Although Brabham experimented with airdams and underbody skirts in the mid-1970s, the team, like the rest of the field, did not immediately understand Lotus's development of a ground effect car in 1977.
Aínda que Brabham experimentou con spoilers dianteiros e faldróns a mediados da década de 1970, o equipo, así como todo o resto dos competidores, non comprenderon inmediatamente o desenvolvemento de Lotus dun coche con efecto chan en 1977.