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In 1983, a small revolution began to take place in Formula 1. The side skirts were abolished, and this forced the teams to adopt emergency solutions, with the new single-seaters being modified only to comply with the regulations. Few ventured to design one from scratch: this was the case of Bernie Ecclestone, Gordon Murray and the Brabham team, who literally demolished the new BT51 model to come up with a new car, shaped like an arrow, which would be an arrow on the track, and which would fuel a lot of controversy and conspiracy theories... precisely because of its fuel system. ???? DISCOVER THE FORGOTTEN CHAMPIONSHIP: https://we-race.it/series/campionato-... ❤️ IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT OUR WORK: Our t-shirts: https://f1dimenticata.redbubble.com Donations: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/f1dim... Follow us on Facebook: / formula1dimenticata Follow us on Instagram: / f1dimenticata Follow us on TikTok: / laf1dimenticata Live: / laf1dimenticata ???? TEAM Texts and direction: Matteo Nervo Editing: Andrea Porello Supervision: Yuri Scali Graphics: Matteo Maero ???? Let's get in touch: https://f1dimenticata.com/ 00:00 Introduction 02:30 The BT52 project 08:48 Start in fits and starts 12:58 The Kyalami case '83 16:50 Rocket Fuel 22:14 Fuel-Gate Begins