IF SONS ARE MEANT TO SURPASS THEIR fathers, David Brabham has a more difficult challenge than most: his father, Jack Brabham, was a legend in the motor racing community before his passing away in 2014 at the age of 88. Jack not only owned a Formula 1 team and race cars, but also raced his own vehicles himself, winning a commendable 14 grand prix and three world championships. The legendary Australian till date remains the only driver to have won an F1 World Championship in a car of his own design and construction, in addition to competing in many of motorsports&rsquo; most storied races, like the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Indy 500.To be fair, David has achieved his own racing glory, having won Le Mans himself. But his greatest challenge, in both preserving his father&rsquo;s legacy and building one of his own, is that of replicating his father&rsquo;s success in building world-class race cars. Under Jack Brabham&rsquo;s leadership, the Brabham Racing Organisation crafted some of the most dominant single-seater race cars in the &rsquo;60s and &rsquo;70s, until it ceased racing in 1992. So, if the family&rsquo;s motorcar company, Brabham Automotive, is going to reach new heights under David&rsquo;s leadership, the only acceptable place to do so is right where his father did: on the track.<img src="http://magarticles.magzter.com/articles/884/315217/5bf65d0ee44f0/1542872407_loc.jpg"" owidth=1751 oheight=1119" style="height:447px; width:700px" />More than a decade in the making, the relaunched company debuted its maiden production, the BT62, earlier this year. Named BT in honour of the company&rsquo;s original founders, Brabham and Ron Tauranac (the famous British-Australian engineer and race-car designer who&rsquo;s now 93), the track-focused supercar proves worthy of the Brabham name. The beast boasts a weight of only 972 kg, and houses a truly &lsquo;heavyweight&rsquo; power plant&mdash;the Brabham 5.4-litre, 32-valve V-8 engine, producing 700 bhp and 667 Nm of torque. The mid-engine layout, paired with a Holinger six-speed motorsport sequential transmission, provides the excellent balance needed to control a car with 720 bhp per tonne. The term &lsquo;fast,&rsquo; therefore, would be an understatement.<img src="http://magarticles.magzter.com/articles/884/315217/5bf65d0ee44f0/1542872414_loc.jpg"" owidth=1113 oheight=713" style="height:448px; width:700px" />On the track, weight is the mortal enemy of speed, so Brabham went to extremes in cutting kilograms wherever possible. Much of the car is made of carbon-fibre, including, but not limited to, the body panels, front splitter, rear diffuser, rear wing, and even the barge boards and floor. The detachable steering wheel, custom-made by Brabham, is also made of the weight-saving material. The BT62 relies on Brembo carbon-on-carbon brakes, which keep it stable through the weight shifts of deceleration with the support of double wishbone suspensions at the front and rear, assisted by the car&rsquo;s ability to create massive amounts of down force with its aggressive aero package and rear wing. The company claims the car more than doubles its effective weight when seeking the grip of friction for turning and braking.<img src="http://magarticles.magzter.com/articles/884/315217/5bf65d0ee44f0/1542872421_loc.jpg"" owidth=1113 oheight=725" style="height:456px; width:700px" />Brabham has announced a run of 70 units for the BT62, the first 35 of which are painted with liveries honouring each of the company&rsquo;s 35 Formula 1 GP victories. At a base price of around $1.3 million, the supercar is an expensive toy for use exclusively on racetracks (the cars aren&rsquo;t meant for public roads)... but, given the numerous supercar options available to today&rsquo;s millionaire and car-collector clientele, standing out means a lot&mdash;and the BT62 is already forcing the industry sit up and take notice. It seems after disappearing for a couple of decades, Brabham is back at the front of the pack.

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