David Philip Brabham is an Australian racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing. He has won three international Sports Car series and is one of four Australians to have won the Le Mans 24 Hour sports car race, winning the event in 2009. Brabham won the American Le Mans Series in 2009 and 2010. He also competed in Formula One, racing for the Brabham and Simtek teams in 1990 and 1994, respectively. Brabham is the youngest son of three-time Formula One world champion Sir Jack Brabham, brother to Geoff Brabham and Gary Brabham. He is also brother-in-law to Mike Thackwell, father to Sam Brabham and uncle to Matthew Brabham.
Brabham in 2012
Brabham driving the Simtek S941 at the 1994 British Grand Prix meeting at Silverstone.
Brabham driving the distinctive Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S during the 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Brabham driving the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans winning Peugeot 908 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 77th Grand Prix of Endurance, an endurance auto race run over 24 hours. It took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, and was organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) over 13–14 June 2009 and was started by Fiat and Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo at 15:00 local time. A test day was initially scheduled for 31 May that year, but was canceled by the ACO due to economic concerns. The race was attended by 234,800 spectators.
Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, car number 9, winner Le Mans 2009, beneath podium
Winning drivers of 24 Hours Le Mans on the podium, 14 June 2009
Despite using a 2008-spec Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, Pescarolo Sport qualified fourth.
Drivers Seth Neiman, Darren Law, and Jörg Bergmeister earned the pole position in the GT2 class for Flying Lizard Motorsports.
