The Brabham BT52 was a Formula One car designed for the Brabham team by longtime Brabham designer Gordon Murray for the 1983 season. The car ran on Michelin tyres and was powered by the BMW M12/13 four-cylinder turbocharged engine, which in 1983 produced a maximum power of approximately 1,280 bhp (950 kW) in qualifying trim, detuned to around 850 bhp (630 kW) for the proper races. Its drivers were 1981 World Champion Nelson Piquet and Riccardo Patrese.
A Brabham BT52 at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Brabham BT52 in the garages at the 1983 Detroit Grand Prix
Piquet leading Michele Alboreto at the 1983 Dutch Grand Prix
Brabham BT52, BMW Museum, Munich, Germany.
Motor Racing Developments Ltd., commonly known as Brabham, was a British racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team founded in 1960 by Australian driver Jack Brabham and British-Australian designer Ron Tauranac. The team won four FIA Formula One Drivers' and two Constructors' World Championships in its 30-year history, starting out with back-to-back wins of both in 1966 and 1967. Jack Brabham's 1966 Drivers' Championship remains the only such achievement using a car bearing the driver's own name.
Jack Brabham was 40 when he won the F1 drivers' title in a Brabham car
Brabham in a 1965 Grand Prix car
The Brabham BT3, the first Brabham Formula One design
Brabham BT33. Technically conservative, Brabham did not produce a monocoque car until 1970.
