# Brabham BT62

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/brabham-bt62/
- Publisher: Racing Car Network (racingcarnetwork.com), the race car marketplace
- Type: car · Brand: Brabham
- Discipline: gt-cup
- Era: 2010s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06

The Brabham BT62 is the marque's 21st-century resurrection: David Brabham's 700 hp track-only hypercar from Adelaide, built in a run of 70 with Britcar-winning race credentials — a modern collectible wearing racing's most storied surname.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine | 5.4 L naturally aspirated V8 |
| Power | ~700 hp |
| Weight | ~972 kg dry |
| Gearbox | 6-speed sequential |
| Chassis | Steel/carbon hybrid, carbon body |
| Brakes | Carbon-carbon discs |
| Years | 2018–2021 (70 cars) |
| Class | Track hypercar / Britcar endurance |

## History

Brabham Automotive launched in 2018 with the family's third generation at the wheel: David Brabham — Le Mans winner, Jack's son — fronting an Adelaide-built, track-only machine engineered without road compromise. The BT62's recipe was unapologetic: 5.4-litre naturally aspirated V8 (~700 hp), under a tonne dry, over 1,200 kg of downforce, carbon-carbon brakes — lap-time hardware pitched against the world's GT2/Cup-car elite.

Production was capped at 70 cars, honouring the marque's 70 F1-season anniversary, with liveries offered in tribute to championship Brabhams; a road-compliance conversion and the track-focused BT62R variant followed as the company explored the customer base. Competition proof arrived through Britcar endurance racing in the UK — outright wins and a championship-winning programme — plus a Bathurst 6 Hour appearance demonstrating the racing intent was genuine.

The company's subsequent quietness makes the run a closed set: 70 cars, family provenance, real race results — the classic ingredients of modern-era collectibility, trading in the rarefied track-hypercar market alongside Senna GTRs and their kin.

## Palmarès

Britcar Endurance Championship race wins and title success (2019–21 era programmes) as the model's competition proof; Bathurst 6 Hour outing in Australia; class demonstrations at Goodwood — the modern record of a 70-car run built to validate a resurrected name.

## What to check before you buy

A closed-run collectible with usable teeth: verify build number within the 70, factory service history (Adelaide-built; UK-based support served European cars), and whether the car carries the road-conversion or BT62R track packages — configuration meaningfully affects both value and use. Race-history cars (Britcar campaigners) trade on documented results; unraced tribute-livery cars on preservation. The V8's servicing is specialist but conventional; carbon-carbon brake consumables are the notable running cost. Thin market, brand-story-driven pricing — buy the documentation file and the number, then the car.

## Did you know

- The 70-car cap honoured 70 years since the Brabham story's F1 beginnings — each car offered in a livery honouring one of the marque's championship seasons.
- David Brabham raced the BT62 himself in Britcar — a Le Mans winner and the founder's son doing customer-racing proof-of-concept at Silverstone club meetings.
- At over 1,200 kg of downforce, the BT62 makes more aerodynamic load than its own dry weight — GT3 machinery corners in its mirrors.

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