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Media Release: Brabham Adds United Autosports Blancpain Endurance Series Bid To ...

London, UK – Monday, January 30, 2011; David Brabham is ready to embark on one of the busiest seasons of his 29-year career in 2012. In addition to contesting the FIA World Endurance Championship with JRM Racing, the triple Le Mans 24 Hours winner and double American Le Mans Series Champion will also target the Blancpain Endurance Series title with United Autosports.
With over 20 years of sportscar racing...
 

Team RLR set for Le Mans Series debut

The UK’s newest Le Mans team has unveiled its plans to challenge for honours in the world’s premier endurance racing series.
Team RLR - based in Bolton, Lancashire - will field the class-winning MG Lola EX265 in the LMP2 category at the final two rounds of the 2010 Le Mans Series, Hungaroring and Silverstone. The events will be used as preparation for a full assault on the Le Mans Series by Team RLR in 2011....
 

Media Release: Brabham & Highcroft Denied Debut Le Mans Podium

London, UK – Sunday, June 13, 2010; David Brabham and Highcroft Racing’s faultless second place in LMP2 was stolen away in the 20th hour of the Le Mans 24 Hours 2010, a cooling issue ending the team’s dream debut and Brabham’s hopes to secure a fourth consecutive class title at the Circuit de la Sarthe.
In the experienced hands of Brabham, Marino Franchitti and Marco Werner, the Highcroft crew made an awesome...
 

Media Release: Brabham Second Fastest In Class Ahead Of Le Mans 2010 Battle

London, UK – Friday, June 11th, 2010; David Brabham is shaping up to add another Le Mans 24 Hours class win to his already impressive racing portfolio after two solid qualifying sessions secured Highcroft Racing the second fastest LMP2 starting slot ahead of the team’s race debut.
Brabham continued Highcroft’s impressive first showing in France by finishing Thursday’s opening two-hour session top of the LMP2...
 

Media Release: Brabham Makes Highcroft Racing’s Le Mans Debut

London, UK – Thursday, June 10th, 2010: David Brabham kicked off his mission to make it four wins in a row, opening his 17th 24 Hours of Le Mans account on Wednesday, June 9, with the fastest LMP2 time in first practice while the debutant Highcroft Racing car finished preliminary qualifying second in class.
After three years partnering Highcroft Racing in the American Le Mans Series it was apt for Brabham to...
 

Media Release: Brabham Ready For Four Wins At Le Mans

London, UK – Thursday, June 3, 2010; David Brabham has his sights set on scribing another entry into the history books of the world’s biggest endurance race, on June 12-13, with four consecutive wins in three different classes at the 2010 outing of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Outright victor with Team Peugeot in 2009, Brabham’s LMP1 title followed back-to-back GT1 class wins with Aston Martin Racing in 2007 and...
 

Media Release: Brabham Takes Sensational Second Victory At Laguna Seca

London, UK – Sunday May 23, 2010; David Brabham extended his American Le Mans Series championship lead by taking victory in spectacular style in a sensational six-hour showdown at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
The reigning ALMS champion rightly predicted a close race for round three, the American Le Mans Series Monterey, as Highcroft Racing targeted two consecutive wins, following victory at Long Beach, to...
 

Media Release: Brabham Set For Six-Hour Showdown At Laguna Seca

London, UK – Thursday, May 13, 2010; David Brabham heads to the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and one of his favourite places in the USA for round three of the American Le Mans Series on May 22, aiming to extend Highcroft Racing’s current joint lead in the LMP title fight.
Standing at the top of the championship table seems a familiar position for the 44 year-old sportscar legend when visiting the picturesque...
 

Media Release: Brabham Crowned American Le Mans Series Champion

Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, UK – Sunday 11 October, 2009; David Brabham was crowned American Le Mans Series Champion 2009 in the final round at Laguna Seca, California, underlining the British-born Australian’s reputation as one of the best sportscar racers on the planet. The 44 year-old signed off a sensational season with yet another podium finish to take third and add the ALMS title spoils to his Le Mans 24 Hours...
 

Media Release: Brabham Secures Front Row Start For ALMS Championship Showdown

Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, UK – Saturday 10 October, 2009; David Brabham will start his mission to take the 2009 American Le Mans Series title from the front row at Laguna Seca, California, after a thrilling qualifying battle saw the Patrón Highcroft star stop the clocks less than one hundredth of a second short of pole position.
The 44 year-old ALMS master was the first to show his hand in the 20-minute session...