Motorsport Moment – Gordon Murray-designed Brabham BT49-Cosworth

Nelson Piquet’s First Formula One Victory

Where: Long Beach / Date: March 30, 1980

Young Brazilian Nelson Piquet drove his Gordon Murray-designed Brabham BT49-Cosworth to his first Formula One victory in Long Beach on March 30, 1980. Note the sliding skirts along the edges of the undercar tunnels.

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