Formula One World Championship: Nelson Piquet (BRA) took pole position in the Brabham BT49C rumoured to be running a hydro-pneumatic suspension designed to circumnavigate the rule that cars had to be 6cm above the ground when measured. Nelson finished the race twelfth after a misguided choice to run slicks on a wet track. Brazilian Grand Prix, Rd2, Jacarepagua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 29 March 1981.
Nelson Piquet (BRA) took pole position in the Brabham BT49C rumoured to be running a hydro-pneumatic suspension designed to circumnavigate the rule that cars had to be 6cm above the ground when measured. Nelson finished the race twelfth after a misguided choice to run slicks on a wet track.
Brazilian Grand Prix, Rd2, Jacarepagua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 29 March 1981.
