The pioneering pair who brought a new glory era to an F1 heavyweight
With the team’s founder now retired and a new boss at the helm, change was coming to Brabham – change that would shape the future of Formula 1. In the third part of our four-part history of Brabham, DAMIEN SMITH examines the effect Bernie Ecclestone had on the team
Bernie Ecclestone claims Ron Tauranac advised him to sack a young Gordon Murray and keep the rest when he took over Brabham – but instead he (Bernie) chose to do the opposite.
It’s an exaggeration, but the quip at least reflects Bernie’s ‘my-way’ approach as he swept a new broom through Jack Brabham’s New Haw factory in the early 1970s.
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