This is the last article you can read this month
You can read more article this month
You can read more articles this month
Sorry your limit is up for this month
Reset on:
Please help support the Morning Star by subscribing here
by Our Sports Desk
Stirling Moss has led the tributes to his long-time Formula One rival Jack Brabham, who has died aged 88.
Brabham, the three-time world champion from Australia, died at his home on the Gold Coast on Monday morning.
Moss, who competed against Brabham in the 1950s and ‘60s, said: “My career would have been considerably less without him.
“Every race — and I’m talking 50-odd times a year — we would fight against each other.
“I remember in New Zealand in the early ‘50s, we were contending the New Zealand grand prix or something like that and I had a problem with my back axle.
“The first person that came up was Jack and he said ‘take it off my spare car’, knowing very well that there was a good chance I might beat him.
“That sums him up to me — a real sportsman and a good Aussie.”
Jackie Stewart also paid tribute to his on-track rival and friend Brabham.
“Not only did he win the world championship three times, but he won driving his own car, which is a feat I suspect will never be matched.”
