BRM V16 in Camera  

A photographic portrait of Britain's glorious Formula 1 failure  

By: Anthony Pritchard  

BRM (British Racing Motors) was a motor racing venture created in 1950 to represent Britain in the new Formula 1 category. A symbol of Britain's post-war rebirth, the BRM car did nothing by halves: its 1.5-litre 16-cylinder supercharged engine and advanced specification made it a technical tour de force, but it earned a reputation as a fantastic folly, such that Stirling Moss described it as 'without doubt the worst car I ever drove'. This book is a fascinating portrait of a racing car that still engenders enduring fascination.  

The story of the BRM V16 is explored through a remarkable collection of 400 period photographs, many not previously published.

The car’s protracted and painful design and development is outlined in detail.

Meticulous coverage of every race from 1950 to 1954.

The things that went wrong: crashes, shredded tyres (owing to the engine’s prodigious power), engine failures, team fallibilities, and so on.

Biographies of all the personalities involved, including team boss Raymond Mays and designer Peter Berthon.

The drivers are covered in detail: they include Stirling Moss, Juan Manuel Fangio, José Froilán González and Peter Collins.

Hardback, 280 x 230mm, 368 pages, 300 b&w 20 colour illustrations