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Clip from the BBC Four documentary “How to Go Faster and Influence People: The Gordon Murray F1 Story“ featuring Murrays Design for the Brabham BT46B Fan Car. The full documentary is here: Some more clips from older documentarties are here: From the original BBC description: “It's 1978 and the world of F1 is gathered at Anderstorp for the Swedish Grand Prix. Bernie Ecclestone's Brabham team is causing a commotion in the pit lane with its new car. Brabham's brilliant young designer Gordon Murray has stuck an eighteen inch diameter fan on the back of the car -- ostensibly to cool the engine, but with the crucial side effect of sucking the car to the road. As Murray recalls; 'The Fan Car went round hairpin bends as fast as 150 mph bends. It had a massive advantage.' Brabham's rivals, from Colin Chapman and Mario Andretti to Niki Lauda and Ronnie Peterson, are outra
