Ron Tauranac

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Ron Tauranac (1971)
The Brabham BT20 from 1966

Ron Tauranac (born January 13, 1925 in New South Wales , Australia - † July 17, 2020 in Queensland , Australia) was an Australian engineer , former racing car designer in Formula 1 and co-founder of Brabham .

Life

In 1946, Ron Tauranac began building racing cars with his brother Lewis. He competed in Australian racing series and met the young Jack Brabham in this way . Brabham went to Europe and in 1960 invited Tauranac to work with him in England on Triumph Heralds with Climax engines. The following year, Brabham and Tauranac founded their own company, Brabham (Motor Racing Developments Ltd.) , and began building vehicles for Formula Junior . Brabham left Team Cooper after the 1961 season , with whom he had won the Formula 1 World Championship twice. He and Tauranac designed racing cars for various racing classes for their own team. The sale of the vehicles became an economic success.

In 1966 , Brabham was able to win the World Cup again in a car from his own team. After the 1970 season he resigned from racing and sold the team to his partner. But Tauranac felt burned out and in late 1971 sold the team on to Bernie Ecclestone , who owned Brabham from 1972 to 1987. He initially stayed in England, designed a car for Formula 5000 and worked for Williams in Formula 1 for a short time , but then went back to Australia.

In 1974 Tauranac returned to England and founded the company Ralt , with which he designed vehicles for various junior formulas, briefly returned to Formula 1 for a project on behalf of Theodore Racing and was successful in Formula 2 with Honda .

In 1988 he sold his company to March , but remained in motorsport as a consultant for the Arrows team.

literature

  • Mike Lawrence: Brabham Ralt Honda: The Ron Tauranac Story. Motor Racing Publications Ltd, 1999, ISBN 1-899870-35-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ron Tauranac in: Who's who in Australia. , from Suzannah Pearce, Herald and Weekly Times, 2007, 1993
  2. ↑ Jack Phillips: RIP Ron Tauranac 1925-2020. In: classicandsportscar.com. July 17, 2020, accessed on July 22, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Tauranac, Ron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian engineer and racing car designer
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH New South Wales , Australia
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 2020
Place of death Queensland , Australia