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Brabham cars built their first formula car in 1961 - this being a Formula Junior prototype, the BT1. Why BT, the answer is simple the 'B' comes from the Brabham of Jack Brabham's name and the 'T' from his chief designer, Ron Taurnac. Within any BT number was a range of updates, these were designated with a letter; the first update being an 'A', the second a 'B' etc.
Examples:
Brabham BT1 the first car, a Formula Junior prototype built for 1961
Brabham BT2 a production Formula Junior car built for 1962
Brabham BT3 the prototype Formula 1 car built for 1962
Brabham BT4 an Inter-Continental Formula car built for 1963
Brabham BT5 a Sports Racing car built for 1963
Brabham BT6 a Formula 1 car built for 1963
Brabham BT7 an Inter-Continental Formula car built for 1964
Brabham BT8 a Sports Racing car built for 1964
Brabham BT9 a Formula 3 car built for 1964
Brabham BT10 a Formula 2 car built for 1964
Brabham BT11 a Formula 1 car built for 1964
Brabham BT12 an Indianapolis car built for 1964
Brabham BT14 build in 1965
Brabham BT16 Formula 1, 2 or 3 car built for 1965
Brabham BT21 Formula 3, B, Libre car for 1968
Brabham BT23 Built for 1968
Brabham BT30 Formula 2 car built for 1970
Brabham BT35 Formula 2 car built for 1971
Brabham BT35C Formula 2 car built for 1971
Brabham BT38/40 Mix of Formula 2 7 Atlantic fro 1972 and 1973
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