F1 Fan Car
It was a vacuum cleaner basically so there you go.
F1 fan car. Your go to source for the latest f1 news video highlights gp results live timing in depth analysis and expert commentary. The 1978 brabham bt46 fan car and how it worked. Enter the world of formula 1. Check 25k pages to see your daily news results rankings photos history info now.
The original f1 a car many thought to be a bit of an aerodynamic disaster area had some very clever tricks buried beneath its bodywork. The gordon murray f1 story featuring murrays design for the brabham bt46b fan car. Upon seeing pictures of the car consultant engineer david cox calculated that the bt46 had only around 30 of the cooling surface area required. The brabham was a crude device said murray.
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 t50s fan looks more like murrays iconic brabham bt46b fan car design due to packaging restrictions preventing it being hidden under the engine cover. If youre looking for an example of the ingenious and outlandish thinking that f1 breeds then the brabham fan car remains a stand out example forty years after it appeared. F1 fan portal blog that started in 2001 for the real gp race fans.
Clip from the bbc four documentary how to go faster and influence people. 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. Celebrating scuderia ferraris journey to its 1000th grand prix. Niki lauda and john watson at the wheel of the brabham bt46b.
It may have only raced once when it won but the story of its development and demise as told by its designer gordon murray illustrates the creativity inventiveness and politics of formula 1 in the 1970s. The project focuses on the stories of a hundred of the most significant appearances for the italian team in the formula 1 world championship. Few cars in formula 1 history made such an immediate impact and been such a long lasting talking point as the famous brabham fan car that won on its debut at the swedish grand prix in 1978.