Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac met in 1951 while both were successfully building and racing cars in Australia. Brabham was the more successful driver and went to the United Kingdom in 1955 to further his racing career. There he started driving for the Cooper Car Company works team and by 1958 had progressed with them to Formula One, the highest category of open wheel racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motor sport's world governing body.^[1] In 1959 and 1960 Brabham won the Formula One world drivers' championship driving Cooper's revolutionary mid-engined cars. Sir John Arthur Jack Brabham, OBE (born April 2, 1926) is an Australian racing driver who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jack Brabhams 1961 Cooper-Climax, the car that began the rear-engine revolution at the Indianapolis 500 The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1947 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. ... Open-wheel racing refers to a type of motor racing in which the wheels of the cars are not housed inside fenders, as in stock car or touring car racing, but rather out in the open at the end of readily-visible axles and suspension systems. ... The Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established on June 20, 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ... The 1959 Formula One season was the 10th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... // Season Summary Season Review 1960 Constructors Championship final standings 1960 Drivers Championship final standings Categories: Formula One seasons ... In Automobile design, an MR or Mid-engine, Rear wheel drive layout drives the rear wheels with an engine placed just in front of them, behind the passenger compartment. ...

Despite their lead in putting the engine behind the driver, the Coopers and their Chief Designer Owen Maddocks were resistant to developing their cars. Brabham pushed for further advances, and played a significant role in developing Cooper's 1960 T53 ‘lowline’ car, with input from his friend Tauranac.^[2] Brabham was sure he could do better than Cooper, and in late 1959 he asked Tauranac to come to the UK and work with him, initially producing upgrade kits for Sunbeam Rapier and Triumph Herald road cars at his car dealership, Jack Brabham Motors, but with the long-term aim of designing racing cars.^[3] Brabham describes Tauranac as "absolutely the only bloke I'd have gone into partnership with".^[4] The Sunbeam Rapier was the first of the Audax range of light cars produced by the Rootes Group. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Triumph Herald The Triumph Herald was a small two-door car introduced in 1959 by the Standard-Triumph Company. ...

To meet that aim, Brabham and Tauranac set up Motor Racing Developments Ltd., deliberately avoiding the use of either man’s name. The new company would compete with Cooper, still Brabham's employers, so Tauranac produced their first car, for the entry level Formula Junior class, in secrecy. Unveiled in the summer of 1961, the 'MRD' was soon renamed. Motoring journalist Jabby Crombac pointed out that "[the] way a Frenchman pronounces those initials — written phonetically, 'em air day' — sounded perilously like the French word... merde."^[5] The cars were subsequently known as Brabhams, with type numbers starting with BT for 'Brabham Tauranac'.^[6] Formula Junior is a racing class first adopted in October 1958 by the CSI (Controller of International Motorsport, now FIA). ... Gérard Crombac nicknamed Jabby (born March 7, 1929 in Zurich - died November 18, 2005), was one of the most famous francophone auto-racing journalist. ...

By the 1961 Formula One season, the Lotus and Ferrari teams had developed the mid-engined approach further than Cooper, where Brabham had a poor season, scoring only four points. Having run his own private Coopers in non-championship events during 1961, Brabham left the company in 1962 to drive for his own team: the Brabham Racing Organisation, using cars built by Motor Racing Developments.^[7][8] Season Summary Season Review 1961 Constructors Championship final standings 1961 Drivers Championship final standings Categories: Formula One seasons ... Team Lotus was one of Formula 1s most successful teams. ... Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. ...

Racing history - Formula One

Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac (1961–1970)

Brabham BT33 Technically conservative Brabham did not produce a monocoque car until 1970.

The 'Brabham Racing Organisation' entered the 'works' cars until 1968

Motor Racing Developments initially concentrated on building cars for sale to customers in lower formulae, so the new car for the Formula One team was not ready until partway through the 1962 Formula One season. The Brabham Racing Organisation (BRO) started the year fielding customer Lotus chassis, in which Brabham took two points finishes, before the turquoise-liveried Brabham BT3 car made its debut at the 1962 German Grand Prix. It retired with a throttle problem after nine of the fifteen laps, but went on to take a pair of fourth places at the end of the season.^[9] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1000x628, 114 KB) Summary Released under GFDL with the kind permission of the creator of this image, Gerald Swan. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1000x628, 114 KB) Summary Released under GFDL with the kind permission of the creator of this image, Gerald Swan. ... Monocoque (French for single shell) is a construction technique that uses the external skin of an object to support some or most of the load on the structure. ... Logo for Brabham F1 Team This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Logo for Brabham F1 Team This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The 1962 Formula One season was the 13th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Team Lotus was one of Formula 1s most successful teams. ... A livery is a uniform worn by a civilian person. ... Results from the 1962 Formula One German Grand Prix held at Nürburgring on August 5, 1962 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Graham Hill 10. ... In an engine, the throttle is the mechanism by which the engines power is increased or decreased. ...

From the 1963 season, Brabham was partnered by American driver Dan Gurney, the pair now running in Australia's racing colours of green and gold.^[10] Jack Brabham took the team's first win at the non-championship Solitude Grand Prix in 1963.^[11] Gurney took the marque's first two wins in the world championship, at the 1964 French and Mexican Grands Prix. Brabham works and customer cars took another three non-championship wins during the 1964 season.^[12] The 1965 season was less successful, with no championship wins. Brabham finished third or fourth in the constructors' championship for three years running, but poor reliability marred promising performances on several occasions. Motor sport authors Mike Lawrence and David Hodges have said that a lack of resources may have cost the team results, a view echoed by Ron Tauranac.^[13] The 1963 Formula One season was the 14th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Daniel Sexton Gurney (born April 13, 1931) is one of the most important figures in the history of American auto racing. ... Until the 1970s, vehicles competing in Formula One and other international auto racing competitions customarily painted their cars in national colors. ... The Solituderennen is a former race track that held motorsports events until 1965 on a 11. ... A marque (French for brand and pronounced as mark) is a brand name, most commonly used for automobile brands. ... The 1964 Formula One season was the 15th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... The 1965 Formula One season was the 16th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ...

