Brabham BT23

This page is designed to act as a summary of the information being collected and discussed on a Brabham BT23 thread in the 10 Tenths Chassis Archive. The histories have been constructed by Andrew Fellowes with the extensive assistance of Allen Brown, Bryan Miller, David McKinney, Chris Townsend, Philippe Demeyer, Ted Walker, Simon Hadfield, Steve Wilkinson and others. 

BT23-1 RF5 FVA 7021
1967 Jack Brabham
1968-9 Irish Racing Cars/Tommy Reid
1970 Walter Kinnear
1971 Nelson Todd rebuilt with new frame to BT23C spec.
1972 Roy Courtney (NB: Nelson says he sold it to Maurice Stirling)
1973 Maurice Stirling
nothing more ‘till
1982 For Sale by Northdown Racing, Ripley, Surrey
next with Bob Wilson, Glasgow and sold to
1984 Jon Bradburn
1984-6 Andrew Fellowes
198? John Moulds & retains 2007

BT23-2 RF6 FVA 7012
1967 Denny Hulme/Frank Gardner
1968 Enzo Corti, November, Rome GP
1969 Scuderia Picchio Rosso/Enzo Cort, (23-4 scratched on chassis)
1970 Vittorio Brambilla, last used at Tulln Langlebarn on the 13th September
nothing further.

BT23-3 RF8 FVA 7003
1967 Frank Gardner
1968 Xavier Perrot, Günther Huber
1969 Damaged at Nürburgring 27th April by a Porsche landing on top of it. (Perrot had already bought BT23C-17 earlier)
1969 Jo Siffert
1970-5 Jacques Joliat, (CH). 1971 replaced FVA with FVC
1975-6 Michel Salvi, (CH) sold to Ribager nr Mulhouse
1979 Alain Ribager
1982 Jean-Pierre Mutel (probably)
1984 Gérard Gamand found nr Valance, France with Renault engine
1989 Michel Champelovier
sold to Hollinger
2006 Thierry De Mortier

BT23-4 FVA 7008
1967 Winklemann for Rees
1968 Walter Habegger (CH), *1
1969 Gérard Pillon (CH), *2
1969 (listed as Enzo Corti at Rheims and Albi)
nothing further

BT23-5
1967 Winklemann for Rindt & van Lennep
1968 Denny Hulme, accident NZ, Feo Stanton & Alex Mildren bought the wreck,
then to Bob Brittan (less suspension), to Graham Hepburn to
1981 Denis Lupton, Melbourne (who also bought the suspension, by then with Les Sargent)
1983 George Goodare, Sydney & retains 2007

BT23-6 RF10-01 FVA 7027
1967 Whitley Racing Services for Robin Widdows
1968-71 Dr Ehrlich, believed to have been rebuilt as Dr. Ehrlich’s 1969 F3 EMC later raced by Jody Scheckter.
1971-74 G.Hyatt *3
1974-77 R. Strange for hillclimbs. *3
1977-84 D. McLaughlin, (unrestored)
1984-88 P. Coleman, restored.
1989-93 Chris Holland
1993-97 Jay Galpin, full rebuild to correct spec.
1997-00 Barry Marquardt
2000-05 Bob Baker
2006- David Jacobs

BT23-7
1967 Gerhard Mitter
1968 Werner Lindermann
1969 Werner Lindermann/Montan Racing
1970 Montan Racing/ Helmut Gall, last seen at Hockenheim on April 12th, then destroyed?
nothing further

BT23-8 Alfa
1967 Nanni Galli
1968 Giorgio Pianta, Enrico Pinto
1969 Claudio Francisci, Novamotor, 3rd Italian F3 Championship
1990 reported in Italy

BT23-9
1967 David Bridges for Brian Redman
1969 Etienne Vigoureux, Rouen F3
nothing further

*1 BT23-4 may have been given the wrong chassis plate on rebuild, see BT23-2
*2 One report suggests sold to Bruno Frey (CH).
*3 Unconfirmed

These histories last updated by Andrew Fellowes on 6 Jan 2008.