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Brabham BT52

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The Brabham BT52 was a Formula One car designed for the Brabham team by the longtime Brabham designer Gordon Murray for the 1983 season. It ran on Michelin tyres and was powered by the BMW M12/13 four-cylinder turbocharged engine, which produced about 850 bhp in qualifying trim and was detuned to around 650 bhp for races. Its drivers were the 1981 World Champion Nelson Piquet and Riccardo Patrese. After ground effect cars were banned, Murray had six weeks to start from scratch because three finished BT51s were now useless. He gave it short, angular sidepods, moved about 70 percent of the weight to the rear and used an aluminium and carbon fibre monocoque with a dart-shaped profile and an oversized rear wing. Piquet won the 1983 championship in it.

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1983 1
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Piston 1
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Racing car 1
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    The Brabham BT52 was a Formula One car designed for the Brabham team by longtime Brabham designer Gordon Murray for the 1983 season.
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    for the 1983 season
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    powered by the BMW M12/13 four-cylinder turbocharged engine
  • Lead, maker
    The Brabham BT52 was a Formula One car designed for the Brabham team by longtime Brabham designer Gordon Murray for the 1983 season.
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    The Brabham BT52 was a Formula One car designed for the Brabham team by longtime Brabham designer Gordon Murray for the 1983 season.
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Brabham (Wikipedia)
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was a British racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team
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