Car Name: | Brabham BT20 |
Category: | Formula One |
Wc Results Only: | Y |
Constructor: | Brabham |
Designer: | Ron Tauranac |
Predecessor: | BT19 |
Successor: | BT24 |
Team: | Brabham |
Drivers: | Jack Brabham Denny Hulme Guy Ligier John Love Silvio Moser Peter de Klerk |
Technical Ref: | [1] [2] |
Chassis: | Steel spaceframe, Fiberglass body |
Front Suspension: | Double wishbones, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar |
Rear Suspension: | Double wishbones, twin radius-arms, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar |
Engine Name: | Repco Type 620 |
Capacity: | 29941NaN1 |
Configuration: | 90° V8 |
Turbo/Na: | NA |
Engine Position: | mid-engined, longitudinally mounted |
Gearbox Name: | Hewland |
Gears: | 5 speed |
Type: | MT |
Weight: | 5600NaN0 |
Tyres: | Goodyear Firestone |
Debut: | 1966 French Grand Prix |
Races: | 22 |
Wins: | 1 |
Poles: | 2 |
Fastest Laps: | 1 |
Podiums: | 7 |
The Brabham BT20 is a Formula One car used by the Brabham Formula One team in and, as well as a number of privateers from to . The BT20 was the direct successor to the Brabham BT19 which was driven to the World Constructors' title in .
The BT20 was driven in 7 out of the 9 races of Brabham's Constructors' Championship winning season in 1966, and the first three races en route to another championship in 1967.
The BT20 was very successful in these seasons, scoring 7 podiums and one win (at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix) in its first 10 entries.
The BT20 was succeeded by the Brabham BT24.
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points | WCC |
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1966 | Brabham Racing Organisation | Repco 3.0 V8 | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | 42 (49)** | 1st | |||||
3 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 3 | ||||||||||||
Ret | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1967 | Brabham Racing Organisation | Repco 3.0 V8 | RSA | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | CAN | ITA | USA | MEX | 63 (67)** | 1st | |||
Jack Brabham | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Denny Hulme | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Guy Ligier | 10 | 8* | Ret | Ret | 11 | |||||||||||||
1968 | Team Gunston | Repco 3.0 V8 | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | 10** | 8th | ||
John Love | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
Charles Vögele Racing | Silvio Moser | DNQ | 5 | NC | DNQ | |||||||||||||
1969 | Jack Holme | Repco 3.0 V8 | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | 0 | - | |||
NC |
** Only 6 of the points which counted towards Brabham-Repco's 1966 Championship total were scored using the BT20; the remainder were scored using the BT19. Only 13 of the points which counted towards Brabham-Repco's 1967 Championship total were scored using the BT20; the remainder were scored using the BT19 and BT24. Only 2 of Brabham-Repco's 1968 points were scored using the BT20; the remainder were scored using the BT24 and BT26.