Jack Brabham’s racing car

Jack Brabham was Formula One world champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966. In the last race of the 1959 season, he famously ran out of petrol and pushed his car across the finish line. In his third championship, he became the first driver to win in a car he had designed and built.

In 1961, Brabham and Ron Tauranac founded Motor Racing Developments, which became one of the largest manufacturers of single seat racing cars. They built the BT23A-1, a prototype for the BT24, in 1967.

Brabham drove it in the Tasman Series that year and won at Longford, Tasmania. Since then the car has been owned, raced and crashed by others but retains some original components, including the chassis, steering shaft and centre body.