Brabham BT49c (1981)destrozado

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For the 1981 Formula 1 season Bernie Ecclestone's Brabham team used the BT49C. It was produced with a chassis lightened through increased use of carbon composite materials. That year a minimum ride height of 60 millimetres (2.4in) was introduced and sliding skirts were banned, with the intention of limiting ground effect and slowing the cars. The BT49C regained its front wings (not used the previous year) to compensate in part for the downforce lost. More significantly, the car's designer Gordon Murray devised a hydropneumatic suspension system for the BT49C in which soft air springs supported the car at the regulation height for checks while stationary. At speed, where the ride height could not be measured, downforce compressed the air and the car settled to a much lower height, creating more downforce. Because the skirts now had to be fixed, the suspension had to be very stiff to allow them to consistently seal around the sides of the car: by the end of the 1981 season, total suspension movement was only 1.5 inches (38mm), half of which came from the compression of the tyres. Driven by team leader Nelson Piquet and Héctor Rebaque it won 3 times in the hands of Piquet, and took Piquet to his first world championship. This model has a removable engine cover as a component to reveal the detailed interior of the car. #Brabham #Brabham_BT49c #car #F1 #Formula_1 #Gordon_Murray #Nelson_Piquet #racing_car