Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Tae noa ki te whakauru mai o te BT3 i whakamahia e te kapa Brabham tetahi motuka Lotus 24 mo nga whakataetae tuatahi o te tau 1962 Formula One. I tumanako a Brabham raua ko Tauranac kia rite te Brabham BT3 i te wa mo te 1962 British Grand Prix, engari i te 3 o te ata i mua o te whakataetae ka kitea kua tohaina ki a raatau te punaha whakapau kino. I oti te motuka i te wiki i muri mai ka whakamatautauria he whakamatautau poto i te Goodwood Circuit me Brands Hatch. Kātahi ka tukuna atu ki Nürburgring mō tōna haerenga whakataetae tuatahi: te
Ko te 1962 German Grand Prix. Heoi, ko te putanga tuatahi o te BT3 i te whakataetae kaore i angitu. Whai muri i te ngoikoretanga o te miihini i te whakangungu, ka taea e Brabham te tohu i te 24th, ma te whakamahi i te miihini tuarua o te reanga i hangaia mai i nga waahanga kua tohaina. Whai muri i te huringa tuarua o te miihini i te po <unk> mo te waahanga kua oti te whakakotahi me te whakamatautau i te tere tere mai i nga kaihanga <unk> i rere pai te BT3 mo nga huringa tuatahi o te whakataetae. Ko te mahi miihini i te po i mahue ai te motuka hou me te hononga o te papahiko me te iwa o nga huringa, o te 15 i whakaritea, i raru a Jack Brabham ki te whakamahi i te pehanga nui kia tuwhera ai te papahiko. I te kore o te mana tika o te waka ka mutu a Brabham i te whakataetae.