Ex-david Purley Brabham finally makes a race comeback

The ex-david Purley Brabham BT28 one-litre F3 car raced for the first time since the mid1970s when new owner Steve Jones contested the Historic F3 races at Donington Park.

The Brabham had been stored at Retro Track and Air for 20 years before Jones bought it and commissioned the Retro team to rebuild it.

Purley raced the BT28 in 1970 on his way up to Formula 1 and it was then fitted with a Lotus twin-cam for Formula Libre. “I bought it at the beginning of the project,” said Jones, who claimed ninth and seventh place finishes. He elected not to race the car at Goodwood because of the snow.