20017 Brabham BT50 BMW Turbo Kit - C*017 - Tamiya 1/20  [20017]

Concerning the Brabham BT50

Inside extremely very early 80's Formula 1 completed up being popular so Tamiya made a few models in line with the genuine F1's. The Brabham BT50 is not any exclusion.
The 1982 duration the Brabham team designed a new automobile, the BT50, around a BMW motor which, as an example the Repco motor sixteen years previously, ended up being considering a road automobile motor block, the BMW M10.
Brabham proceeded to operate the Cosworth-powered BT49D in very early area of the 1982 extent while dependability and driveability issues with the BMW services and products were remedied. The relationship came close to closing, with the German maker insisting that Brabham utilize their motor.
The turbo car took its very first win within 1982 Canadian Grand Prix. Into the 1983 duration, Piquet took the championship lead from Renault's Alain Prost within final competition of the year, the South African Grand Prix to find become the very first motorist to win the Formula One motorists' globe championship with a turbo-powered car.
The Brabham group failed to win the constructor's championship in either 1981 or 1983, despite Piquet's success.
Riccardo Patrese finished up being the specific main driver besides Piquet to win a competition for Brabham inside extent - the motorists inside 2nd vehicle contributed just a fraction related to team's points in almost every these championship durations.