Matthew Brabham

Matthew Chase Brabham (born 25 February 1994)[1][2] is an American/Australian racing driver. The 2013 Pro Mazda Championship champion, he competes full-time in the Stadium Super Trucks, driving the No. 83 truck. He is a two-time SST champion, winning in 2018 and 2019.

Matthew Brabham
Brabham at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2018
Nationality	American Australian via dual nationality
Born	Matthew Chase Brabham February 25, 1994 Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Related to	Jack Brabham (grandfather) Geoff Brabham (father) David Brabham (uncle) Gary Brabham (uncle) Sam Brabham (cousin)
Stadium Super Trucks career
Debut season	2015
Car number	83
Starts	95
Wins	21
Podiums	64
Poles	16
Best finish	1st in 2018 and 2019
Previous series
2014–15 2014–15 2013 2012 2010–11	Indy Lights Formula E Pro Mazda Championship U.S. F2000 National Championship Australian Formula Ford Championship
Championship titles
2018–19 2013 2012	Stadium Super Trucks Pro Mazda Championship U.S. F2000 National Championship
Awards
2012	Team USA Scholarship
IndyCar Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2016 position	30th
Best finish	30th (2016)
First race	2016 Grand Prix of Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
Last race	2016 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
Last updated on: 25 November 2020.

Brabham is a third-generation racing driver; he is the son of Geoff Brabham and the grandson of three time Formula One World Champion Sir Jack Brabham.

Career

Junior formulae

Born in Boca Raton, Florida, Brabham started racing karts in 2001 at the age of 7, competing in the Australian 'Midget' class. In 2007 he won the Queensland State 'Rookie' Title, following up by winning both the New South Wales and Queensland State Junior National Light Titles and finishing second in the Australian and Melbourne City Titles in 2008. In 2009, Brabham won the 'Junior Rotax' Young Guns Title, before graduating to Formula Ford racing towards the end of the year. In 2010 he competed in the Australian Formula Ford Championship with the CAMS Rising Star Team. For 2011, Brabham competed in the Victorian State Formula Ford Series and the Australian National Championship with Sonic Motor Racing Services. In the state series he won 8 out of 12, including 7 in a row and in the national series he scored 2 wins, 2 seconds and a pole position.

For 2012, Brabham joined Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing, to compete in the U.S. F2000 National Championship. Brabham won the title over his teammate Spencer Pigot by seven points, capturing four wins from 11 podium finishes in the fourteen race season. In doing so he won a $350,000 USD scholarship through the Road to Indy to race in the Star Mazda Championship in 2013. He signed to drive the no. 27 car for Andretti Autosport in 2013.[3] Brabham won the series championship with two races remaining capturing a series-record 11th win in his rookie season. Brabham's championship secured a scholarship to compete in Indy Lights in 2014.[4]

On October 19, Brabham and Andretti Autosport announced that they would remain together to challenge for the Indy Lights title in 2014.[5] He won one race and collected four podiums and 10 top 5s in 14 races to finish fourth in the overall standings.

Formula E and IndyCar

Brabham in Formula E at the 2014 Punta del Este ePrix

In November 2014 Brabham competed in the second round of the inaugural Formula E world championship in Putrajaya, Malaysia. He replaced Charles Pic for Andretti Autosport.[6] At age 20 Brabham became the youngest driver to compete in Formula E.[7]

In 2016, Brabham made his Indianapolis 500 debut, driving the No. 61 for Pirtek Team Murray.[8] He qualified 26th and finished 22nd.

Stadium Super Trucks

Brabham's Stadium Super Truck racing to a round win at Road America in 2018

In 2015, Brabham made his Stadium Super Trucks debut at Honda Indy Toronto; Brabham, who was at the track working as a driver coach, received the opportunity to race after Paul Tracy became unavailable due to television obligations. He finished sixth and fourth in the weekend's two races.[9][10] Later in the year, he competed at the Gold Coast 600, Valvoline Raceway, and the Sydney 500 events, recording runner-up finishes at Gold Coast and Valvoline.[11][12]

Brabham began racing in the series on a full-time basis in 2016.[13] In June, he swept the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix rounds.[14] He later joined Team Traxxas,[15] driving the No. 83 alongside Sheldon Creed.[16] Brabham scored his third win of the season when he held off Creed at Toronto.[17] He finished second in the 2016 standings, 75 points behind Creed, with three wins and 16 podiums.[18]

