Brabham BT18
The Brabham BT18 was a formula racing car that Brabham built in the mid-1960s. The designation BT stood for the surnames of Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac , the two designers.
Development history
The forerunner Brabham BT16 from 1965 initially had a Cosworth SCA, BRM or Holbay MAE engine. On March 20, 1965 at the F2 GP of Silverstone, England, it was equipped with the Honda RA300E (F2) engine. 996.7 cm³ with the engine produced 135 horsepower at 10,000 min -1 .
The BT18 was designed as a Formula 2 and Formula 3 racing car and most vehicles of this type were also used in these racing series. 2 vehicles, F2-18-66 and F2-19-66, were used by the Brabham factory team with Honda engines. 32 were Formula 2 racing cars and designated as BT18A. 6 copies were equipped with a Cosworth SCA engine for private teams. A special version BT18B of 8 copies was equipped with Kent engines from Ford for the Honda Racing School for the Formula Ford coming in 1966. A total of 46 copies of the BT18 (+ A + B) were produced.
The car had a tubular space frame, which was reinforced by supporting sheet metal. The regulations stipulated a displacement limit of 1000 cm³ and a minimum weight of 420 kg. As an engine supplier, Honda only equipped the Brabham racing team with a 1000 cc engine in 1965 and 1966 . 1966 drove the racing drivers Jack Brabham and Denis Hulme with the Brabham-Honda BT18 a total of 11 victories in 12 races. Jack Brabham won the Formula 2 championship and Denis Hulme the Formula 2 runner-up in the same year. With 994 cc of the RA302E (F2) engine produced 150 horsepower at 11,000 min -1 .
Race results
- Brabham BT18 - Honda RA302E (F2)
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| Formula 2 season 1966 | Oulton Park | Goodwood | Nürburgring | Pau | Barcelona | Limberg | Crystal Palace | Reims | Rouen | Solitude | Nürburgring | Enna | Karlskoga | Keimola | Montlhéry | Oulton Park | Le Mans | Albi | Hockenheim | Brands Hatch | |||
 Jack Brabham
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3 | Called off | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 2 | 36 | 1. | ||||||
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4th | Snowfall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | DNF | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 2. | ||||||||
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4th | 3 | DNF | 4th | 12. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
literature
- CAR GRAPHIC: HONDA F1 1964-1968 . Nigensha Publishing, Bunkyo-Ku, Japan 1984, OCLC 15407637 . (Japanese)
- Yoshio Nakamura: Grand Prix Race with HONDA F-1 . Sanhaido, Tokyo, Japan 1985. (Japanese)
- David Hodges: Racing Cars from A to Z after 1945 . Bay View Books, Bideford 1990, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 .
Web links
- Ron Tauranac AO, English
- Image: Brabham BT16
- History BT18, English
- Image: Brabham BT18 tubular space frame
Individual evidence
- ↑ BT18-history, CurryPotProductions.com from 2008, English