The FIA doubled the Formula One engine capacity limit to 3 litres for the 1966 season and suitable engines were scarce. Brabham used engines from Australian engineering firm Repco, which had never produced a Formula One engine before, based on aluminium V8 engine blocks from the defunct American Oldsmobile F85 road car project, and other off the shelf parts.^[14] Few expected the Brabham-Repcos to be competitive,^[15] but the light and reliable cars ran at the front from the start of the season. At the French Grand Prix at Reims-Gueux, Jack Brabham became the first man to win a Formula One world championship race in a car bearing his own name. Only his former team mate, Bruce McLaren, has since matched the achievement. It was the first in a run of four straight wins for the Australian veteran. Jack Brabham won his third title in 1966, becoming the only driver, as of 2006, to win the Formula One World Championship in a car carrying his own name (cf Surtees, Hill and Fittipaldi Automotive). In 1967, the title went to Brabham's team mate, New Zealander Denny Hulme. Hulme had better reliability through the year, possibly due to Jack Brabham's desire to try new parts first.^[16] The Brabham team took the constructors' world championship in both years.^[17] The 1966 Formula One season was the 17th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Repco was a Formula One engine manufacturer from 1966 through 1969. ... An engine block is the main part of an internal combustion engine. ... Oldsmobile was a brand of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. ... The results from the 1966 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Reims on July 3, 1966. ... The circuit of Reims-Gueux as it looked between 1926 and 1951. ... Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937–2 June 1970), born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. ... The Surtees Racing Organization was a race team that spent 9 seasons (1970 to 1978) as a constructor in Formula One. ... Hill was a short-lived Formula 1 team started by the two-time Formula 1 world-champion Graham Hill, racing as a constructor in 1975. ... Fittipaldi Automotive, sometimes called Copersucar after its first major sponsor, was the only Formula One motor racing team and constructor ever to be based in Brazil. ... The 1967 Formula One season was the 18th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

For 1968 Austrian Jochen Rindt replaced Hulme, who had left to join McLaren. Repco produced a more powerful version of their V8 to maintain competitiveness against Ford's new Cosworth DFV, but it proved very unreliable. Slow communications between the UK and Australia had always made identifying and correcting problems very difficult. The car was fast — Rindt set pole position twice during the season — but Brabham and Rindt finished only three races between them, and ended the year with only ten points.^[18] Season Summary Season Review 1968 Constructors Championship final standings 1968 Drivers Championship final standings Categories: Formula One seasons ... Jochen Rindt Karl Jochen Rindt (born April 18, 1942 - died September 5, 1970) was a racing driver. ... McLaren, founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a racing team based in Woking, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ... The Cosworth DFV V8 engine (DFV standing for double four valve) was the most successful in the history of Formula 1/Grand Prix motor racing. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Although Brabham bought Cosworth DFV engines for the 1969 season, Rindt left to join Lotus. His replacement, Jacky Ickx, had a strong second half to the season, winning in Germany and Canada, after Jack Brabham was sidelined by a testing accident.^[19] Ickx finished second in the drivers' championship, with 37 points to Jackie Stewart's 63. Brabham himself took a couple of pole positions and two top three finishes, but did not finish half the races. The team were second in the constructors' championship, aided by second places at Monaco and Watkins Glen scored by Piers Courage, driving a Brabham for the Frank Williams Racing Cars privateer squad.^[20] Season Summary Season Review 1969 Constructors Championship final standings 1969 Drivers Championship final standings Categories: Formula One seasons ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jackie Stewart talks with fans at the 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis. ... Results from the 1969 Formula One United States Grand Prix held at Watkins Glen on October 5, 1969 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Jochen Rindt 104. ... Piers Courage - born 27 May 1942 - was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... Not to be confused with Williams Grand Prix Engineering, who Frank Williams formed with Patrick Head in 1977, and are still racing today. ...

Jack Brabham intended to retire at the end of the 1969 season and sold his share in the team to Tauranac. However, Rindt's late decision to remain with Lotus meant that Brabham drove for another year.^[21] He took his last win in the opening race of the 1970 season and was competitive throughout the year, although mechanical failures blunted his challenge.^[22] Aided by number two driver Rolf Stommelen, the team came fourth in the constructors' championship. This article recaps the 1970 Formula One season. ... Rolf Stommelen was a Formula One driver from Germany born on July 11, 1943. ...

Ron Tauranac (1971)

Brabham BT34. Graham Hill took his final Formula One win in the unique 'lobster claw'.

Tauranac signed double world champion Graham Hill and young Australian Tim Schenken to drive for the 1971 season. Tauranac designed the unusual ‘lobster claw’ BT34, featuring twin radiators mounted ahead of the front wheels, a single example of which was built for Hill. Although Hill, no longer a front-runner since his 1969 accident, took his final Formula One win in the non-championship BRDC International Trophy at Silverstone,^[23] the team scored only seven championship points. Image File history File linksMetadata 1971_Race_of_Champions_G_Hill_Brabham_BT34. ... Image File history File linksMetadata 1971_Race_of_Champions_G_Hill_Brabham_BT34. ... Norman Graham Hill, known as Graham Hill (February 15, 1929 - November 29, 1975) was an English racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. ... Norman Graham Hill, known as Graham Hill (February 15, 1929 - November 29, 1975) was an English racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. ... Tim Schenken was a Formula One driver from Australia. ... The 1971 Formula One season was the 22nd FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Radiators and convectors are types of heat exchangers designed to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and heating. ... Graham Hill in the Brabham BT34 Lobster-Claw, on his way to victory in the 1971 International Trophy. ... Silverstone Circuit is a racing circuit at Silverstone, England. ...

