1974 BRM P201

The 50th Anniversary of the BRM was marked at the Coys International  Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999 by a display of many of the cars and this was one of the cars in the display.

It's the 1974 BRM P201 which has a 2,998cc V12 BRM engine and competed in what was to be BRM team's last season in F1. It was driven that season mainly by Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Henri Pescarolo, Beltoise finishing in second place in the South African Grand Prix on the car's first appearance. That was the best result the car achieved and after a series of retirements and low-place finishes BRM called it a day. Louis Stanley soldiered on as the Stanley-BRM team for a couple more unsuccessful seasons after before finally closing the team down.

BRM (British Racing Motors)

BRM was formed in 1945 by Raymond Mays and Peter Berthon and their first car, the 1.5 litre supercharged V16 engined P15 started its first race in 1950. BRM continued in racing till 1977 and the car pictured below is the 3 litre V12 P201 from 1974.

The P201 in the pit garage at Silverstone at the Historic tribute meeting in June 2004

Rob Hall rounding Luffield Corner during the Grand Prix Masters race