Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Renault ya gabatar da injunan turbo zuwa Formula One a 1977. Brabham ya gwada BMW hudu-silinda M12 turbocharged engine a lokacin rani na 1981. Don kakar 1982, ƙungiyar ta tsara sabon mota, BT50, kusa da injin BMW wanda, kamar injin Repco shekaru 16 da suka gabata, ya dogara ne akan rukunin injin motar hanya, BMW M10. Brabham ya ci gaba da gudanar da BT49D mai amfani da Cosworth a farkon lokacin kakar yayin da aka warware matsalolin aminci da na'urorin BMW. Dangantakar ta kusan ƙare, tare da masana'antar Jamusanci ta nace cewa Brabham yayi amfani da injin su. Motar turbo ta samu nasarar farko a gasar Grand Prix ta Kanada. A gasar zakarun masu kera, kungiyar ta kammala a matsayi na biyar, direbobin Riccardo Patrese, wanda ya ci nasara na karshe na haɗin Brabham-Ford a Monaco Grand Prix
, na 10 da kuma zakaran duniya Piquet na 11 ne kawai a gasar zakarun duniya. A cikin kakar 1983, Piquet ya jagoranci jagorancin gasar daga Alain Prost na Renault a tseren karshe na shekara, Grand Prix na Afirka ta Kudu don zama direba na farko da ya lashe gasar tseren Formula One Drivers 'World Championship tare da motar turbo-powered. Teamungiyar ba ta lashe Gasar Masu Gina ba a cikin 1981 ko 1983, duk da nasarar Piquet. Riccardo Patrese ne kawai direba banda Piquet don lashe tseren don Brabham a wannan lokacin - direbobi a cikin motar na biyu sun ba da gudummawar kaɗan daga cikin maki na ƙungiyar a kowane ɗayan waɗannan wasannin. Patrese ya gama na tara a gasar zakarun matafiya tare da maki 13, ya sauke kungiyar a bayan Ferrari da Renault zuwa na uku a gasar zakarun masu kera.