Tauranac, an engineer at heart, started to feel his Formula One budget of around £100,000 was a gamble he could not afford to take on his own and began to look around for an experienced business partner.^[24] He sold the company for £100,000 at the end of 1971 to British businessman Bernie Ecclestone, Jochen Rindt's former manager and erstwhile owner of the Connaught team. Tauranac stayed on to design the cars and run the factory.^[25] Bernard Charles Bernie Ecclestone (born October 29, 1930 near Bungay, Suffolk) is the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, and owns a stake in Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies. ... Connaught was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ...

Bernie Ecclestone (1972-1987)

The Brabham BT49 competed over four seasons, winning one championship.

Tauranac left Brabham early in the 1972 season after Ecclestone changed the way the company was organised without consulting him. Ecclestone has since said "In retrospect, the relationship was never going to work", noting that "[Tauranac and I] both take the view: 'Please be reasonable, do it my way'".^[26] The highlights of an aimless year, during which the team ran three different models, were pole position for Argentinian driver Carlos Reutemann at his home race at Buenos Aires and a victory in the non-championship Interlagos Grand Prix. For the 1973 season, Ecclestone promoted engineer Gordon Murray to chief designer. The young South African produced the triangular cross-section BT42, with which Reutemann scored two podium finishes and finished seventh in the drivers' championship. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1938x1548, 1674 KB) This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1938x1548, 1674 KB) This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v. ... Brabham BT49D driven by Christian Glaesel at a Thoroughbred Grand Prix race at Brands Hatch in September 2005 The Brabham BT49 was a ground effect Formula 1 car designed by Gordon Murray as a comeback from the uncompetitiveness of the Alfa Romeo powered cars. ... This article recaps the 1972 Formula One season. ... Carlos Reutemann in 1980, near the end of his racing career Carlos Alberto Reutemann (b. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ... The 1973 Formula One season was the 24th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Gordon Murray (born 1946 in Durban, South Africa) is a renowned designer of Formula 1 race cars and the McLaren F1 roadcar. ...

In the 1974 season, Reutemann took the first three victories of his Formula One career, and Brabham's first since 1970. The team finished a close fifth in the constructors' championship, fielding the much more competitive BT44s. After a strong finish to the 1974 season, many observers felt the team were favourites to win the 1975 title. The year started well, with a first win for Brazilian driver Carlos Pace at the Interlagos circuit in his native São Paulo. However, as the season progressed, tyre wear frequently slowed the cars in races.^[27] Pace took another two podiums and finished sixth in the championship; while five podium finishes, including a dominant win in the 1975 German Grand Prix, placed Reutemann third. The team ranked third in the constructors' table at the end of the year. The 1974 Formula One season was the 25th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Carlos Reutemann in the all-white Brabham BT44 at the 1974 Race of Champions The Brabham BT44 was an F1 car designed by Gordon Murray, Brabhams chief designer. ... The 1975 Formula One season was the 26th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Carlos Pace (born October 6, 1944 - died March 18, 1977) was a Formula One driver from Brazil. ... Autódromo José Carlos Pace is the venue of the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix, located in a suburb of the city of São Paulo, named after José Carlos Pace, a Brazilian Formula One driver, who had died prior to its naming. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Results from the 1975 Formula One German Grand Prix held at Nürburgring on August 3, 1975 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Clay Regazzoni 76. ...

While rival teams Lotus and McLaren relied on the Cosworth DFV engine from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, Ecclestone sought a competitive advantage by investigating other options. Despite the success of Murray’s Cosworth-powered cars, Ecclestone signed a deal with Italian motor manufacturer Alfa Romeo to use their large and powerful flat-12 engine from the 1976 season. The engines were free, but they rendered the new BT45s, now in red Martini Racing livery, unreliable and overweight.^[28] The 1976 and 1977 seasons saw Brabham fall toward the back of the field again. Reutemann negotiated a release from his contract before the end of the 1976 season and signed with Ferrari. Ulsterman John Watson replaced him at Brabham for 1977. The team lost Carlos Pace early in the 1977 season when he died in a light aircraft accident.^[29] Alfa Romeo is an Italian automobile manufacturing company, founded as Darracq Italiana by Cavaliere Ugo Stella, an aristocrat from Milan in partnership with the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq. ... A flat-12 is an internal combustion engine in flat configuration, having 12 cylinders. ... The 1976 Formula One season was the 27th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Martini Racing is the name under which various motor racing teams raced when sponsored by the Martini & Rossi distillery that produces Martini vermouth. ... The 1977 Formula One season was the 28th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. ... John Marshall Wattie Watson MBE (born May 4, 1946, Belfast) is a British former racing driver from Northern Ireland. ... General aviation (abbr. ...

For the 1978 season, Murray’s BT46 featured several new technologies to overcome the weight and packaging difficulties caused by the Alfa engines. Ecclestone signed then two-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda, whose US$1 million salary was met with sponsorship from the Italian dairy products company Parmalat. 1978 was the year of the dominant Lotus 79 ‘wing car’, which used aerodynamic ground effect to stick to the track when cornering, but Lauda won two races in the BT46, one with the controversial 'B' or 'fan car' version (see below). The 1978 Formula One season was the 29th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... The Brabham BT46 was a Formula One racing car, designed by Gordon Murray for the Brabham team owned by Bernie Ecclestone for the 1978 Formula One season. ... Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda (born February 22, 1949 in Vienna) is an Austrian aviator, entrepreneur, former Formula One (F1) racing driver and three-time F1 World Champion. ... Parmalat logo. ... Lotus 79 at the 2006 Goodwood Festival of Speed The Lotus 79 was a Formula 1 car designed in late 1977 by Colin Chapman, Martin Ogilvie, Tony Rudd and Peter Wright of Lotus. ... Ground Effect is an aerodynamic effect used in car design, which has been exploited to create downforce, particularly in racing cars. ... Brabham Racing Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Driver Niki Lauda quit Brabham during the 1979 Canadian Grand Prix.

