TIMELINE: Brabham F1 team history

The re-establishment of Brabham as a top flight racing team comes more than two decades after the iconic outfit closed its doors as a trail-blazing F1 team.

Brabham, set-up originally under Sir Jack Brabham’s Motor Racing Developments banner in England in 1962, captured four drivers titles and two constructors championships.

Following Jack Brabham’s retirement from grand prix racing in 1970 the team would fall into the hands of Bernie Ecclestone until his growing commercial interests in F1 saw him jettison the team in 1987.

Brabham would, for its remaining years, endure a difficult ride and a couple of ownership changes before the team eventually ceased operation in 1992.

See below for a snapshot of the Brabham F1 team:

1962: Team established under Sir Jack Brabham’s Motor Racing Developments company. Runs one car for Brabham.

1963: American Dan Gurney joins Brabham in a two-car effort.

1964: Gurney and Brabham continue with the former winning the team’s first races in France and Mexico.

1966: Brabham takes the drivers and constructors title.

1967: Kiwi Denny Hulme beats Brabham to the title by five points

1972: Team comes under Bernie Ecclestone’s control.

1978: Team unleashes the ‘fan car’ designed by Gordon Murray which won on debut for Niki Lauda. The car causes a storm as he used a giant engine-driven fan which sucked the car to the road. The BT 46 was eventually withdrawn from competition to avoid any further controversy.

1981: Brabham wins the championship with Nelson Piquet.

1983: Piquet beats Alain Prost by two points to claim Brabham’s fourth drivers title.

1987: Ecclestone’s final year as team owner.

1988 The team sits out the season before Ecclestone announces the sale of the squad to Swiss businessman Joachim Luhti.

1989: The Brabham team’s new owner does not have long to ponder his new acquisition as he is arrested on tax fraud charges by mid-year. Ultimately the Middlebridge Group borrows a fortune to acquire the team.

1992: The team bows out with the car only qualifying for three races in South Africa, Great Britain and Hungary for its final grand prix appearance.

Damon Hill finishes 11th at Hungary with the Middlebridge Group unable to make the repayments after buying the team.

The Landhurst leasing firm which had loaned the money to Middlebridge goes into liquidation with one of the most innovative teams in F1 history closing its doors.

2014: David Brabham unveils, Project Brabham, which will see the revival of the iconic team firstly in sports car prototype racing and ultimately a return to F1.

See below for key Brabham team statistics