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Brabham BT46B "Fancar"

The 1978 Swedish GP will remembered for just one thing. The race itself being rather uneventful, it was the winning car that created its own footnote in history by dominating the meeting, thus to great lengths contributing to its uneventfulness in the first place. Image File history File links Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT46B Fancar in the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix. ... Image File history File links Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT46B Fancar in the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix. ... The Brabham Racing Organisation was a Formula One racing team founded by Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac. ...

Responsible for this overwhelming coup was some clever thinking by Brabham's Gordon Murray, who was trying to eclipse Colin Chapman's ground effect invention on the Lotus 79, the skirted car that had swept the front row since its debut at Zolder. Center of the new Brabham BT46B concept was a huge fan taking ground effect to a higher level (at least engineering-wise) by pulling a vacuum from under the bottom of the car, thereby creating an enormous amount of downforce. The Brabham Racing Organisation was a Formula One racing team founded by Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac. ... Gordon Murray (born 1946 in Durban, South Africa) is a renowned designer of Formula 1 race cars and the McLaren F1 roadcar. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: Colin Chapman Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman (9 May 1928 - 16 December 1982) was born in London. ... The Circuit Zolder is a 2. ...

Its illegality was soon protested, but it was allowed to race, Niki Lauda and John Watson qualifying 2nd and 3rd behind the Lotus 79 of Mario Andretti. Andretti eventually dropped out due to a broken valve, allowing Lauda into the lead. Once a back-marker dropped oil onto the track, the Brabham was in a race of its own, seemingly unaffected by the slippery surface. Lauda went on to win by 34.6 seconds. Immediately after, the fan was deemed illegal, contravening the rules on moving aerodynamical devices, although the Brabham team claimed its use was primarily for cooling - which wasn't far from the truth, actually. In typical FIA style the win was allowed to stand, however, which cost Arrows their chance of victory in its debut season. Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda (born February 22, 1949) is an Austrian racing driver. ... John Watson is a common name. ... Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American racing driver, arguably the most successful US citizen in auto racing. ... For other meanings of the acronym FIA, see FIA (disambiguation). ... The Arrows Racing Team team was founded in 1977, by Italian financier Franco Ambrosio (A), Alan Rees (R), Jackie Oliver (O), Dave Wass (W) and Tony Southgate (S) when Rees, Oliver, Wass and Southgate left the Shadow team. ...

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Notes

• Fastest Lap: Niki Lauda 1'24.836