Ron Tauranac

Ron Tauranac, born Ronald Sidney Tauranac, was a British-Australian engineer and racing car designer who died in 2020 at the age of 95. With the Formula One driver Jack Brabham he founded the Brabham constructor and racing team in 1962. After Brabham retired as a driver at the end of the 1970 season, Tauranac owned and managed the team until 1972, when he sold it to Bernie Ecclestone. He then returned to England to establish the Ralt marque, a name he and his brother Austin had used for specials in Australia in the 1950s. Ralt chassis won European Formula Three championships, and in October 1988 he sold the Ralt business to March Engineering for 1.25 million pounds. Later he did consulting work for the Arrows Formula One team and for Honda. In 2002 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to motor racing.