego Ferreira (357 points) and his teammate Shelby Blackstock (297 points).

In 2014 , Brabham stayed with Andretti Autosport and received a cockpit in the Indy Lights . Because of his title win in the previous year, he was again financially supported. Brabham decided to change his license before the season and start with an American license. Brabham won the first Liberty Challenge on a street variant of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and finished second in the Freedom 100 on the Indianapolis oval . He was on the podium in two other Indy Lights races. He finished the season in fourth place overall. That put him one position behind his teammate Zach Veach . In addition, Brabham took part in two races of the FIA Formula E Championship for Andretti at the end of 2014 . At the beginning of 2015 , Brabham competed in the first three Indy Lights races for Andretti Autosport. He then switched to the Speed ​​Energy Formula Off-Road truck racing series and competed in seven races. For this engagement he returned to the Australian racing license.

In 2016 Brabham drove again in the Speed ​​Energy Formula Off-Road. He also took part in two races in the 2016 IndyCar Series for Team Murray .

Personal

Matthew Brabham comes from a motorsport family. His grandfather Jack Brabham was a three-time Formula 1 world champion. His father Geoff Brabham is a one-time winner of the Le Mans 24-hour race . His uncles Gary and David Brabham are also racing drivers.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2009: Victorian Formula Ford (9th place)
  • 2010: Victorian Formula Ford (5th place)
  • 2010: Australian Formula Ford (14th place)
  • 2011: Victorian Formula Ford (6th place)
  • 2011: Australian Formula Ford (9th place)

Individual results in the Indy Lights

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 Points rank
2014 Andretti Autosport STP LBH BAR INDY POC GOAL MDO Mil SON     424 4th
9 3 4th 12 1* 4th 2 * 5 4th 5 12 2 * 6th 5    
2015 Andretti Autosport STP LBH BAR INDY GOAL Mil IOW MDO LAG 35 13.
11 7th 11                          

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 Points rank
2014/15 Andretti Autosport China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China AT MalaysiaMalaysia PUT UruguayUruguay PUN ArgentinaArgentina BUE United StatesUnited States MIA United StatesUnited States LBH MonacoMonaco MON GermanyGermany BER RussiaRussia MOS United KingdomUnited Kingdom LON 0 31.
  13 DNF                

( Legend )

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 Points rank
2016 Team Murray STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC TXS WGL SNM 37 30th
        16 22 27                    

( Legend )

Web links

Commons : Matthew Brabham  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Matthew Brabham to Pilot 2013 Pro Mazda Championship Entry for Andretti Autosport". usf2000.com, December 18, 2012, accessed August 28, 2014 .
  2. ^ Mark Glendenning: "Matt Brabham gets Andretti Indy Lights seat for 2014". autosport.com, October 20, 2013, accessed August 28, 2014 .
  3. ^ “Matthew Brabham to race for Andretti in Putrajaya”. (No longer available online.) Fiaformulae.com, November 20, 2014, archived from the original on November 23, 2014 ; accessed on November 20, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fiaformulae.com
  4. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "Formula E - Brabham replaces Montagny at Andretti". Health reasons. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 12, 2014, accessed December 12, 2014 .
  5. ^ Brabham returns to Indy Lights with Andretti. speedcafe.com, March 19, 2015, accessed on March 27, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Brabham, Matthew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brabham, Matthew Chase
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian-American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Boca Raton , Florida , United States