One of the most good looking F.1 cars ever.I used to support Brabham since Piquet's era.I remember so well when Elio died in le Castellet,so sad,he was a nice and humble man.
The true about the BT55 was that designer Gordon Murray after a few races recognised the car was a disaster and wanted to rebuild the car but the budget was on his limit. After the '86 season Murray leaved Brabham for McLaren. It was the begin of the end of the Brabham team
The aerodynamics of the BT55 worked. More downforce with no affect to drag making it good through the turns and very quick in a straight line. The problem was the slanted BMW engine. Severe oil surge made the BMW's already poor throttle response even worse. On top speed the car was as fast as anything, but on acceleration it was very sluggish. Murray always said that the lowline concept of the car would work much better with a smaller V6 engine like the TAG-Porsche or Honda. The 1988 McLaren MP4/4 (designed by Steve Nichols and not Murray as many believe, though Murray did help) with its Honda V6 proved that.
Considering recent coverage your comment is remarkably astute. The form of the brabham is unmistakably similar to mp4/4, both were the same new concept. Only it worked in the mp4/4. Would the mclaren have been good without such a low line? Nichols says he didn't seek a low line, it just happened. But gordon undeniably did seek it, pursuing honda for a lower angle v and developing the gearbox with weismann. The smaller clutch was irrelevant if they couldn't get the drive to the rear wheels. So if the mclaren was more an mp4/3 with a small clutch and a honda engine would it still have been good? Probably. But it arguably wouldn't have been so dominant without also having the low line aero package. We have to attribute the low line to murray, and every car that followed used it. And arguably that was the defining feature of the mp4/4, but you'd need a simulation to prove it.
Yeah, although it’s engine, the BMW M12/13 was by far one of the most powerful in F1 history, it had heaps of reliability issues because it was making over 1300hp with 5.0bar of boost in qualifying trim, Benetton’s B186 also used it. That’s where the Mclaren MP4/3’s inspiration came from, Mclaren soon realising it wasn’t as good as intended, they went back to the drawing board and came out with the MP4/4 in 1988. Incredible machines
@@joshjackburns the bmw engine had reliability issues brought on by Murray canting it for a lower angle, to get the crank lower in the chassis. This cause oil starvation and blown engines.
@@ironmantooltime it wasn’t just the 18 degree angle of the engine however because 1300hp out of a 1.5l 4 cylinder is going to be incredibly unreliable
The death of Elio caused big changes to future testing weekends. The lack of marshalls meant that help was delayed and in fact some of his team had to drive to the scene in hire cars. This is well documented in David Tremayne's "Science of Safety" book on F1. Elio had minor injuries but could not extricate himself from the upturned car. He suffocated on smoke inhalation. A tragic but preventable death.
@zicoskywalker Great times, yes. Piquet was a master, yes. Oh, what's this? Memo to Zico: BT55 was raced in 1986. Drivers were Patrese, De Angelis and Warwick.
I agree it was a lovely looking car, but like the AVS Shadow in CanAm, whatever advantage the design gave was completely and utterly wiped out by a huge number of terminal disadvantages. If I remember right, Warwick said he thought it was probably the worst car he ever had to drive in F1.
Great footage & sound track. I started following F1 after watching a promo for the first Australian Grand Prix in 1985. It showed all the drivers and Elio looked great in his Lotus JPS, so picked that car and driver as favourite. When he was tragically killed I followed his former team mate Aryton Senna. Elio's crash was apparently caused by the rear wing failing and breaking off. The low slung design and huge rear wing put pressure on rear of the car. Elio would have survived if help was quick.
The BT55 worked in theory.However its low shape presented a certain problem. Since Brabham used the BMW roadcar engine sourced straight 4 turbo,the engine had to be tilted at such an angle, the gearbox was therefore places offset. This screwed up the whole centre of gravity and the car was twitchy and unpredictable However Gordon Murray did a BT55 that DID work in McLaren MP4/4 (15 out of 16 wins) in 1988,using the very same principle.With the Honda V6 turbo there was no need to tilt the engine
fantastic material. thanks for collecting and for uploading. I am not sure whether or not is was better NOT to show scenes from Elio de Angelis' fatal crash. Maybe the way you handled ist was the best way to do it.