The partnership with Alfa Romeo ended during the 1979 season, the team's first with young Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet. Murray designed the full-ground effect BT48 around a rapidly developed new Alfa Romeo V12 engine and incorporated an effective carbon-carbon braking system — a technology Brabham pioneered in 1976 (see below). However, unexpected movement of the car's aerodynamic centre of pressure made its handling unpredictable and the new engine was unreliable. The team dropped to eighth in the constructors' table by the end of the season.^[30] Alfa Romeo started testing their own Formula One car during the season, prompting Ecclestone to revert to Cosworth DFV engines, a move Murray described as being "like having a holiday".^[31] The new, lighter, Cosworth-powered BT49 was introduced before the end of the year at the 1979 Canadian Grand Prix; where after practice Lauda announced his immediate retirement from driving, later explaining that he "was no longer getting any pleasure from driving round and round in circles".^[32] Image File history File links Niki_Lauda. ... Image File history File links Niki_Lauda. ... Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda (born February 22, 1949 in Vienna) is an Austrian aviator, entrepreneur, former Formula One (F1) racing driver and three-time F1 World Champion. ... Results from the 1979 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on September 30, 1979 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Alan Jones 131. ... The 1979 Formula One season was the 30th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (born August 17, 1952), more commonly known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian racing driver who was Formula One world champion in 1981, 1983, and 1987. ... Brabham Racing Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Center of Pressure (or CoP) is the point on a body where the sum of the total pressure acts. ... Brabham BT49D driven by Christian Glaesel at a Thoroughbred Grand Prix race at Brands Hatch in September 2005 The Brabham BT49 was a ground effect Formula 1 car designed by Gordon Murray as a comeback from the uncompetitiveness of the Alfa Romeo powered cars. ... Results from the 1979 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on September 30, 1979 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Alan Jones 131. ...

The team used the BT49 over four seasons. In the 1980 season Piquet scored three wins and the team took third in the constructors' championship. This season saw the introduction of the blue and white livery that the cars would wear through several changes of sponsor, until the team's demise in 1992. With a better understanding of ground effect, the team further developed the BT49C for the 1981 season, incorporating a hydropneumatic suspension system to avoid ride height limitations intended to reduce downforce (see below). Piquet, who had developed a close working relationship with Murray,^[33] took the drivers' title with three wins, albeit amid accusations of cheating (see below). The 1980 Formula One season was the 31st FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... This article recaps the 1981 Formula One season. ... Ride Height (or simply clearance) is the amount of space between the base of an automobile tyre and the underside of the chassis. ... Brabham Racing Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Brabham Racing Organisation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Renault had introduced turbocharged engines to Formula One in 1977. Brabham had tested a BMW 4-cylinder M10 turbocharged engine in the summer of 1981. For the 1982 season the team designed a new car, the BT50, around the BMW engine which, like the Repco engine 16 years previously, used a road car engine block. Brabham continued to run the Cosworth-powered BT49D in the early part of the season while reliability and driveability issues with the BMW units were resolved. The relationship came close to ending, with the German manufacturer insisting that Brabham use their engine. The turbo car took its first win at the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix. In the 1983 season, Piquet took the championship lead from Renault's Alain Prost at the last race of the year, the South African Grand Prix to become the first driver to win the Formula One drivers' world championship with a turbo-powered car. The team did not win the constructor's championship in either 1981 or 1983, despite Piquet's success. Riccardo Patrese was the only driver other than Piquet to win a race for Brabham in this period - the drivers in the second car contributed only a fraction of the team's points in each of these championship seasons. Renault F1 is the Renault companys Formula One racing team. ... Turbocharger Cut-away A turbocharger is a device used in internal-combustion engines to increase the power output of the engine by increasing the mass of oxygen and fuel entering the engine. ... BMW AG (an initialism for Bayerische Motoren-Werke Aktiengesellschaft, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works; ISIN: DE0005190003), is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... The BMW M10/M12 was an I4 piston engine produced from 1961 to 1987. ... Air foil bearing-supported turbocharger cutaway made by Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc. ... The 1982 Formula One season was the 33th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Results from the 1982 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 13, 1982 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Didier Pironi 128. ... This article recaps the 1983 Formula One season. ... Renault F1 is the Renault companys Formula One racing team. ... Alain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE (born 24 February 1955 in Saint-Chamond, France) is a French retired racing driver and four-time Formula One World Champion; only Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher have won more Formula One World Drivers Championship titles. ... Results from the 1983 Formula One South African Grand Prix held at Kyalami on October 15, 1983 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Nelson Piquet 19. ... Riccardo Patrese (born April 17, 1954) is an Italian former Formula One (F1) racing driver, from 1977 to 1993. ...

Piquet took the team’s last win at the 1985 French Grand Prix before reluctantly leaving for the Williams team at the end of the season. After seven years and two world championships, he felt he was worth more than Ecclestone's salary offer for 1986.^[33] The 1986 season was a disaster. Murray's radical long and low BT55, with its BMW engine tilted over to improve aerodynamics, scored only two points; BMW and Brabham disagree about whether the fault lay with the car or the engine. Driver Elio de Angelis became the Formula One team's first fatality when he died in a testing accident at the Paul Ricard circuit. In August BMW, after considering running their own in-house team, announced their departure from Formula One at the end of the season. Murray, who had largely taken over the running of the team as Ecclestone became more involved with his role at the Formula One Constructors Association, felt that "the way the team had operated for 15 years broke down". He left Brabham in November to join McLaren.^[34] Results from the 1985 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Paul Ricard on July 7, 1985 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Keke Rosberg 139. ... Not to be confused with Frank Williams Racing Cars, formed by Frank Williams 1967. ... This article recaps the Formula One season of 1986. ... The Brabham BT55 was a Formula One racing car designed by South African Gordon Murray for the Brabham team owned by Bernie Ecclestone. ... Elio de Angelis (26 March 1958 – 15 May 1986) was a Formula One driver who participated between 1979 and 1986, racing for the Shadow, Lotus and Brabham teams. ... The Paul Ricard Circuit is a motorsport race track built at Le Castellet, near Marseille, France, in 1969 with finance from the eccentric drinks magnate Paul Ricard. ... The Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA) is an organization of the chassis builders (constructors) who design and build the cars that race in the Formula One Grands Prix. ... McLaren, founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren (1937–1970), is a racing team based in Woking, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ...

