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Brabham Automotive is pleased to confirm that David Brabham and Will Powell will form its Pro-Am driver line-up as the iconic marque returns to sports car racing for the Britcar ‘Into The Night’ race at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit on November 9-10. Participation in this challenging two-hour race is the first step on Brabham’s road to Le Mans, and a showcase of the BT62’s competitive potential. David Brabham, Brabham Automotive’s Sporting Director returns to the cockpit to debut the Brabham BT62, following in his father’s footsteps by racing a car of his own construction. David brings a wealth of experience to the company’s Motorsport and Driver Development programmes. He is a former Formula 1 driver for Brabham and Simtek, and a multiple 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, including an outright win for Peugeot in 2009. He won three American Sports Car Championship titles and enjoyed wins in blue ribbon endurance events including 24-hour races at Daytona, Sebring and Spa, and at ...

Just two weeks ahead of its global unveiling, Brabham Automotive has released headline figures for the Brabham BT62, along with a photograph which gives a glimpse of its first car. The teaser image shows the rear of a low-slung, race-inspired car. The BT62’s thin LED accent tail lights are reflected in its extreme carbon fibre rear wing, which points to the car’s performance potential. With performance characteristics that point to the potency of the car, the new Brabham is pure-bred for the track and capable of setting blistering lap times, designed and engineered to demand more from the driver and reward the limited few who will rise to its challenge. The BT62 boasts a power-to-weight ratio of 730ps per tonne, a dry weight of just 972kg and is powered by a Brabham naturally-aspirated 5.4 litre capacity V8 engine. With its performance-optimised body and aggressive aerodynamic package, the Brabham BT62 delivers over 1200kg of downforce. Saving additional weight and with addi...

Brabham Automotive has today released a new video hinting at the performance potential of the Brabham BT62, which will be unveiled on Wednesday 2 May 2018. Captured during high-speed dynamic testing, the distinctive sound of the new Brabham engine at full throttle showcases a car that has been built to set blistering lap-times. Unquestionably fast, but about far more than outright speed, the Brabham BT62 is resolutely focused on uncompromising performance, handling and driver involvement. Born from a unique and historic racing pedigree, Brabham Automotive’s first car has been designed and engineered to demand more from the driver and reward the limited few who will rise to its challenge. A uniquely ‘Brabham’ vehicle in design, purpose and character, the Brabham BT62 marries echoes of the marque’s illustrious past with technology to harmonise driver and vehicle performance. Managing Director, David Brabham, who has been heavily involved in honing the character of th...

BRABHAM BT62 NAME AND ENGINE NOTE REVEALED IN NEW CLIP FROM BRABHAM AUTOMOTIVE Evoking the spirit of the iconic Brabham marque and the legendary cars that have carried its name, Brabham Automotive has today announced Brabham BT62 as the name of its first project, along with an audio tease of the car at idle during dynamic testing. Since 1961, when Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac began designing and manufacturing cars, all Brabham vehicles have been given the prefix ‘BT’, in honour of the team’s founders, along with a chassis numbering code for each specific type of car. With its unveiling less than two months away, the all-new Brabham BT62 continues the lineage of the marque’s greatest and most memorable cars, from BT7, the first Brabham to win a Formula 1 race, to BT19, which made history in becoming the first car bearing its driver's name to win a World Championship; the radical, ground-hugging BT46B ‘fan car’, and BT52, the first turbo-charged car to win a Formula 1 Wor...