For the 2017 season, he acquired sponsorship from Safecraft Safety Equipment.[19] His first win of the year came in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, where he became the first non-Australian SST race winner,[20] followed by victories at the Grand Prix of Long Beach,[21] Hidden Valley Raceway,[22] Beijing National Stadium, and Watkins Glen International. He finished runner up to Paul Morris by one point.[23]

He continued in the series for a fourth year in 2018. His first win of the season came at Adelaide Street Circuit's third race, where he capitalised on Robby Gordon entering the final corner too wide on the last lap.[24] Further triumphs came at Long Beach, Barbagallo Raceway,[25] Texas Motor Speedway,[26] Road America,[27] and Sydney Motorsport Park.[28] Brabham battled with Gavin Harlien for the championship throughout the season,[29] and a victory at the season-ending 2019 Race of Champions clinched him the 2018 title.[30] His six wins led the series in 2018.[31]

Brabham opened the 2019 season by winning the second race of the Circuit of the Americas weekend despite suffering from a foodborne illness the previous night.[32] After winning again at Long Beach when he beat Creed,[33] Brabham went on a three-race string of runner-up finishes; his two second-place runs at Toronto earned him that weekend's overall win.[34] Additional wins came at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Portland International Raceway.[35][36] In the series' Australian return at Gold Coast to end the year, Brabham was involved in last-lap incidents in both races: in the first round, he spun race leader Toby Price in turn 11 that led to Gordon winning, while he dodged contact between Morris and Cole Potts to win the second.[37][38] He finished the year with a series-high six wins and 13 podiums to clinch his second straight title.[39]

Supercars

In 2017, Brabham returned to Australia to race in the Supercars Championship, making his debut at the 2017 Perth SuperSprint for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport in place of Taz Douglas.[40] He was scheduled to race as a co-driver for the Team 18 team in the 2018 Endurance Cup but this drive was taken by Jason Bright.[41]

GT racing

Brabham made his debut in GT Sportscars in the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge driving for CRP Racing at Portland International Raceway. He followed this up with another appearance at the final round in Utah.[42]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2009	Victorian Formula Ford Championship	9th	Spectrum 011d – Ford	Minda Motorsport
2010	Australian Formula Ford Championship	14th	Spectrum 011d – Ford	Minda Motorsport
2011	Australian Formula Ford Championship	9th	Mygale SJ10A – Ford	Sonic Motor Racing Services
	Victorian Formula Ford Championship	6th
2012	U.S. F2000 Winterfest	3rd	Élan Van Diemen DP08 - Mazda	Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing
	U.S. F2000 National Championship	1st
2013	Pro Mazda Championship	1st	Star - Mazda	Andretti Autosport
2014	Indy Lights	4th	Dallara - Nissan	Andretti Autosport
2014–15	Formula E	31st	Spark-Renault SRT 01E	Andretti Autosport
2015	Indy Lights	13th	Dallara-Mazda	Andretti Autosport
	Stadium Super Trucks	10th	Stadium Super Truck	Toyo Tires, UFD Racing
2016	Stadium Super Trucks	2nd	Stadium Super Truck	UFD Racing, Traxxas
	IndyCar Series	30th	Dallara DW12 - Chevrolet	Pirtek Team Murray
2017	Stadium Super Trucks	2nd	Stadium Super Truck	Safecraft Safety Equipment
	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	55th	Holden VF Commodore	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2018	Stadium Super Trucks	1st	Stadium Super Truck	Carlisle Fluid Technologies
	Pirelli World Challenge SprintX GT Championship Series	16th	Mercedes-AMG GT3	CRP Racing
2019	Stadium Super Trucks	1st	Stadium Super Truck	Carlisle Fluid Technologies
	Pirelli World Challenge GT4 America Series	12th	Porsche Cayman GT4 CS MR	CRP Racing
2020	Stadium Super Trucks	N/A	Stadium Super Truck	Carlisle Fluid Technologies

U.S. F2000 National Championship

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2012	Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing	SEB 1	SEB 2	STP 2	STP 2	LOR 2	MDO 3	MDO 25	ROA 1	ROA 1	ROA 3	BAL 2	BAL 1	VIR 4	VIR 8	1st	339

Pro Mazda Championship

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2013	Andretti Autosport	COA 3	COA 1	STP 1	STP 1	IND 1	IOW 1	TOR 1	TOR 1	MOS 3	MOS 9	MOH 1	MOH 1	TRO 1	TRO 1	HOU 1	HOU 1	1st	466