Ecclestone held BMW to their contract for the 1987 season, but the German company would only supply the laydown engine. The upright units, around which Brabham had designed their new car, were sold for use by the Arrows team. Senior figures at Brabham, including Murray, have said that by this stage Ecclestone had lost interest in running the team. 1987 was only slightly more successful than the previous year - Patrese and de Cesaris scoring 10 points between them. Unable to locate a suitable engine supplier, the team missed the FIA deadline for entry into the 1988 world championship and Ecclestone finally announced the team's withdrawal from Formula One at the Brazilian Grand Prix in April of 1988. He eventually sold MRD for £2 million.^[35] It passed through the hands of Alfa Romeo before ending up in the ownership of Swiss businessman Joachim Luhti.^[34] This article recaps the Formula One season of 1987. ... Team Orange Arrows Formula One car at the 2000 United States Grand Prix 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... Alfa Romeo is an Italian automobile manufacturing company, founded as Darracq Italiana by Cavaliere Ugo Stella, an aristocrat from Milan in partnership with the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq. ...

Joachim Luhti (1989)

The Brabham team missed the 1988 season during the change of ownership, although MRD did produce a prototype mid-engined racing saloon, the BT57, for Alfa Romeo.^[36] The new BT58, powered by an engine from Judd (originally another of Jack Brabham's companies), was produced for the 1989 Formula One season.^[37] Italian driver Stefano Modena drove alongside the more experienced Martin Brundle. The team finished in eighth place, and Modena took the team's last podium: a third place at the Monaco Grand Prix. A Toyota Camry, a recognizable sedan The Ford Five Hundred, a medium-sized sedan A sedan car, American English terminology (saloon in British English), is one of the most common body styles of the modern automobile. ... Judd engines are produced by Engine Developments Ltd. ... The 1989 Formula One season was the 40th FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... Stefano Modena was a Formula One driver from Italy. ... Martin Brundle (born June 1, 1959) is an English motor racing and former Formula One driver known chiefly as the man who ran Ayrton Senna close in British Formula Three and as ITV Sport F1 commentator. ... Results from the 1989 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix held at Monaco on May 7, 1989 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Alain Prost 125. ...

Middlebridge Racing (1989 - 1992)

After Luhti's arrest on tax evasion charges in mid-1989,^[38] several parties disputed the ownership of the team. Middlebridge Group Limited, a Japanese engineering firm that was already involved with established Formula 3000 team Middlebridge Racing, gained control of Brabham for the 1990 Formula One season. They paid for their purchase using £1 million loaned to them by finance company Landhurst Leasing,^[39] but the team remained underfunded and would only score a few more points finishes in its last three seasons. Jack Brabham's youngest son, David raced for the Formula One team for a short time in 1990. Damon Hill, the son of another former Brabham driver and World Champion, drove for the team in 1992. Hill joined Brabham after the team dropped Giovanna Amati, the last woman to attempt to race in Formula One, when her sponsorship failed to materialise. Formula 3000 is a type of formula racing. ... The 1990 Formula One season was the 41st FIA Formula One World Championship season. ... David Brabham (born 5 September 1965 in Wimbledon, London, England) is an Australian Formula One driver who raced for the Brabham and Simtek teams. ... Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE (born 17 September 1960 in London) is a British former racing driver from England. ... Giovanna Amati (born in Rome, July 20, 1962) was a professional race car driver from Italy. ...

Argentine Sergio Rinland designed the team's final cars around Judd engines, except for 1991 when Yamaha powered the cars. In the 1992 season the cars rarely qualified for races. Hill gave the team its final finish, at the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he crossed the finish line four laps behind the winner. Before the end of the season the team ran out of funds and collapsed. Middlebridge Group Limited had been unable to continue making repayments against the £6 million ultimately provided by Landhurst Leasing, which went into administration. The Serious Fraud Office investigated the case. Landhurst's managing directors were found guilty of corruption and imprisoned, having accepted bribes for further loans to Middlebridge.^[39] It was one of four teams to leave Formula One that year. (cf March Engineering, Fondmetal and Andrea Moda Formula). Although there was talk of reviving the team for the following year, its assets passed to Landhurst Leasing and were auctioned by the company's receivers in 1993.^[40] The team's old factory in Chessington was bought by the Carlin DPR GP2 motor racing team in 2006.^[41] Sergio Rinland is an Argentine engineer best known for his work in Formula One. ... Yamaha Motor Company Limited (ヤマハ発動機株式会社) TYO: 7272 , a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company, was initially part of the Yamaha Corporation. ... This article recaps the 1992 Formula One season. ... Results from the 1992 Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix held at Hungaroring on August 16, 1992 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Nigel Mansell 118. ... In English and Welsh insolvency law, an Administration Order is a method used to protect a company experiencing short or medium term financial problems from its creditors. ... The Serious Fraud Office is an arm of the Government of the United Kingdom, accountable to the Attorney-General. ... March Engineering was a Formula One constructor from Britain. ... Fondmetal was a Formula One constructor from 1991 through 1992, as well as a Formula One engine supplier in 2000. ... Andrea Moda Formula was a Formula One team, created by Andrea Sassetti, a shoe manufacturer from Italy. ... Administrative Receivership is when an Official Receiver is put into a company to secure the assets. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Carlin DPR is a racing team from Great Britain. ... GP2 Series, GP2 for short, is a form of motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One feeder sport, Formula 3000. ...

