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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 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.
Brabham BT46B "fan car" The 1978 Swedish GP saw the only appearance in Formula One of the Brabham BT46B . Designed by Brabham 's Gordon Murray , who was trying to eclipse Colin Chapman 's ground effect invention on the Lotus 79 , the car featured a large fan pulling air from under the bottom of the car to create additional downforce.
Car Laps Time Grid 1: Bruce McLaren: Cooper T62 / Climax 2750cc 4cyl: 71: 1hr 36min 04.7sec: 3 2 Jack Brabham: Brabham BT4 / Climax 2750cc 4cyl 71 + 30.3 s 1 3 Tony Maggs: Lola T4 / Climax 2750cc 4cyl 70 + 1 Lap 4 4 Angus Hyslop Cooper T53 / Climax 2495cc 4cyl 70 + 1 Lap 5 5 John Histed Lola Mk2 / Ford 1340cc 4cyl 64 + 7 Laps 13 6 Ian Green
Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham BT4, similar to the example pictured above. The 1963 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Warwick Farm Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 10 February 1963. Open to Formula Libre cars, [2] [3] it was the opening heat of the 1963 Australian Drivers' Championship.
When we started Lightning Lap 18 years ago, a 2006 Ford GT claimed the fast time with a 3:00.7. Today, that lap doesn’t even land in the fastest third of a record book that includes 330 vehicles ...
Although Brabham experimented with airdams and underbody skirts in the mid-1970s, the team, like the rest of the field, did not immediately understand Lotus's development of a ground effect car in 1977. The Brabham BT46B "Fan car" of 1978, generated enormous downforce with a fan, which sucked air from beneath the car, although its claimed use ...
California-made Czinger's 21C hypercar has become the first production car to set a lap record at Circuit of the Americas. It lapped the track in 2 minutes 10.7 seconds.