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Race winner Jack Brabham with his personal mechanic Tim Wall (right) working on the Cooper-Climax T45/51. In background left is British journalist Gregor Grant, founding editor of the Autosport weekly magazine. Equipe Sunbeam truck in background was Brabham's. He had just become a Sunbeam dealer in the UK and the Formula Two Cooper was entered under the 'Equipe Sunbeam' name.

Brussels Grand Prix

  • Title Brussels Grand Prix
  • Source George Phillips Photograph Collection  
  • Description Race winner Jack Brabham with his personal mechanic Tim Wall (right) working on the Cooper-Climax T45/51. In background left is British journalist Gregor Grant, founding editor of the Autosport weekly magazine. Equipe Sunbeam truck in background was Brabham's. He had just become a Sunbeam dealer in the UK and the Formula Two Cooper was entered under the 'Equipe Sunbeam' name.
  • Years 1960  
  • Date 1960-04-10
  • Photographer George Phillips  
  • City Brussels  
  • Country Belgium  
  • People Brabham, Jack   Wall, Tim   Grant, Gregor  
  • Marque Cooper  
  • Model Cooper T45/51  
  • Group/Class Formula Two  
  • Event Brussels Grand Prix  
  • Venue Heysel Park  
  • Race Data Complicated race decided on aggregate of two 35-lap Heats, DNFs in either Heat led to runners being unclassified apart from '17th' place and similar, dependent upon distance covered in either Heat or combination of the two
  • Identifier 2006-001PHIL-1960-b1_17.2_0007
  • Original Format black-and-white negatives  
  • Rights Copyright has been assigned to The Revs Institute. Although copyright was transferred by the donor, copyright in some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection.

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