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A 1974 Lola T330 Formula 5000 car. A 1971 Lola T192 Formula 5000 car. A 1973 Brabham BT43 F5000 car. Formula 5000 (or F5000) was an open wheel, single seater auto-racing formula that ran in different series in various regions around the world from 1968 to 1982. It was originally intended as a low-cost series aimed at open-wheel racing cars that ...
The Brabham BT43 was the only Formula 5000 racing car built by Motor Racing Developments (MRD). [2] Initiated by Ron Tauranac, designed by Geoff Ferris, and built by a team including Nick Goozee (monocoque) and Bob Paton (construction), it was one of the last cars produced by MRD before MRD was closed by the then new Brabham owner Bernie Ecclestone. [3]
Formula Two and Formula B: 1973 28 BT41 Formula Three: 1973 21 BT42 Formula One: 1973 6 BT43: Formula 5000: 1973 1 BT44: Formula One: 1974 4 BT44B: Formula One: 1975 4 BT45: Formula One: 1976 5 BT45B: Formula One: 1977 1 BT45C: Formula One: 1978 2 BT46: Formula One: 1978 9 BT47 Formula One: Not built 0 BT48: Formula One: 1979 4 BT49: Formula ...
Brabham made one car for Formula 5000 racing, the Brabham BT43. Rolled out in late 1973 it was tested in early 1974 by John Watson at Silverstone before making its debut at the Rothmans F5000 Championship Round at Monza on 30 June 1974, driven by Martin Birrane .
The 8th Race of Champions was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 18 March 1973 at Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, UK.The race included several entrants in Formula 5000 cars and was won by Peter Gethin in a Chevron-Chevrolet B24 '72-05'.
Brian Herman Thomas Redman [1] (born 9 March 1937) [2] is a British retired racing driver.. Racing for Carl Haas and Jim Hall's Chaparral Cars, Brian Redman won the 1974, '75 and '76 SCCA Formula 5000 series and has raced in nearly every category of racing, including Formula One.
A Rondel Racing Brabham BT36, as driven in 1971 by Tim Schenken. At the end of the 1970 Formula One season, driver and team owner Jack Brabham retired from the sport and sold his shares in the Brabham team to Ron Tauranac. Jack Brabham's chief mechanic, Ron Dennis and his friend and colleague, Neil Trundle, decided to form their own racing team ...
Following Brabham's retirement as a driver at the end of the 1970 season, Tauranac owned and managed the Brabham team until 1972, when he sold it to Bernie Ecclestone. [2] He remained in England to assist with a redesign of a Politoys Formula One chassis for Frank Williams in 1973 and helped Trojan develop a Formula One version of their Formula ...