Motor Racing Developments

Several F1 teams used Brabhams (Piers Courage, FWRC, 1969)

The Repco Brabham logo from the 1960s.

Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac called the company they set up in 1961 to design and build customer formula racing cars Motor Racing Developments (MRD). Initially Brabham and Tauranac each held 50 percent of the shares.^[7] Tauranac was responsible for design and running the business, while Brabham was the test driver and arranged corporate deals like the Repco engine supply and the use of the MIRA wind tunnel. He also contributed ideas to the design process and often machined parts and helped build the cars.^[42] Image File history File links 1969_British_Grand_Prix_P_Courage_Brabham_BT26. ... Image File history File links 1969_British_Grand_Prix_P_Courage_Brabham_BT26. ... Piers Courage - born 27 May 1942 - was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... Not to be confused with Williams Grand Prix Engineering, who Frank Williams formed with Patrick Head in 1977, and are still racing today. ... Image File history File links Repco_brabham_logo. ... Image File history File links Repco_brabham_logo. ... Formula racing is a form of motorsport where the type of automobiles used is regulated by a formula. ...

From 1963 to 1965, MRD was not directly involved in Formula One. A separate company, Jack Brabham's Brabham Racing Organisation, ran the works entry. Like other customers, BRO bought its cars from MRD, initially at £3,000 per car,^[43] although it did not pay for development parts. MRD often ran works cars in other formulae. Tauranac was unhappy with his distance from the Formula One operation and before the 1966 season suggested that he was no longer interested in producing cars for Formula One under this arrangement. Brabham investigated other chassis suppliers for BRO, however the two reached an agreement and from 1966 MRD was much more closely involved in this category.^[44] After Jack Brabham sold his shares in MRD to Ron Tauranac at the end of 1969, the works Formula One team was MRD, although the name on the official entry list sometimes varied in line with sponsorship deals.

Despite only building its first car in 1961, by the mid-1960s, MRD had overtaken established constructors like Cooper to become the largest manufacturer of single-seat racing cars in the world,^[45] and by 1970 had built over 500 cars.^[46] Other Formula One teams used Brabhams, Frank Williams Racing Cars and the Rob Walker Racing Team were the most successful. The 1965 British Grand Prix saw seven Brabhams compete, only two of them from the works team, and there were usually four or five at championship Grands Prix throughout that season. The firm built scores of cars for the lower formulae each year, peaking with 89 cars in 1966.^[46] Brabham had the reputation of providing customers with cars of a standard equal to those used by the works team, which worked ‘out of the box’. The company provided a high degree of support to its customers - including Jack Brabham helping customers set up their cars. During this period the cars were usually known as "Repco Brabhams", not because of the Repco engines used in Formula One between 1966 and 1968, but because of a smaller-scale sponsorship deal through which the Australian company had been providing parts to Jack Brabham since his Cooper days.^[47] Not to be confused with Williams Grand Prix Engineering, who Frank Williams formed with Patrick Head in 1977, and are still racing today. ... The Rob Walker Racing Team was a privateer team racing in Formula 1. ... Results from the 1965 Formula One British Grand Prix held at Silverstone on July 10, 1965 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Graham Hill 132. ...

At the end of 1971 Bernie Ecclestone bought MRD. He retained the Brabham ‘brand’, as did subsequent owners. Although the production of customer cars continued briefly under Bernie Ecclestone’s ownership, Ecclestone believed the company needed to focus on Formula One to succeed. The last production customer Brabhams were the Formula Two BT40 and Formula Three BT41 of 1973,^[48] although Ecclestone sold ex-works Formula One BT44Bs to RAM Racing as late as 1976.^[49] RAM Racing was a Formula One racing team which only competed during the racing seasons of 1983 to 1985. ...

Racing history - other categories

The Brabham BT18-Honda completely dominated Formula Two in 1966

Top drivers used Brabham F3 cars in their early careers. (James Hunt, 1969)

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Indycar

Brabham cars competed at the Indianapolis 500 from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. After an abortive project in 1962,^[50] MRD was commissioned in 1964 to build an Indycar chassis powered by an American Offenhauser engine. The resultant BT12 chassis was raced by Jack Brabham as the Zink-Urschel Trackburner at the 1964 event and retired with a fuel tank problem. The car was entered again in 1966, taking a third place for Jim McElreath. From 1968 to 1970 Brabham returned to Indianapolis, at first with a 4.2 litre version of the Repco V8 the team used in Formula One, with which Peter Revson finished fifth in 1969, before reverting to the Offenhauser engine for 1970.^[51] The Brabham-Offenhauser combination was entered again in 1971 by J.C. Agajanian, finishing fifth in the hands of Bill Vukovich II.^[52] Although a Brabham car never won at Indianapolis, McElreath won four USAC races over 1965 and 1966 in the BT12. The Dean Van Lines Special in which Mario Andretti won the 1965 United States Automobile Club (USAC) national championship was a direct copy of this car, by Andretti's crew chief Clint Brawner.^[53] Revson took Brabham's final USAC race win in a BT25 in 1969, using the Repco engine.^[54] Indy 500 redirects here. ... Offenhauser was a Formula One engine manufacturer from 1950 through 1960 for the Indianapolis 500. ... Results of the 1964 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on May 30, 1964. ... Results of the 1966 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on May 30, 1966. ... Jim McElreath (born February 18, 1928, Arlington, Texas), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. ... Peter Jeffrey Revson (born in New York City, February 27, 1939 - died in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 22, 1974) was a racecar and Formula One driver from United States. ... Christopher John Charles J.C./Aggie Agajanian (June 16, 1913 - May 5, 1984) was an influential figure in American motorsports history. ... Bill Vukovich II (born March 29, 1944, Fresno, California), is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. ... Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940 in Montona dIstria, Italy, now Motovun, Croatia) is an Italian American racing driver, and one of the most successful Americans in the history of auto racing. ... USAC Logo The United States Automobile Club (USAC) is an open-wheel auto racing sanctioning body. ...

