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

Concerning the Brabham BT50

Inside extremely early 80's Formula 1 finished up being popular so Tamiya made a few models in line with the genuine F1's. The Brabham BT50 isn't any exclusion.
The 1982 period the Brabham team designed a new vehicle, the BT50, around a BMW motor which, for instance the Repco engine sixteen years previously, was considering a road car engine block, the BMW M10.
Brabham proceeded to operate the Cosworth-powered BT49D in the early area of the 1982 duration while reliability and driveability problems with the BMW products were remedied. The bond came close to closing, with all the current German manufacturer insisting that Brabham utilize their motor.
The turbo car took its first win within 1982 Canadian Grand Prix. In the 1983 period, Piquet took the championship lead from Renault's Alain Prost within final race of the year, the South African Grand Prix to get at end up being the 1st motorist to win the Formula One motorists' globe championship with a turbo-powered vehicle.
The Brabham group did not win the constructor's championship in either 1981 or 1983, despite Piquet's success.
Riccardo Patrese ended up being the specific only real driver besides Piquet to win a competition for Brabham in this duration - the motorists inside 2nd vehicle contributed simply a fraction associated with team's points in every these championship periods.