BRM
(1955 - 1975)
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A wide variety of car companies have already been working on the turbine car. They promised a future with simpler drives and powerful vehicles. Prototypes and even small series were created. Rover was also a pioneer, building several turbine cars and even considering series production. This article summarizes the turbine years at Rover and forms the start of a small series that will then go into more detail about individual cars.
After the less successful P15, BRM developed a much simpler monoposto with the P25, which nevertheless offered some refinements. However, the car initially proved to be very unreliable, even if there was no lack of basic speed. Eventually, reliability improved and the first victories followed. Its career ended prematurely when the mid-engine revolution began, which BRM was also unable to escape. This racing car report describes the history of the four-cylinder BRM and shows it in modern and historical images.
Time and again, independent-minded engineers in Formula 1 planned the great innovation leap, including Tony Rudd in the mid-sixties. He developed a sixteen-cylinder engine with a 180-degree cylinder angle and two banks of cylinders, one above the other. What promised high performance on paper proved only partially successful in racing. This Formula 1 technical report looks back at the unique design and its history.
Around 40 years ago, Formula 1 racing cars were still comparatively simple vehicles and there were few secrets about their design principles. Most of them even used the same engine. In 1973, the magazine 'hobby' analyzed the leading Grand Prix cars. This report reproduces the original text and graphics of that article and supplements it with contemporary and current pictures of the vehicles mentioned, or rather their predecessors or successors.
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