Lisa Brabham () is a former racing driver. She is also the wife of

David Brabham David Brabham (born 5 September 1965) is an Australian professional 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 t ...

, mother of

Sam Brabham Samuel Brabham is an Australian racing driver. Brabham is a third-generation racing driver; he is the son of David Brabham, nephew to Geoff Brabham, Gary Brabham, Mike Thackwell, and the grandson of three time Formula One World Champion Sir Jac ...

, sister of

Mike Thackwell Michael Thackwell (born 30 March 1961) is a former racing driver from New Zealand, who participated in a number of prominent racing categories, including Formula 1. The fifth youngest driver ever to qualify for a Grand Prix, he participated in f ...

and daughter of Ray Thackwell. Lisa Thackwell was born in

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and moved with her family to

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at an early age. The family then moved to

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in 1976 when she was eleven. Thackwell first drove a racing car, a Renault 5 Cup, aged 21 through her father's business connections. After one season in Renault 5, she switched to the Honda CRX Challenge with

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. Her team mates were Andy Ackerley and

Patrick Watts Aubrey Patrick Watts (born 21 November 1955 in Farnborough, Kent) is a British auto racing driver. He excelled in single make series in the eighties and competed in saloons in the nineties, mainly in the British Touring Car Championship. He sti ...

. She raced in the British Rover GTi Championship in 1992. Thackwell married

in 1993. They have two sons – Sam and Finn.

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