This car took part in the Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship race at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2006.
It's the 1981 Brabham BT49C of Joaquin Folch, seen here at Redgate corner during a practice session. The Brabham BT49 was powered by the 2,993cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine and was introduced towards the end of the 1979 racing season. In the 1980 season Nelson Picquet in his BT49 finished second to Alan Jones and his Williams FW07 in the Drivers World Championship, but won the following year's Championship in the car. The BT49 underwent various modifications over that period and Joaquin Folch's car is the BT49C, chassis #BT49/10, that was introduced in the 1981 season. Although it was used in practice at various World Championship races it never competed in any of those races, and its only major competitive outing was in the non-Championship South African Grand Prix in 1981 where Nelson Piquet finished in second place.
The car behind the Brabham is the 1979 Arrows A1 of Rowland Kinch.
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