Indy Lights

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2014	Andretti Autosport	STP 9	LBH 3	ALA 4	ALA 12	IND 1	IND 4	INDY 2	POC 5	TOR 4	MDO 5	MDO 12	MIL 2	SNM 6	SNM 5			4th	424
2015	Andretti Autosport	STP 11	STP 7	LBH 11	ALA	ALA	IMS	IMS	INDY	TOR	TOR	MIL	IOW	MDO	MDO	LAG	LAG	13th	35

Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2014–15	Andretti Autosport	Spark SRT01-e	SRT01-e	BEI	PUT 13	PDE Ret	BUE	MIA	LBH	MCO	BER	MSC	LON	LON	31st	0

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2016	Pirtek Team Murray	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet	STP	PHX	LBH	ALA	IMS 16	INDY 22	DET	DET	RDA	IOW	TOR	MDO	POC	TXS	WGL	SNM	30th	37

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2016	Dallara	Chevrolet	27	22	Pirtek Team Murray

Stadium Super Trucks

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)

Stadium Super Trucks results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	SSTC	Pts	Ref
2015	ADE	ADE	ADE	STP	STP	LBH	DET	DET	DET	AUS	TOR 6	TOR 4	OCF	OCF	OCF	SRF 2	SRF 8	SRF 10	SRF 10	SYD 2	MGM	MGM	10th	115	[43]
2016	ADE 5	ADE 5	ADE 3	STP 2	STP 5	LBH 2	LBH 3	DET 1	DET C	DET 1*	TOW 3	TOW 4	TOW 2	TOR 1	TOR 2	CLT 2	CLT 4	OCF 3	OCF 2	SRF 3	SRF 2	SRF 2	2nd	570	[18]
2017	ADE 3	ADE 12	ADE 2	STP 9	STP 1*	LBH 1	LBH 2	BAR 10	BAR 3	BAR 4	DET 2	DET 2	TEX 5	TEX 3	HID 3	HID 1*	HID 3	BEI 1	GLN 3	GLN 1*	ELS 5	ELS 8	2nd	545	[44]
2018	ELS 6	ELS 2	ADE 3	ADE 3	ADE 1	LBH 4	LBH 1	BAR 7	BAR 4	DET 4	DET 2	TEX 10	TEX 1	ROA 2	ROA 1	SMP 1	SMP 9	HLN 2	HLN 2	MXC 2	MXC 1		1st	540	[31]
2019	COA 6	COA 1	TEX 5	TEX 2	LBH 1*	LBH 2	TOR 2	TOR 2	MOH 3	MOH 2	MOH 7	MOH 1*	ROA 3*	ROA 8	ROA 4	POR 5	POR 1*	SRF 2	SRF 1*				1st	415	[39]
2020	ADE 3	ADE 1	ADE 3	ROA 11	ROA 1*																		N/A	–	[45][46]

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	Position	Points
2017	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	PHI R5	PHI R6	BAR R7 25	BAR R8 26	WIN R9	WIN R10	HID R11	HID R12	TOW R13	TOW R14	QLD R15	QLD R16	SMP R17	SMP R18	SAN R19	BAT R20	SUR R21	SUR R22	PUK R23	PUK R24	NEW R25	NEW R26							55th	57
2018	Team 18	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SYM R7	SYM R8	PHI R9	PHI R10	BAR R11 PO	BAR R12 PO	WIN R13 PO	WIN R14 PO	HID R15	HID R16	TOW R17	TOW R18	QLD R19 PO	QLD R20 PO	SMP R21	BEN R22	BEN R23	SAN QR	SAN R24	BAT R25	SUR R26	SUR R27	PUK R28	PUK R29	NEW R30	NEW R31	N/A	0

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall Position	Class Position
2018	Boat Works Racing	Tony Longhurst Aaron Seton	BMW M4 GT4	C	250	22nd	1st

Pirelli World Challenge results

Year	Team	Make	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2018	CRP Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3	GT3 SprintX - GT Pro	AUS1	AUS2	VIR1	VIR2	LRP1	LRP2	POR1 7	POR2 12	UTA1 Ret	UTA2 8						16th	36
2019		Porsche Cayman GT4 CS MR	GT4 SprintX - Pro	STP1	STP2	LBH 8	VIR1	VIR2	MOS1	MOS2	SON1 5	SON2 4	WGL1	WGL2	ELK1	ELK2	LVS1 6	LVS2 Ret	12th	34

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External links

• Official website
• Matthew Brabham career summary at DriverDB.com
• Matthew Brabham on Twitter
• Matthew Brabham driver statistics at Racing-Reference