Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Brabham ya fara kakar 1982 tare da BMW guda biyu BT50 a Grand Prix na Afirka ta Kudu, inda Piquet da Patrese suka cancanci na biyu da na huɗu, amma sun yi ritaya a farkon tseren. Babban jami'in kungiyar Bernie Ecclestone yana karkashin matsin lamba daga mai daukar nauyin kungiyar, Parmalat, don kare zakaran Piquet, kuma ya zabi yin tsere da motar Cosworth BT49 a gasar Grand Prix ta Brazil, wanda Piquet ya lashe amma daga baya aka dakatar da shi saboda keta iyakar nauyin nauyi ta hanyar amfani da "birki mai sanyaya ruwa". Dukkanin direbobin biyu sun yi tseren BT49 a Long Beach Grand Prix, kuma kungiyar ta kaurace wa San Marino Grand Prix a matsayin wani bangare na yakin FISA<unk>FOCA da ke gudana. Don tseren na gaba, Grand Prix na Belgium, Piquet da Patrese sun koma BT50, amma Piquet ya gama da'irar uku a bayan mai nasara kuma Patrese ya yi ritaya. Yayin da dangantakar da ke tsakanin Brabham, BMW da Parmalat ta zama mai rikitarwa, Ecclestone ya tilasta yin sulhu, tare da Piquet na ci gaba da haɓaka BT50 yayin da Patrese ke tsere da Cosworth chassis. A gasar Monaco Grand Prix
, Patrese ya ci nasara, yayin da Piquet ya kasance fiye da dakika biyu a cikin cancantar kuma ya yi ritaya daga tseren. Mafi ƙarancin shigar BMW a cikin Formula One ya zuwa yanzu ya zo ne a Detroit Grand Prix, inda matsalolin amincin injin ya hana Piquet cancanta.