What is Ron Tauranac?
[[File:Ron Tauranac 1971.jpg|right|200px]] '''Ronald Sidney Tauranac''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (13 January 1925 – 17 July 2020)<ref name=orc>{{cite web|last= Jenkins |first= Richard |title= Where are they now?: World Championship team bosses (T) |url= http://www.oldracingcars.com/drivers/watn/?Letter=T&Category=Teams |work= OldRacingCars.com |access-date= 19 January 2012}}</ref> was a British-Australian engineer and racing car designer. He worked with [[Formula One]] driver [[Jack Brabham]] and helped founded the [[Brabham]] constructor and racing team in 1962. Tauranac owned and managed the Brabham team until 1972, when he sold it to [[Bernie Ecclestone]].<ref name=gpe>{{cite web |title= People: Ron Tauranac |url= http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/cref-tauron.html |work= GrandPrix.com |access-date= 19 January 2012}}</ref> He was born in [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]], [[Kent]]. Tauranac died in [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]], [[Queensland]] on 17 July 2020, aged 95.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ron Tauranac passes away aged 95 |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ron-tauranac-designer-brabham-death/4837839/ |access-date=17 July 2020 |agency=motorsport.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tauranac, Ron}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Australian businesspeople]] [[Category:British businesspeople]] [[Category:People from Kent]]