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Brabham BT60
Formula One racing car
Formula One racing car
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Car_name | Brabham BT60Y | ||
| Brabham BT60B | |||
| Image | [[File:The 1992 Brabham-Judd BT60 of Damon Hill at the Donington Grand Prix collection (14478863180).jpg | frameless | upright=1.25]] |
| Caption | Damon Hill's 1992-specification Brabham BT60B | ||
| Category | Formula One | ||
| Constructor | Brabham | ||
| Designer | Sergio Rinland (Technical Director) | ||
| Tim Densham (Chief Designer) | |||
| Hans Fouche (Head of Aerodynamics) | |||
| Predecessor | BT59Y | ||
| Team | Motor Racing Developments Ltd. | ||
| Drivers | 7. GBR Martin Brundle | ||
| 7. BEL Eric van de Poele | |||
| 8. GBR Mark Blundell | |||
| 8. ITA Giovanna Amati | |||
| 8. GBR Damon Hill | |||
| Technical ref | |||
| Chassis | Carbon fibre monocoque | ||
| Front suspension | Double wishbones, pushrods | ||
| Rear suspension | Double wishbones, pushrods | ||
| Engine name | 1991: Yamaha OX99, 3498 cc, 70° V12, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted | ||
| 1992: Judd GV, 3498 cc, 72° V10, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted | |||
| Gearbox name | Brabham / Hewland transverse | ||
| Gears | 6-speed | ||
| Type | semi-automatic | ||
| Fuel | BP | ||
| Tyres | 1991: Pirelli | ||
| 1992: Goodyear | |||
| Debut | 1991 San Marino Grand Prix | ||
| Races | 25 | ||
| Wins | 0 | ||
| Cons_champ | 0 | ||
| Drivers_champ | 0 | ||
| Poles | 0 | ||
| Fastest_laps | 0 |
Brabham BT60B Tim Densham (Chief Designer) Hans Fouche (Head of Aerodynamics) 7. BEL Eric van de Poele 8. GBR Mark Blundell 8. ITA Giovanna Amati 8. GBR Damon Hill 1992: Judd GV, 3498 cc, 72° V10, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted | Turbo/NA = 1992: Goodyear
The Brabham BT60 was the final series of Formula One racing cars built for the Brabham Formula One motor racing team. Designed by Sergio Rinland, they raced in the 1991 and 1992 Formula One World Championships. The car brought to a close Brabham's 30 years of construction of purpose-built racing cars, which began with Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac and the Brabham BT1 Formula Junior design in 1961.
BT60Y
The first car, the BT60Y, was powered by the Yamaha OX99 V12 engine. It was driven by Martin Brundle, who was returning to Brabham and Formula One again after driving for Jaguar in the 1990 World Sportscar Championship. The team's second car was driven by Formula One rookie Mark Blundell.
Brabham only scored three points in 1991, with one 5th-place for Brundle, and Blundell scoring one 6th-place finish. The team finished 10th in the Constructors' Championship.
BT60B
For the 1992 Formula One season the team used a modified version of the car, dubbed the BT60B, which was powered by the Judd GV V10 engine. The cars were driven by Eric van de Poele from Belgium and Italian rookie Giovanna Amati. Part way through the year Amati was replaced by another Formula One rookie, future World Drivers' Champion Damon Hill. The BT60B was the last Formula One car produced by Brabham.
The season was a complete disaster for the once great Brabham team. After van de Poele qualified 26th and last and finished 13th (again last) at the opening race in South Africa, neither car qualified for a race until round nine, the 1992 British Grand Prix, where Hill qualified 26th.
Two races later the team had its last race meeting in Formula One, at the Hungarian Grand Prix, where Hill gave the team its highest finish of the season finishing 11th, some four laps down on race winner Ayrton Senna.
BT61
Brabham fell into administration and attempts were made by RM Motorsports to buy the team. During this time, the company engaged Galmer Engineering to build a successor for the BT60B. The BT61 would have competed in the season, but development of the car was never completed after RM Motorsport failed to name what engine would be used or pay Galmer Engineering for their work. The company never completed the purchase of the team and the team was eventually liquidated.
Complete Formula One results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Racing Developments | BT60Y | Yamaha OX99 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| V12 | USA | BRA | SMR | MON | CAN | MEX | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 3 | 10th | |||||
| Martin Brundle | 11 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | DNQ | |||||||||
| Mark Blundell | 8 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 6 | 12 | Ret | Ret | DNPQ | 17 | |||||||||
| Motor Racing Developments | BT60B | Judd GV | |||||||||||||||||||||
| V10 | RSA | MEX | BRA | ESP | SMR | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | JPN | AUS | 0 | NC | |||||
| Eric van de Poele | 13 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| Giovanna Amati | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Damon Hill | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 16 | DNQ | 11 |
References
References
- "STATS F1 • Brabham BT60Y". Statsf1.com.
- "STATS F1 • Brabham BT60B". Statsf1.com.
- Watkins, Gary. (28 February 2019). "Whatever happened to the BT61?". [[Motorsport Network]].
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