British Racing Motors

Location: Bourne, England
Years in F1: 1951 - 1977
Team championships: 1962
Drivers Championships: 1962
Grand Prix victories: 17
Races started: 197
Pole positions: 11

BRM team history

The 1962 and 1963 seasons were the high point for the BRM team, but after this the team failed to keep up with changes to the formula and then lost its sponsorship deals.
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Previous seasons

1977

Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Larry Perkins NC 0 points
In this their final season they only started two races, failing to qualify in 8 other races.

1976

Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Ian Ashely
The team only entered the first race of the season and Ian Ashely did not complete the race.

1975

Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Mike Wilds NC 0 points
Bob Evans NC 0 points
This was a poor season with the four races they finished being outside the points.

1974

Position: 7
Points: 10
Race wins: 0
Jean-Pierre Beltoise 13th 10 points
Henri Pescarolo 0 points
Henri Francois Migault 0 points
Jean-Pierre Beltoise had one second place in what was other wise a comparatively poor season.

1973

Position: 7
Points: 12
Race wins: 0
Jean-Pierre Beltoise 10th 9 points
Niki Lauda 17th 2 points
Clay Regazzoni 17th 2 points
This season most of finishes were in the mid-field.

1972

Position: 7
Points: 14
Race wins: 1
Jean-Pierre Beltoise 11th 9 points
Holden Manley 13th 4 points
Peter Ge thin 21st 1 point
This was an inconsistent season with one race win and a series of retirements.

1971

Position: 2
Points: 36
Race wins: 2
Jo Sniffer 5th 19 points
Holden Manley 15th 5 points
Peter Ge thin 9th 9 points
Pedro Rodriguez 10th 9 points
This was a good season with race wins and two other podium finishes.

1970

Position: 7
Points: 23
Race wins: 1
Pedro Rodriguez 7th 23 points
Jackie Oliver 20th 2 points
This was a better season than the previous season with Pedro Rodriguez taking the one race win.

1969

Position: 6
Points: 7
Race wins: 0
John Surtees 11th 6 points
Jackie Oliver 17th 1 point
This was a difficult season with only 3 points scoring finishes.

1968

Position: 5
Points: 28
Race wins: 0
Pedro Rodriguez 6th 18 points
Richard Attwood 13th 6 points
This season was a slight improvement as there were less non-finishes.

1967

Position: 6
Points: 17
Race wins: 0
Jackie Stewart 9th 10 points
Mike Spence 10th 9 points
Jackie Stewart finished on the podium in 2 races but failed to finish the other 9 races.

1966

Position: 4
Points: 22
Race wins: 1
Graham Hill 5th 17 points
Jackie Stewart 7th 14 points
When the cars completed races they had good results but failed to finish in half the races.

1965

Position: 2
Points: 45
Race wins: 3
Graham Hill 2nd 40 points
Jackie Stewart 3rd 33 points
This was a good season for the team with it having at least one car on the podium in every race but one.

1964

Position: 2
Points: 42
Race wins: 2
Graham Hill 2nd 39 points
Richie Ginther 5th 23 points
This was a good consistent season with the team scoring points in all but one race.

1963

Position: 2
Points: 36
Race wins: 2
Graham Hill 2nd 29 points
Richie Ginther 2nd 29 points
This was another good season with podium finishes in 8 of the 10 races including 2 race wins.

1962

Position: 1
Points: 42
Race wins: 4
Graham Hill 1st 42 points
Richie Ginther 8th 10 points
This was their championship winning season taking both constructors and drivers championship. They had podium finishes in 8 races including two 1-2 finishes.

1961

Position: 5
Points: 7
Race wins: 0
Tony Brooks 10th 6 points
Graham Hill 16th 3 points
Tony Brooks took their one podium finish of the season.

1960

Position: 4
Points: 8
Race wins: 0
Graham Hill 15th 4 points
Jo Bonnier 18th 4 points
This season had a lot of non-finishes but Graham Hill did have a 3rd place.

1959

Position: 3
Points: 18
Race wins: 1
Jo Bonnier 8th 10 points
Harry Schell 13th 5 points
Jo Bonnier took the teams first F1 race win this season.

1958

Position: 4
Points: 18
Race wins: 0
Harry Schell 5th 14 points
Jean Behra 10th 9 points
The best race was in Holland with a second and third place finish.