Saving on tyre wear at the Flugplatz. Nurburgring Nordschleife
Ralph Bellamy, the Australian Motor Racing Developments (MRD) engineer, had sketched a pyramid-section Formula One chassis before he left MRD in the 1972/73 off-season. Gordon Murray made the idea work in the tiny BT42 car of 1973, and the next season the much-improved, still pyramid-section BT44 and BT44B models with Martini & Rosso sponsorship brought Brabham back into the winner's circle. The unusual section concentrated the fuel load close to the track, punched a small hole in the air and offered useful upper surfaces to promote aerodynamic downthrust. To keep the the noseline clean, Murray used two small water radiators, one ahead of each front wheel.
I couldn't agree with you more.
Personally, I think the Formula One cars from this era, with the tall air boxes looked so good.
I'm going to stick my neck on the chopping block & say that I think PD can do a good job with the engine sounds if they try. They've done a pretty fair job with the Ferrari V8's so here's hoping they'd get the magnificent sound of a DFV spot on.
Definitely love to see more open wheelers. Correct me if I'm wrong, isn't it easier to licence any F1 car prior to Bernie's dictatorship?
If so, please PD get on to this one. Would also love to see some Indy 500 cars so that we can have more open wheelers in the game just like the same amount of rally cars.
Not sure what happened.
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