1986 was a forgettable year for Brabham, & as it turned out the beginning of the end. It's most successful driver Nelson Piquet (along with founder Jack Brabham), who delivered two world championships for them, had left to join Williams. Riccardo Patrese returned to the team after two rather disastrous seasons at Alfa Romeo. In his first time at Brabham he achieved two victories for them, at a time when Brabham was a front-running team. He was joined by Elio de Angelis, who's entire career was at Lotus where he got two victories apart from his first season which was at Shadow, where his best result for them was 4th. Tragically for the latter he was killed in a testing accident for the team between the fourth & fifth rounds at Paul Ricard which he would have survived but for near non-existent marshalling. He was replaced by Derek Warwick but was an outright disaster for him, scoring no points where Patrese fared little better achieving two. The Gordon Murray designed BT55 in itself was aerodynamically good, making it fast in straight-line speeds but the positioning of the BMW engine made the car getaway slowly & sluggish coming out of corners. It resulted in Murray quitting Brabham at the end of the season & moving to McLaren while Brabham's decline continued.
Too bad the Brabham budget on this year was not up to the innovative solutions of this car. Probably the lowest gravity center car ever in the F1, even with a tilted engine to help in achieving it.
They ran the older BT-54 at that race as a back to back comparison against the BT-55. That's how desperate Brabham was getting to understand how they might improve the BT-55. Sad result for what looked an amazing concept in F1.
One of the most good looking F.1 cars ever.I used to support Brabham since Piquet's era.I remember so well when Elio died in le Castellet,so sad,he was a nice and humble man.
Thank you sincerely for making this. The BT55 is one of my favorite gp cars. RIP Elio.
The true about the BT55 was that designer Gordon Murray after a few races recognised the car was a disaster and wanted to rebuild the car but the budget was on his limit. After the '86 season Murray leaved Brabham for McLaren. It was the begin of the end of the Brabham team
U mean he left brabham?
BT55のスピリットは後の最強マシン、MP4/4に受け継がれた
Ouch..that music is painful!!!
The aerodynamics of the BT55 worked. More downforce with no affect to drag making it good through the turns and very quick in a straight line. The problem was the slanted BMW engine. Severe oil surge made the BMW's already poor throttle response even worse. On top speed the car was as fast as anything, but on acceleration it was very sluggish. Murray always said that the lowline concept of the car would work much better with a smaller V6 engine like the TAG-Porsche or Honda. The 1988 McLaren MP4/4 (designed by Steve Nichols and not Murray as many believe, though Murray did help) with its Honda V6 proved that.
Considering recent coverage your comment is remarkably astute. The form of the brabham is unmistakably similar to mp4/4, both were the same new concept. Only it worked in the mp4/4. Would the mclaren have been good without such a low line? Nichols says he didn't seek a low line, it just happened. But gordon undeniably did seek it, pursuing honda for a lower angle v and developing the gearbox with weismann. The smaller clutch was irrelevant if they couldn't get the drive to the rear wheels. So if the mclaren was more an mp4/3 with a small clutch and a honda engine would it still have been good? Probably. But it arguably wouldn't have been so dominant without also having the low line aero package. We have to attribute the low line to murray, and every car that followed used it. And arguably that was the defining feature of the mp4/4, but you'd need a simulation to prove it.
Yeah, although it’s engine, the BMW M12/13 was by far one of the most powerful in F1 history, it had heaps of reliability issues because it was making over 1300hp with 5.0bar of boost in qualifying trim, Benetton’s B186 also used it. That’s where the Mclaren MP4/3’s inspiration came from, Mclaren soon realising it wasn’t as good as intended, they went back to the drawing board and came out with the MP4/4 in 1988. Incredible machines
@@joshjackburns the bmw engine had reliability issues brought on by Murray canting it for a lower angle, to get the crank lower in the chassis. This cause oil starvation and blown engines.
@@ironmantooltime it wasn’t just the 18 degree angle of the engine however because 1300hp out of a 1.5l 4 cylinder is going to be incredibly unreliable
A smaller v6? The bmw was a 4 cilinder...
Brabham BT52 - Most beautiful F1 car of all times
My opinion...
Great Times,thanks for post,Piquet is the master ever
The end of Elio, and the start of the end for Brabham.
🏁 R.I.P. Team F1 Brabham (1972-1992) And
Sir.Jack Brabham (1926-2014) 🏁
ELIO, FANTASTICO! DIVINO!!!!! O MELHOR ENTRE TODOS.
The death of Elio caused big changes to future testing weekends. The lack of marshalls meant that help was delayed and in fact some of his team had to drive to the scene in hire cars. This is well documented in David Tremayne's "Science of Safety" book on F1. Elio had minor injuries but could not extricate himself from the upturned car. He suffocated on smoke inhalation. A tragic but preventable death.
@zicoskywalker Great times, yes. Piquet was a master, yes. Oh, what's this? Memo to Zico: BT55 was raced in 1986. Drivers were Patrese, De Angelis and Warwick.
É uma das minhas maiores tristezas saber que esse carro não deu certo. Era lindo demais.
