F1 Fan Car

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.

F1 fan car. The 1978 brabham bt46 fan car and how it worked. It was a vacuum cleaner basically so there you go. The brabham was a crude device said murray. Formula 1 has revealed a draft calendar featuring a record breaking 23 races for next years championship but vietnam does not feature and the venue for one of the events has not been confirmed.

Your go to source for the latest f1 news video highlights gp results live timing in depth analysis and expert commentary. 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. F1 confirms record 23 race calendar for 2021 but no race in vietnam 2021 f1 calendar keith collantine 38. 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.

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. Enter the world of formula 1. F1 fan portal blog that started in 2001 for the real gp race fans. The fan at the back of the car was claimed to be for the purpose of cooling the engine but it also increase.

Niki lauda and john watson at the wheel of the brabham bt46b. The gordon murray f1 story featuring murrays design for the brabham bt46b fan car. 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.

Upon seeing pictures of the car consultant engineer david cox calculated that the bt46 had only around 30 of the cooling surface area required.