David Brabham on growing up as Black Jack’s son, Imola 94, and the potential of Brabham returning to F1

F1 Beyond The Grid

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News, Leisure, Sports News, Sports, Automotive

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Like Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve and Nico Rosberg, David Brabham knows only too well what it’s like to forge a path to F1 under the shadow of a famous father, in his case triple world champion Jack Brabham – the only driver to win the title in a self-made car.

On this week’s show, Brabs tells us about his unconventional start to racing, the perhaps surprising influence of his father, his stop-start Grand Prix career, the legacy of Brabham, and that dark weekend at Imola in 1994, when his team mate Roland Ratzenberger was tragically killed…

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0:36.4	Hello everyone and welcome to Beyond the Grid.
0:38.8	I hope you're all keeping safe in these very difficult times.
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0:44.0	we have another hour of lockdown escapism for you.
0:47.2	This time, with a man who has one of the most famous surnames in racing,
0:51.1	in fact, his father, three time world champion, Sir Jack,
0:54.9	would have been 94 last week.
0:56.8	So he thought it was an opportune moment
0:58.8	to get David Brabham on the show.
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