he returned to australia briefly to race in the 1987 james hardie 1000 at bathurst, sharing a works bmw m3 with juan manuel fangio ii. the car was up to fifth at one stage before fangio glanced a stricken car in the rain. brabham showed his speed late in the race, dicing and passing the aussie legend peter brock. although brock would eventually win the race, brabham and fangio were classified 16th at the end.