1972 Brabham BT37

This car took part in the Silverstone International Trophy Race for Pre 1978 Grand Prix Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's the 1972 Brabham BT37 of Rob Hall, about which the programme of the event says:

'Rob Hall has flown in the sole surviving BT37, which John Watson raced here in the 1973 British GP, an event fabled by the destructive first lap accident triggered by McLaren's new boy Jody Scheckter.'

The Brabham BT37 was designed by Ralph Bellamy and had a 2,993cc V8 Cosworth DFV engine, but wasn't a particularly successful car. Two cars were built and this car is chassis BT37/2, the car with the best two results, fourth place for Carlos Reutemann in the 1972 Canadian Grand Prix, and another fourth place for Andrea de Adamich in the 1973 Belgian Grand Prix.

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