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Saturday 30 May 2020

1976 Brabham BT45

I took this photograph at the Donington Park museum in March 1996.
Car number 7 is the 1976 Brabham BT45 that was driven mainly by Carlos Pace and Carlos Reutemann in the 1976 season. The car was designed by Gordon Murray and had a longitudinally mounted 2,995cc flat-12 Alfa Romeo 115-12 engine. Neither driver managed a podium finish with Carlos Pace having three points scoring places - two fourths and a sixth with seven retirements in the sixteen races. Carlos Reutemann's only points scoring finish was a fourth place, and nine retirements in the twelve races in which he competed.
The number 8 car on the left is the 1975 Brabham BT44, also designed by Gordon Murray, and was powered by the 2,993cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine. Carlos Reutemann and Carlos Pace drove the car in the 1975 season, Reutemann winning the German Grand Prix  and Pace the Brazilian Grand Prix.
On the right is the 1979 Brabham BT48, another Gordon Murray car, with a 2,991cc Alfa Romeo 1260 V12 engine designed by Carlo Chiti. The car was driven by Niki Lauda and Nelson Piquet in the 1979 season, but out of the 25 starts between them there were 19 retirements, mainly caused by engine failure. Lauda managed a fourth and a sixth place finish while Piquet had fourth, seventh, eighth and twelfth place finishes.

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