Formula Two

In the 1960s and early 1970s, drivers who had reached Formula One often continued to compete in Formula Two. In 1966 MRD produced the BT18 for the lower category, with a Honda engine acting as a stressed component. The car was extremely successful, winning 11 consecutive Formula Two races in the hands of the Formula One pairing of Brabham and Hulme. Cars were entered by MRD and not by the Brabham Racing Organisation, avoiding a direct conflict with Repco, their Formula One engine supplier.^[55] Formula Two was a type of formula racing. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Formula Three

The first Formula Three Brabham, the BT9, won only four major races in 1964. The BT15 which followed in 1965 was a highly successful design. 58 cars were sold, which won 42 major races. Further developments of the same concept, including wings by the end of the decade, were highly competitive up until 1971. 1972's BT38C was Brabham's first production monocoque and the first not designed by Tauranac. Although 40 were ordered, it was less successful than its predecessors. The angular BT41 was the final Formula Three Brabham.^[56] Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or, in abbreviated form, F3, is a type of formula racing and a class of open-wheeler motor racing. ...

Sports cars

Tauranac did not enjoy designing sports cars and could only spare a small amount of his time from MRD's very successful single-seater business. Only 14 sports cars were built between 1961 and 1972, out of a total production of almost 600 chassis.^[57] The BT8A was the only one built in any numbers, and was quite successful in national level racing in the UK in 1964 and 1965.^[58] The design was "stretched" in 1966 to become the one-off BT17, originally fitted with the 4.3 litre version of the Repco engine for Can-Am racing. It was rapidly abandoned by MRD with engine reliability problems.^[59] Cover of Car and Driver magazine, showing transparent diagram of CanAm racer The Canadian-American Challenge Cup or Can Am, was an SCCA/CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1974. ...

Technical innovation

The 1978 BT46B ‘Fan car’ won its only race before being banned.

Brabham was considered a technically conservative team in the 1960s, chiefly because it persevered with traditional spaceframe cars long after Lotus introduced lighter, stiffer monocoque chassis to Formula One in 1962. Chief designer Tauranac reasoned that monocoques of the time were not usefully stiffer than well designed spaceframe chassis, and were harder to repair and less suitable for MRD’s customers.^[60] His ‘old fashioned’ cars won the Brabham team the 1966 and 1967 championships, and were competitive in Formula One until rule changes forced a move to monocoques in 1970.^[61] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (836x584, 99 KB) This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (836x584, 99 KB) This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v. ... The Brabham BT46 was a Formula One racing car, designed by Gordon Murray for the Brabham team owned by Bernie Ecclestone for the 1978 Formula One season. ... Simplified space frame roof with the nearest unit polygon hightlighted in blue A space frame is a truss-like, light weight rigid structure constructed from interlocking struts in a geometric pattern. ... Monocoque (French for single shell) is a construction technique that uses the external skin of an object to support some or most of the load on the structure. ...

Despite the perceived conservatism, in 1963 Brabham was the first Formula One team to use a wind tunnel to hone their designs to reduce drag and stop the cars lifting off the ground at speed.^[62] The practice only became the norm in the early 1980s, and is possibly the most important factor in the design of modern cars. Towards the end of the 1960s, teams began to exploit aerodynamic downforce to push the cars’ tyres down harder on the ground and enable them to go round corners faster. At the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix, Brabham were the first, alongside Ferrari, to introduce full width rear wings to this effect.^[63] NASA wind tunnel with the model of a plane A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects. ... An object falling through a gas or liquid experiences a force in direction opposite to its motion. ... The term downforce describes the downward pressure created by the aerodynamic characteristics of a racing car that allow it to travel faster through a corner by holding the car to the track or road surface. ... Results from the 1968 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 9, 1968 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Chris Amon 330. ...

The team's most fertile period of technical innovation came in the 1970s and 1980s when Gordon Murray became technical director. During 1976, the team introduced carbon-carbon brakes to Formula One, which promised reduced unsprung weight and better stopping performance. The initial versions used carbon-carbon composite brake pads and a steel disc faced with carbon pucks. The technology was not reliable at first. In 1976 Carlos Pace crashed at 180 mph at the Österreichring circuit after heat build-up in the brakes boiled the brake fluid, leaving him with no way of stopping the car.^[64] By 1979, Brabham had developed an effective carbon-carbon braking system, combining structural carbon discs with carbon brake pads.^[65] By the late 1980s, carbon brakes were used by all competitors in almost all top level motor sports. Gordon Murray (born 1946 in Durban, South Africa) is a renowned designer of Formula 1 race cars and the McLaren F1 roadcar. ... Close-up of a disc brake on a car On automobiles, disc brakes are often located within the wheel The disc brake is a device for slowing or stopping the rotation of a wheel. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Mock-up of a space shuttle leading edge, showing brittle failure of RCC due to foam impact reproducing the conditions of Columbias final launch. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Brake lining. ... The steel cable of a colliery winding tower. ... The Österreichring is a Austrian race circuit which hosted the Formula One Austrian Grand Prix 18 consecutive years, from 1970 through 1987. ... Brake fluid is a type of hydraulic fluid used in brake applications in automobiles and light trucks. ...

