14 Mar 2019, 16:35 (Ref:3890470)
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Originally Posted by Born Racer
Thanks for that, John. I have now seen that it was apparently mid-engined: https://primotipo.com/tag/1955-australian-grand-prix/
Jack Brabham returned to Oz from his first season in Europe replete with a self-built Cooper T40 Bristol, winning the Port Wakefield race in the 2 litre, 150bhp, 1100lb, mid-engined car. Was it the first time a ‘modern era’ post-war mid-engined car won a national Grand Epreuve? |
That was a mistake on my part anyway, I was thinking of his front-engined Cooper T23 Bristol.
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