1968 BRM P133

The Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998 marked 50 years of racing at the circuit with a display of 50 cars marking each of those 50 years, some of which also took part in track parades throughout the weekend. This is the car that was chosen to represent 1968.

It's the 3 litre V12 1968 BRM P133 of Ean Pugh - at least that's what it says in the programme of the event. The P133 was produced in Bourne by BRM following the design of Len Terry's P126 which was built by his own Transatlantic Automotive Consultants company. There is some suggestion that the car pictured above is actually a P126. Only two examples of the P133 were built, the second of which was written off in an accident at the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix by Pedro Rodriguez. The remaining P133 was driven in the 1968 season by Pedro Rodriguez, and by Jackie Oliver in the first part of the 1969 season. The programme of the event made this brief mention of the car:

‘The BRM concern had its ups and downs but 1968 was one of its better years, and the 3-litre P133, as raced by Pedro Rodriguez, will certainly bring memories flooding back.’

Pedro Rodriguez didn’t win any of the races that year, but he had a second place finish at the Belgian Grand Prix, and two third, a fourth and a sixth place finish to end the season in sixth place in the World Drivers’ Championship table.'