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Brabham finished third or fourth in the constructors ' championship for three years running, but poor reliability marred promising performances on several occasions.
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Jack Brabham won his third title in 1966, becoming the only driver to win the Formula One World Championship in a car carrying his own name ( cf Surtees, Hill and Fittipaldi Automotive ).
Later in the year Brabham, again driving the Bobtail, tussled with Stirling Moss for third place in a non-championship Formula One race at Snetterton.
It had a 2. 7-litre engine producing 268 bhp compared to the 4. 5-litre, 430 bhp engines used by the front-engined roadsters driven by all the other entrants, but Brabham ran as high as third before finishing ninth.
Brabham confirmed his third championship at the Italian Grand Prix and became the only driver to win the Formula One World Championship in a car that carried his own name.
He was narrowly ahead of Brabham and Surtees starting the last lap, but his car had not been filled with enough fuel for such a performance: it faltered, and finally coasted across the finish line in third place.
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Australian driver Jack Brabham was over a minute behind in third position driving a Cooper T51 for the factory Cooper racing team after stopping to get new goggles as the circuit broke up.
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** First with fastest lap and Brabham third or lower
** First, with Moss second without fastest lap or lower and Brabham third or lower
Qualifying ended with Moss, Brabham and Brooks on the front row, but, overnight, American Harry Schell was given third position, next to Moss and Brabham.
Though he rejoined to drive a sensational race and finish third, he never had a realistic shot at Brabham.
Brabham was also passed by Brooks for third place, but the final three cars still running were several laps behind.
Hill particularly wanted to protect his third place position in the Championship behind Cooper teammates Brabham and McLaren.
Gurney got by Brabham and Ginther and briefly took third place, but on lap 11, Ginther retook the spot behind his teammate when Gurney slid half off the track, inches from the Armco, on a patch of oil in the Loop.
It was Brabham himself who dropped out when a lead came adrift, handing second and third to Tony Maggs and a delighted Hill.
Gurney passed Spence to join Hill and Brabham in a three-way battle for third place, until Hill moved into second place by getting around Surtees on lap 31.
Jo Siffert was third in the Rob Walker-entered Brabham, ahead of Americans Richie Ginther and Walt Hansgen, with Trevor Taylor in sixth, scoring his only point of the season.
Gurney was back in second, and Brabham rejoined, once again in third.
New Zealand driver Denny Hulme backed up team leader Brabham with third place in his Brabham BT20.
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