Brabham Racing (originally Project Brabham) is a motor racing team founded by

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, the youngest son of

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world champion

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, The goal is to bring the Brabham name back to competitive competition through crowdsourcing.

Background

History

The original Brabham team which was founded in 1960 by

and

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raced in many forms of motorsport from 1960 to 1992, including

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and IndyCar.

Current team

In September 2014,

announced the reformation of the Brabham Racing team under the name Project Brabham, with plans to enter the

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and

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in the LMP2 category using a crowdsourcing business model. In January 2019,

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announced its intention to enter the

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using a homologated BT62 in the GTE class.

Founding

The Project Brabham announcement followed a lengthy legal dispute between the Brabham family and a German businessman, which was finally settled in the Brabham family's favour. With control of the brand once more,

began developing the crowdsourcing business model. According to Brabham, the concept came based on his own experience as well as capitalising on the fan base from the original Motor Racing Developments team from the 1960s. The crowdsourcing model was designed to engage existing fans to help Brabham as he approached financial backers as the team searched for initial funding. The team planned to use customer LMP2 cars initially, entering the World Endurance Championship in 2015. After two or three seasons the team planned on becoming a fully fledged LMP1 constructor. However, the entry was later delayed until

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, will enter in the

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class, and will be primarily funded by

and commercial sponsors. Brabham has claimed the team is looking at

but a number of financial matters need to change before it would be interested in entering.

References

External links

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