Major honours
Jack Brabham, champion in 1959 and 1960, founded the team with designer Ron Tauranac in 1961 and entered Formula 1 the following year. In 1966 he became the only driver to win the world championship in a car bearing his own name; teammate Denny Hulme took the title in 1967 for back-to-back doubles. Bernie Ecclestone bought the team in 1972 and Gordon Murray's bold designs followed — the BT46B 'fan car', withdrawn after dominating the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix, and the BT52 on which Nelson Piquet took the first turbo-powered drivers' title in 1983. Brabham also revived mid-race refuelling in 1982, changing strategy for a generation. When Ecclestone left to focus on F1's commercial rights, competitiveness collapsed; the team disappeared in 1992 amid financial trouble with two constructors' titles, four drivers' titles and 35 wins.
Record comparison
Bars are scaled to the strongest team in this list.
Club legends
Rivalry
In the 1960s it traded championships with Lotus; in the early 1980s Piquet fought Williams' Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg in title battles that went to the final round more than once.