 Brabham akatanga mwaka wa1982 aine chassis mbiri dzeBT50 dzinoshandiswa neBMW paSouth African Grand Prix, uko Piquet naPatrese vakakwanisa wechipiri uye wechina zvichiteerana, asi vakasiya basa pakutanga mumakwikwi. Mutungamiri weboka Bernie Ecclestone akanga ari pasi pekumanikidzwa kubva kumutsigiri weboka racho, Parmalat, kuti adzivirire chikwata chaPiquet, uye akasarudza kukwikwidza neCosworth-powered BT49 chassis paBrazil Grand Prix, iyo Piquet yakakunda asi yakazobviswa pamusana pokudzivisa kuderedza kuderedza kuderedza nekushanda mabhureki emvura-kutonhora. Vatyairi vaviri vakamhanyirawo BT49 paLong Beach Grand Prix, uye timu yakaramba San Marino Grand Prix sechikamu chehondo yeFISAFOCA iri kuenderera mberi. Kumakwikwi akatevera, Belgian Grand Prix, Piquet naPatrese vakadzokera kuBT50, asi Piquet akapedza maoko matatu kumashure kwemukundi uye Patrese akasiya basa. Sezvo hukama pakati paBrabham, BMW naParmalat hwakaoma, Ecclestone akamanikidzwa kubvumirana, naPicquet achienderera mberi nekugadzira iyo BT50 nepo Patrese achimhanya neCosworth chassis. MuMonaco Grand Prix, Patrese akakunda, nepo Piquet aive anononoka nemasekondi maviri mukukodzera uye akasiya mujaho. Kusvika pari zvino, BMW yakanga isati yamboita zvakawanda muFormula One paGrand Prix yokuDetroit, apo zvinetso zvekuvimbika kweinjini zvakatadzisa Piquet kubva pakukwanisa. 