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The Brabham BT46 is a Formula One racing car designed by Gordon Murray for the Brabham team, owned by Bernie Ecclestone, for the 1978 Formula One season.The car featured several radical design elements, one of which was the use of flat panel heat exchangers on the bodywork of the car to replace conventional water and oil radiators.
The Brabham BT46B "fan car" at the 2001 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The 1978 Swedish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 17 June 1978 at the Scandinavian Raceway. It was the eighth race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the 1978 International Cup for F1 Constructors, and the last Formula One Swedish Grand Prix to date.
The radical 1978 Brabham BT46B, which was known as the "Fan Car" due to its large fan was powered by an Alfa Romeo engine. In 1976, Bernie Ecclestone did a deal for the Brabham Formula One team to use Alfa Romeo engines based on their new flat-12 sports car unit designed by Carlo Chiti.
The 008 was originally conceived as a fan car, similar to the Brabham BT46. The idea was to position the radiators in the underside of the car, in turn tidying up the aerodynamics, and use the fan to extract heat from them. [ 3 ]
Its unique 'fan car' won its only race, in 1978, before being withdrawn. Piquet won his first championship in 1981 in the ground effect BT49-Ford. In 1983, he became the first driver to win a title with a turbocharged car, the Brabham BT52, which was powered by BMW's M12 straight-four engine and won four Grands Prix that season. Ecclestone sold ...
Pages in category "1978 Formula One season cars" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... Brabham BT45; Brabham BT46; F. Ferrari 312T ...
This latest one also marks the revival of a famous racing name: meet the Brabham Automotive BT62. Another figure stands as a true outlier even compared to the modern crop of beyond-ultracars ...
1978 2 BT46: Formula One: 1978 9 BT47 Formula One: Not built 0 BT48: Formula One: 1979 4 BT49: ... List of Brabham racing cars. Add languages ...