In the 14 races of the 1978 season the various brabham bt46 models raced they only completed five retiring from all other races.

F1 fan car 1978. The blue on the kit decals is too light and turns purple when applied to the red car. Click image for larger view. Brabham finished the 1978 season third in constructors championship points.

Clip from the bbc four documentary how to go faster and influence people. Few cars in formula 1 history made such an immediate impact and been such a long lasting talking point as the famous brabham fan car that won on its debut at the swedish grand prix in 1978. These decals are more accurate in color and will not change color when applied to the car.

Bits from three tv documentaries about the brabham bt 46 b formula one racing car designed by gordon murray for the brabhamalfa romeo team for the 1978 fo. In those five races completed lauda was always on the podium including two overall victories one of them coming from the fan car. The gordon murray f1 story featuring murrays design for the brabham bt46b fan car.

The brabham bt46 fan car as it became known was tested at silverstone and brands hatch prior to the swedish gp at anderstorp on 17 june 1978. Designed to replace the kit decals in the 120 scale fujimi kit. They started the race.

In an era when ground effects were all the rage in the sport no stone was left unturned in the quest to generate more. Using a boldly simple solution designer gordon murray generated low under car pressure with a large engine driven extractor fan. The brabham bt46 is a formula one racing car designed by gordon murray for the brabham team owned by bernie ecclestone for the 1978 formula one seasonthe car featured several radical design elements one of which was the use of flat panel heat exchangers on the bodywork of the car to replace conventional water and oil radiatorsupon seeing pictures of the car consultant engineer david cox.

Niki lauda john watson. John watson and niki lauda qualified second and third behind mario andretti in chapmans hitherto dominant lotus 79 but in the race lauda stomped all over the black and gold car which broke down during a fruitless chase. 1978 brabham bt46b fan car drivers.

After the 1978 belgian gp the sixth round of the f1 world championship won by mario andretti in lotuss pioneering ground effect car all the other teams knew their cars were obsolete.