Brabham

Brabham BT58

A John Baldwin effort that was further hampered by the terrible Judd engine that was tried and discarded by several teams in the late 1980's. As a result the team had to suffer the indignity of pre-qualifying until halfway through the season when Brundle and Modena scored five points at Monaco.

Brabham BT45

The Martini sponsored Brabham BT45 was designed by Gordon Murray around the Alfa Romeo type 33 endurance racing engine. The Alfa engine was a flat V12 giving the car a low centre of gravity, however the engine was extremely heavy on fuel, which negated any aerodynamic advantage. The drivers for 1976 (as 1975) were Carlos Pace (Brazil) and Carlos Reutemann (Argentina), who between them managed three fourth places during the season, Reutemann at the Spanish GP and Pace at the French and German GP’s. Reutemann became disillusioned with the car towards the end of the season and moved to Ferrari before the Italian GP, which a certain Mr Ecclestone didn’t take kindly to !! The unreliable car finished the season with a very disappointing 10 points (7 Pace, 3 Reutemann). 

Brabham BT44 Hexagon Racing

The Brabham BT44 designed by Gordon Murray was outwardly similar looking to the BT42 from 1973. Powered by the Cosworth DFV V8 it could have gained victory in its first race had Reutemann not run out of fuel two laps from the end. The John Goldie Hexagon racing version here was driven by John Watson in 5 races of 1974 where his best finish was 4th in Austria.