In 1951, the British racing team BRM (British Racing Motors) entered a car in a Grand Prix for the first time. The first car was also the most spectacular, as it was powered by a V16 engine. There were respectable successes, but no really big wins. In 1952 and 1953, Formula 1 was contested with smaller cars, and the era of the P15 V16 came to an end before the car was fully developed.
One car has survived, it is in a museum. However, the plans and design drawings have all been archived and they now provide the basis for Hall & Hall to build so-called continuations of the P15 (on consecutive chassis numbers reserved at the time) on the basis of around 20,000 original drawings.
For the time being, just a handful are to be built and they are to race again, as they will comply with the FIA HTP rules.
Demonstration drives with the replica cars are to take place next year, to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the first World Championship Grand Prix participation. This is something to look forward to, as the BRM P15 was certainly one of the best-sounding racing cars of all time.
There is a nice video on the BRM website, which is also shown here in a similar form.
