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A superb and rare photo of Graham Hill in his magnificent BRM P56 “Stackpipe” 578 - Formula 1 race car, seen in before action during the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, which was the first championship Grand Prix victory for the P56 engined race car.
British
Racing Motors (generally known as BRM) was a British Formula 1 motor racing team. Founded in
1945, it raced from 1950 to 1977, competing in 197 Grand Prix and winning
BRM was founded just after the Second World War by Raymond Mays, who had built several hillclimb and road racing cars under the ERA brand before the war, and Peter Berthon, a long-time associate. Mays' pre-war successes (and access to pre-war Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union design documents) inspired him to build an all-British Grand Prix car for the post-war era, as a national prestige project (which, naturally, he would drive himself!) with the backing (both financially and in kind and labour) of the British motor industry and its suppliers channeled through a trust fund. This proved to be an unwieldy way of organizing and financing the project, and as some of the backers withdrew, disappointed with the team's slow progress and early results, it fell to one of the partners in the trust, Alfred Owen of the Rubery Owen group of companies, which primarily manufactured car parts, to take over the team in its entirety. Between 1954 and 1970 the team entered its works F1 cars under the official name of the Owen Racing Organisation. Berthon and Mays continued to run the team on his behalf into the 1960s, before it was handed over to Louis Stanley, the husband of Sir Alfred's sister Jean Owen.
A factory was set up in Spalding
Road, Bourne, Lincolnshire, behind
Eastgate House, Mays' family home. (At this stage it was in the former ERA
works, vacated in 1939 and used in 1944 as a billet for the Parachute Regiment
as it regrouped before going to Arnhem.) Several people involved with ERA
returned to the firm to work for BRM, including Harry Mundy and Eric Richter.
The first post-war set of rules for the top level of motor racing allowed
The Type 15, which was the designation for the V16 car won
the first two races it actually started, the Formula Libre and Formula One
events at Goodwood in September, 1950, driven by Reg Parnell. However, it was
never to be so successful again. The engine proved unreliable and difficult to
develop, and the team's development efforts were not up to the task of
improving the situation. A string of failures caused much embarrassment, and
the problems were still unsolved when the CSI announced in
1952 that for
This is a very nice and very rare photo that reflects a wonderful era of BRM ‘s automotive history in a wonderful way. This is your rare chance to own this photo, therefore it is printed in a nice large format of ca. 8" x 11" (ca. 20 x 28 cm). It makes it perfectly suitable for framing.
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No copyright expressed or implied. Sold as collectable item only. We are clearing out our archives that we have gathered from various sources.
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We have photographs that came from professional collections and/or were bought from the original photographer or press studio! They are all of professional and excellent quality.
After many decades of professionally collecting photographs and posters we are clearing out our archives. They make the perfect gift and are perfectly suited for framing. They will look gorgeous unframed and will be a true asset nicely framed with a border. They are a gorgeous and great asset in every home, workshop, workplace, restaurant, bar or club!
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