Although Brabham experimented with airdams and underbody skirts, the team, like the rest of the field, did not immediately understand Lotus' development of a ground effect car. The Brabham BT46B 'Fan car' of 1978, generated enormous downforce with a fan, which sucked air from beneath the car, although its claimed use was for engine cooling. The car only raced once in the Formula One World Championship, Niki Lauda winning the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix, before a loophole in the regulations was closed by the FIA.^[66] The Brabham BT46 was a Formula One racing car, designed by Gordon Murray for the Brabham team owned by Bernie Ecclestone for the 1978 Formula One season. ... The term downforce describes the downward pressure created by the aerodynamic characteristics of a racing car that allow it to travel faster through a corner by holding the car to the track or road surface. ... Andreas Nikolaus Niki Lauda (born February 22, 1949 in Vienna) is an Austrian aviator, entrepreneur, former Formula One (F1) racing driver and three-time F1 World Champion. ... The 1978 Formula One Swedish Grand Prix held at the Scandinavian Raceway on June 17, 1978. ...

Murray started using lightweight carbon fibre composite panels to stiffen Brabham's aluminium alloy monocoques from 1979. He was reluctant to built the entire chassis from composite materials until he completely understood how they worked, an understanding achieved in part through an instrumented crash test of a BT49 chassis.^[65] The team did not follow McLaren's 1981 MP4/1 with their own fully composite chassis until the 'lowline' BT55 in 1986,^[67] the last team to do so. This technology is now used in all top level racing cars. Carbon fiber reinforced plastic or (CFRP or CRP), is a strong, light and very expensive composite material or fiber reinforced plastic. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ... Monocoque (French for single shell) is a construction technique that uses the external skin of an object to support some or most of the load on the structure. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

For the 1981 season the FIA introduced a 6 cm minimum ride height for the cars, intended to slow them in corners by limiting the downforce created by aerodynamic ground effect. Gordon Murray devised a hydropneumatic suspension system for the BT49C, which allowed the car to settle to a much lower ride height at speed. Brabham were accused of cheating by other teams, although Murray believes that the system was legal. No action was taken against the team and others soon produced systems with similar effects. See Brabham BT49.^[68] Ride Height (or simply clearance) is the amount of space between the base of an automobile tyre and the underside of the chassis. ... The term downforce describes the downward pressure created by the aerodynamic characteristics of a racing car that allow it to travel faster through a corner by holding the car to the track or road surface. ... Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with the study of gas flows, first analysed by George Cayley in the 1800s. ... Ground Effect is an aerodynamic effect used in car design, which has been exploited to create downforce, particularly in racing cars. ... Hydropneumatic is the name given to a suspension system invented by Citroën and fitted to Citroën cars, as well as being adapted by other car manufacturers, notably Rolls-Royce, Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot. ... Brabham BT49D driven by Christian Glaesel at a Thoroughbred Grand Prix race at Brands Hatch in September 2005 The Brabham BT49 was a ground effect Formula 1 car designed by Gordon Murray as a comeback from the uncompetitiveness of the Alfa Romeo powered cars. ...

At the 1982 British Grand Prix, Brabham reintroduced the idea of re-fuelling and changing the car's tyres during the race, to allow their drivers to sprint away at the start of races on a light fuel load and soft tyres. In tests at Donington Park the week before the race the pit crew were reported to "have refuelled and re-tyred the car in only 14 seconds"^[69] The team made good use of the tactic in 1982 and 1983. Refuelling was banned for 1984, reappearing in 1994, but tyre changes have remained part of Formula One, to the extent that Max Mosley, head of the FIA, claimed in the late 1990s that television viewers found the spectacle of the pit stops more exciting than overtaking on the track.^{[citation needed]} Results from the 1982 Formula One British Grand Prix held at Brands Hatch on July 18, 1982 Classification Notes Fastest Lap: Brian Henton 113. ... World Series by Renault at Donington Parks Melbourne Hairpin in 2005. ... Max Rufus Mosley (born 1940, London, England) is currently serving his fourth term as president of the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile. ...

Controversy

The fan car and hydropneumatic suspension exploited loopholes in the sporting regulations. In the early 1980s Brabham was accused of going further and breaking the regulations. During 1981, Piquet's first championship year, rumours circulated of illegal underweight Brabham chassis. Driver Jacques Lafitte was among those to claim that the cars were fitted with heavily ballasted bodywork before being weighed at scrutineering. The accusation was denied by Brabham's management. No formal protest was made against the team and no action was taken against them by the sporting authorities.^[70] Jacques Lafitte could mean: Editions Jacques Lafitte, a French publishing house The French banker and politician Jacques Laffitte (1767-1844) The French racing driver Jacques Laffite (born 1943) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In automotive engineering, the bodywork of an automobile is the structure which protects: The occupants Any other payload The mechanical components. ... A scrutineer is a person who observes voting in an election, and/or observes the counting of ballot papers, in order to check that election rules are followed. ...

From 1978, Ecclestone was president of the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA), a body formed by the teams to represent their interests. This left his team open to accusations of having advance warning of rule changes. Ecclestone denies that the team benefited from this and Murray has noted that, contrary to this view, at the end of 1982 the team had to abandon their new BT51 car, built on the basis that ground effect would be permitted in 1983. When ground effect was then banned for the 1983 season by the FIA, Brabham had to design and build a second, entirely different, car (BT52) in only three months.^[71] At the end of the 1983 season, Renault and Ferrari, both beaten to the drivers' championship by Piquet, protested that the Research Octane Number (RON) of the team's fuel was above the legal limit of 102. The FIA declared that a figure of up to 102.9 was permitted under the rules, and that Brabham had not exceeded this limit.^[72] The Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA) is an organization of the chassis builders (constructors) who design and build the cars that race in the Formula One Grands Prix. ... A gas station pump offering five different octane ratings. ...

Championship results

Results achieved by the 'works' Brabham team. Bold results indicate a championship win.

Notes

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References

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External links

• www.nvo.com Picture gallery of historic Brabhams.
• www.motorracing-archive.com Summary history of Brabham 1961-1972, including significant race results and production numbers for all models.
• www.oldracingcars.com Complete race history of all Brabham F1 models from 1966 to 1982 and links to Brabham research projects on other models.
• www.f3history.co.uk History of Formula Three, including Brabham (under 'Manufacturers'). (Archived here)