Felizmente, a Honda teria um motor mais compatível, digamos assim, com o projeto de Gordon Murray.
O que cagou no carro foi o bmw turbo que era potente mas pouco duravel e pneus Pirelli
Se tivesse um motor honda ou renault e pneus bridgestone seria um dos melhores carros
R.I.P. Elio De Angelis (1958-1986)
I agree it was a lovely looking car, but like the AVS Shadow in CanAm, whatever advantage the design gave was completely and utterly wiped out by a huge number of terminal disadvantages. If I remember right, Warwick said he thought it was probably the worst car he ever had to drive in F1.
マーレイらしい設計だ！
Brabham - Back To the Trash
Great footage & sound track. I started following F1 after watching a promo for the first Australian Grand Prix in 1985. It showed all the drivers and Elio looked great in his Lotus JPS, so picked that car and driver as favourite. When he was tragically killed I followed his former team mate Aryton Senna. Elio's crash was apparently caused by the rear wing failing and breaking off. The low slung design and huge rear wing put pressure on rear of the car. Elio would have survived if help was quick.
The BT55 worked in theory.However its low shape presented a certain problem. Since Brabham used the BMW roadcar engine sourced straight 4 turbo,the engine had to be tilted at such an angle, the gearbox was therefore places offset. This screwed up the whole centre of gravity and the car was twitchy and unpredictable
However Gordon Murray did a BT55 that DID work in McLaren MP4/4 (15 out of 16 wins) in 1988,using the very same principle.With the Honda V6 turbo there was no need to tilt the engine
エリオ・デ・アンジェリス選手の活躍は、何度もビデオで見たけど
1986年F1グランプリシーズンで
ブラバムBT55BMWが
エリオ・デ・アンジェリス選手生涯最後のF1だなんて...
Love this car when it came out!!!! Memories memories :)\
fantastic material. thanks for collecting and for uploading. I am not sure whether or not is was better NOT to show scenes from Elio de Angelis' fatal crash. Maybe the way you handled ist was the best way to do it.
R.I.P エリオ・デ・アンジェリス…
1986 was a forgettable year for Brabham, & as it turned out the beginning of the end. It's most successful driver Nelson Piquet (along with founder Jack Brabham), who delivered two world championships for them, had left to join Williams. Riccardo Patrese returned to the team after two rather disastrous seasons at Alfa Romeo. In his first time at Brabham he achieved two victories for them, at a time when Brabham was a front-running team. He was joined by Elio de Angelis, who's entire career was at Lotus where he got two victories apart from his first season which was at Shadow, where his best result for them was 4th. Tragically for the latter he was killed in a testing accident for the team between the fourth & fifth rounds at Paul Ricard which he would have survived but for near non-existent marshalling. He was replaced by Derek Warwick but was an outright disaster for him, scoring no points where Patrese fared little better achieving two.
The Gordon Murray designed BT55 in itself was aerodynamically good, making it fast in straight-line speeds but the positioning of the BMW engine made the car getaway slowly & sluggish coming out of corners. It resulted in Murray quitting Brabham at the end of the season & moving to McLaren while Brabham's decline continued.
Oh hey this video is back.
They ha a special engine from BMW to have a so low car. The motor had problem with the oil system.
Ciao❗Elio❗
Ciao Elio :(
mellilore é triste ricordare.. le castellet e la morte di un Galantuomo
@jcabb1 it's engine is the most powerfull engine in F1 history
1.5 liter BMW turbo engine producing 1500hp
but the car itself wasn't successful
Too bad the Brabham budget on this year was not up to the innovative solutions of this car. Probably the lowest gravity center car ever in the F1, even with a tilted engine to help in achieving it.
Why is there a bt54 and bt55 together 3:35
They ran the older BT-54 at that race as a back to back comparison against the BT-55. That's how desperate Brabham was getting to understand how they might improve the BT-55. Sad result for what looked an amazing concept in F1.
エリオ・デ・アンジェリス
生涯最後のF1マシン
What Grand Prix is that at 3:48
+Tharazero1 France Grand Prix（Paul Ricard）
追い越されてるから煙り吐いてるかの映像でwww
Una grande macchina, mortificata da un motore osceno .
the pit-stop at 2:55 0.o
マシン自体、いい結果を残せなかったけど
ブラバムの中で一番カッコよかった
fantastic video material - but horrific soundtrack ;-)
2400 hp pr ton ( top gear magazine)
ゴードンマレーBT55
if gordon hadn't have tilted the engine, it would have won...
What a mess to have put music
Please, vanish...
if this is your favorite car why do you show it getting passed, blowing up, or otherwise driving slow..? O wait its because this car was a DOG!
Malik Lowry engine was a dog! Lol