On The Grid – B
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BMW
TEAM: BMW (Bavarian Motor Werks)
NATIONALITY: D
INCEPTION: 1952-1969/1997- (See BMW-Sauber)
COMMENT:
YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
BMW
1952 Ernst Klodwig D NIL
1952 Harry Merkel D NIL (Retired from F.1. Died in 1995, age 77.)
1952 Karl-Gunther Bechem D NIL
1952 Marcel Balsa F NIL (In 1953 he won a race at Montlhery but then faded from the racing scene.)
1952 Rudolf Krause D NIL
BMW
1953 Ernst Klodwig D NIL (Retired from F.1. He was initially from East Germany, but died in West Germany at the age of 70 in 1973.)
1953 Rudolf Krause D NIL (He was born in East Germany in 1907 and died in Reichenback in 1987.)
1953 Karl-Gunther Bechem D NIL (In 1954 Bechem crashed heavily while competing in the Carrera Panamericana, and although he recovered fully from his injuries, he never raced again at this high level.)
BMW
1954 Dieter Quester A NIL (Touring Car racing.)
1954 Hubert Hahne D NIL
BMW
1967 Hubert Hahne D NIL
BMW
1968 Hubert Hahne D NIL
BMW
1969 Gerhard Mitter D NIL (Mitter was killed there at Schwedenkreuz while practising for the 1969 German Grand Prix with BMW's 269 F2 project. As a suspension or steering failure was suspected, the BMW team with Hubert Hahne and Dieter Quester withdrew from the race, as did Mitter's teammate at Porsche, Hans Herrmann.)
1969 Hubert Hahne D NIL (March-Cosworth)
1969 Dieter Quester A NIL (European Touring Car Championship/Spa 24 Hours/DTM)
In 1997, BMW announced that it had formed a partnership with Williams Grand Prix Engineering in order to provide V10 engines in 2000. By 2005, disputes led to a rapid decline in the partnership of BMW and Williams. Constant disagreements over the cause of technical failures in the car led BMW to discontinue development of the P84/5 V10 as the season progressed, leading to no victories for the team's new driver line-up of Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld. Consequently, the car finished a distant 5th in the constructors' championship. Wanting a split from their failing relationship with Williams, BMW's executives decided that adding an F1 team to the company's motorsport division, thus removing the necessity for a partner, was the only viable solution. Enticed by Sauber's new multi-million dollar research and development facility, which included an advanced wind tunnel setup, BMW choose to offer a buyout to Peter Sauber rather than scramble to build the facilities themselves. Sauber took the offer, and the buyout went through; the team began racing under the BMW-Sauber F1 name in 2006. The team being split between the Sauber facility at Hinwil, Switzerland and BMW in Munich.
BEHRA
TEAM: BEHRA
NATIONALITY: F
INCEPTION: 1959-1960
COMMENT: The company was founded by Jean Behra, an established French racer. He had been driving a Ferrari D246 in 1959 but was dismissed from the team after the French GP. With designer Valerio Colotti, using Porsche components, he had an F1 car built at Modena in 1959. The car was to debut at Monte Carlo in 1959, Maria Teresa de Filippis failed to qualify. Behra intended to race the car in Germany but was killed in a racing accident driving a Porsche RSK at AVUS on August 1, 1959 just before the Grand Prix. The car was taken on by the Colotti team. The Behra-Porsche Porsche Special debuted at the Argentine Grand Prix of February 7, 1960 driven by Masten Gregory (US), he finished 12th. Fred Gamble (US) drove the car in the Italian GP at Monza on September 4, 1960 and finished 10th - nine laps down and the bottom of the field.
YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
Behra-Porsche
1959 Maria-Teresa de Filippis I NIL (Retired from F.1.)
Behra-Porsche
1960 Masten Gregory USA NIL (Cooper)
1960 Fred Gamble USA NIL (Retired from F.1.)
BELLASI
TEAM: BELLASI
NATIONALITY: CH
INCEPTION: 1970-1971
COMMENT: Bellasi was a Formula One constructor from Italy that raced under Swiss nationality. They participated in 6 grands prix during the early 1970s, entering a total of 6 cars. Guglielmo Bellasi was one of several car manufacturers to try to establish themselves in Italian Formula 3 circles in the late 1960s. For 1970 Swiss racer Silvio Moser commissioned Bellasi to design a Grand Prix car for him. This Cosworth-powered entry failed to qualify and again in France. The team did not bother to go to Britain because there was no starting money and there was another failure to qualify in Germany before Moser finally made it onto the grid at the Austrian GP. The car lasted 13 laps before breaking down and at Monza it was back to non-qualification. The car reappeared for the non-championship Argentine Grand Prix in 1971, entered by the Jolly Club. In September the car popped up again at the Italian GP and qualified but retired after only five laps.
YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
Bellasi-
1970 Silvio Moser CH NIL
Bellasi-
1971 Silvio Moser CH NIL (Moser died some time after an accident in a sports car race at Monza.)
BENETTON
TEAM: BENETTON (Former Toleman Racing Group)
NATIONALITY: I
INCEPTION: 1986 (As a team instead of a team sponsor)- 2001
COMMENT: Benetton Formula Ltd., commonly referred to simply as Benetton, was a Formula One constructor that participated from 1986 to 2001. The team was owned by the Benetton family who run a worldwide chain of clothing stores of the same name. In 2000 the team was purchased by Renault, but competed as Benetton for the 2001 season. In 2002 the team became Renault F1.
YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
Benetton-BMW (19 pts. 6th)
1986 Teo Fabi I 2 pts. (15th)
1986 Gerhard Berger A 17 pts. (7th) (Ferrari)
Benetton-Ford (28 pts. 5th)
1987 Teo Fabi I 12 pts. (9th) (CART/Sports Cars)
1987 Thierry Boutsen B 16 pts. (8th)
Benetton-Ford (39 pts. 3rd)
1988 Alessandro Nannini I 12 pts. (10th)
1988 Thierry Boutsen B 27 pts. (4th) (Canon Williams-Renault)
Benetton-Ford (39 pts. 4th)
1989 Alessandro Nannini I 32 pts. (6th)
1989 Johnny Herbert GB 5 pts. (14th) (Tyrrell-Ford)
1989 Emanuele Pirro I 2 pts. (23rd) (Scuderia Italia)
Benetton-Ford (71 pts. 3rd)
1990 Alessandro Nannini I 21 pts. (8th) (Nannini was involved in a helicopter accident that severed his forearm. Miraculously, it was reattached successfully, but ended his Formula One career. He continued racing for Alfa Romeo and Mercedes sports cars. He is also a successful restauranteur.)
1990 Roberto Moreno BR 6 pts. (10th)
1990 Nelson Piquet BR 44 pts. (3rd)
Camel Benetton-Ford (38.5 pts. 4th)
1991 Roberto Moreno BR 8 pts. (10th) (Team 7Up Jordan)
1991 Michael Schumacher D 4 pts. (14th)
1991 Nelson Piquet BR 26.5 pts. (6th) (Retired. Indianapolis 500 but crashed during practice.)
Camel Benetton-Ford (91 pts. 3rd)
1992 Michael Schumacher D 53 pts. (3rd)
1992 Martin Brundle GB 38 pts. (6th) (Ligier Gitanes Blondes Renault)
Camel Benetton-Ford (72 pts. 3rd)
1993 Michael Schumacher D 52 pts. (4th)
1993 Riccardo Patrese I 20 pts. (6th) (Retired.)
Mild-Seven Benetton-Ford (103 pts. 2nd)
1994 Michael Schumacher D 92 pts. WORLD CHAMPION
1994 J.J. Lehto FIN 1 pt. (24th) (Sauber-Mercedes)
1994 Jos Verstappen NL NIL
1994 Johnny Herbert GB NIL
Mild-Seven Benetton-Renault (137 pts. 1st)
1995 Michael Schumacher D 102 pts. WORLD CHAMPION (Ferrari)
1995 Johnny Herbert GB 45 pts. (4th) (Red Bull Sauber-Ford)
Mild-Seven Benetton-Renault (68 pts. 3rd)
1996 Jean Alesi F 47 pts. (4th)
1996 Gerhard Berger A 21 pts. (6th)
Mild Seven Benetton-Renault (67 pts. 3rd)
1997 Jean Alesi F 36 pts. (4th) (Red Bull Sauber-Petronas)
1997 Gerhard Berger A 27 pts. (5th) (Retired. He became the Competitions Director for BMW and agent for Bruno Senna. In 2006, he co-owned Scuderia Toro Rosso.)
1997 Alexander Wurz A 4 pts. (14th)
Mild Seven Benetton-Playlife (33 pts. 5th)
1998 Giancarlo Fishichella I 16 pts. (9th)
1998 Alexander Wurz A 17 pts. (18th)
Mild Seven Benetton-Playlife (16 pts. 6th)
1999 Giancarlo Fisichella I 13 pts. (9th)
1999 Alexander Wurz A 3 pts. (13th)
Mild Seven Benetton-Renault (20 pts. 4th)
2000 Giancarlo Fishichella I 18 pts. (6th)
2000 Alexander Wurz A 2 pts. (15th) (McLaren-Mercedes)
Mild Seven Benetton-Renault (10 pts. 7th)
2001 Giancarlo Fishichella I 8 pts. (11th) (DHL Jordan-Honda)
2001 Jenson Button GB 2 pts. (17th)
Benetton was bought out by Renault at the end of the 2001 season.
Number of Drivers’ Championships: 2
Number of Constructors’ Championships: 1
BRABHAM
TEAM: BRABHAM
NATIONALITY: AUS/GB (Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac)
INCEPTION: 1962-1992
COMMENT: As of 2008, Jack Brabham’s 1966 drivers’ championship remains the only victory by a car bearing the driver’s own name.
YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
Brabham-Lotus Climax (9 pts. 7th)
1962 Jack Brabham AUS 9 pts. (7th)
Brabham-Climax (28 pts. 3rd)
1963 Jack Brabham AUS 14 pts. (7th)
1963 Dan Gurney USA 19 pts. (5th)
Brabham-Climax (33 pts. 4th)
1964 Jack Brabham AUS 11 pts. (8th)
1964 Dan Gurney USA 19 pts. (6th)
Brabham-Climax (27 pts. 3rd)
1965 Jack Brabham AUS 9 pts. (10th)
1965 Dan Gurney USA 25 pts. (4th) (Anglo American Racers Eagle-Climax)
1965 Denny Hulme NZ 5 pts. (11th)
1965 Giancarlo Baghetti I
Brabham-Repco (42 pts. 1st)
1966 Jack Brabham AUS (45 pts.) WORLD CHAMPION
1966 Denny Hulme NZ 18 pts. (4th)
Brabham-Repco (37 pts. 1st)
1967 Jack Brabham AUS 48 pts. (2nd)
1967 Denny Hulme NZ (51 pts.) WORLD CHAMPION (McLaren-BRM/Ford)
Brabham-Repco (10 pts. 8th)
1968 Jack Brabham AUS 2 pts. (23rd)
1968 Jochen Rindt A 8 pts. (12th) (Gold Leaf Team Lotus-Ford)
1968 Dan Gurney USA 3 pts. (21st) (McLaren-Ford)
Brabham-Cosworth (51 pts. 2nd)
1969 Jack Brabham AUS 14 pts. (10th) (Partway through the 1969 season, Brabham suffered serious injuries to his foot in a testing accident. He returned to racing before the end of the year, but promised his wife that he would retire after the season finished and sold his share of the team to Tauranac.
1969 Jacky Ickx B 37 pts. (2nd) (Ferrari)
Brabham-Cosworth (35 pts. 4th)
1970 Jack Brabham AUS 25 pts. (5th) (Finding no top drivers available Brabham decided to race for one more year. He began auspiciously, winning the first race of season, the South African Grand Prix, and then led the third race, the Grand Prix of Monaco until the very last turn of the last lap. Brabham was about to hold off the onrushing Jochen Rindt (the eventual 1970 F1 champion) when his front wheels locked in a skid on the sharp right turn only yards from the finish and he ended up second. After the 13th and final race of the season, the Mexican Grand Prix, Brabham did retire. He had tied Jackie Stewart for fifth in the points standings in the season he drove at the age of 44. Brabham then made a complete break from racing and returned to Australia.
1970 Rolf Stommelen D 10 pts. (11th) (Auto Motor Und Sport-Eifelland Team Surtees)
Brabham-Cosworth (5 pts. 9th)
1971 Graham Hill GB 2 pts. (21st)
1971 Tim Schenken AUS 5 pts. (14th) (Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees-Cosworth)
1971 Dave Charlton RSA NIL (Team Lotus-Cosworth mid-way through the season)
Brabham-Cosworth (7 pts. 9th)
1972 Graham Hill GB 4 pts. (15th) (Shadow Embassy Racing Ford)
1972 Carlos Reutemann ARG 3 pts. (16th)
1972 Wilson Fittipaldi BR NIL
Ceramica Pagnossin Brabham-Cosworth (49 pts. 4th)
1973 Carlos Reutemann ARG 16 pts. (7th)
1973 Wilson Fittipaldi BR 3 pts. (15th) (Fittipaldi Copersucar-Ford)
1973 Andrea de Adamich I 3 pts. (15th) (After multiple injuries sustained at the British G.P., Adamich retired from racing. He became a respected motor sport journalist and TV commentator. He is currently the V.P. of N. Technology which prepares race cars for Alfa Romeo.)
1973 Rolf Stommelen D NIL (Embassy Racing Lola-Cosworth)
1973 John Watson GB NIL
Goldie Hexagon Racing Brabham-Cosworth (35 pts. 5th)
1974 Carlos Reutemann ARG 32 pts. (6th)
1974 Carlos Pace BR 11 pts. (12th)
1974 John Watson GB 6 pts. (15th) (TEam Surtees-Ford)
1974 Rikky von Opel LIC NIL (He is a great-grandson of Adam Opel, the founder of the German carmaker, Opel, today a division of General Motors.)
1974 Richard Robarts GB NIL (Formula 2)
1974 Teddy Pilette B NIL (Stanley-BRM)
Martini Racing Brabham-Cosworth (54 pts. 2nd) (Owned by Bernie Eccelstone and designed by Gordon Murray)
1975 Carlos Reutemann ARG 37 pts. (3rd)
1975 Carlos Pace BR 24 pts. (6th)
Martini Racing Brabham-Alfa Romeo (9 pts. 9th)
1976 Carlos Reutemann ARG 3 pts. (16th) (Ferrari towards the end of the season)
1976 Carlos Pace BR 7 pts. (14th)
1976 Rof Stommelen D 1 pt. (20th) (Hesketh Racing mid-way through the season)
1976 Larry Perkins AUS NIL (Rotary Watches Stanley-BRM)
Martini Racing Brabham-Alfa Romeo (27 pts. 5th)
1977 Carlos Pace BR 6 pts. (15th) (He was killed in a light aircraft accident in early 1977. The track which currently holds the Brazilian G.P. has paid tribute to him by bearing his name, Autodromo José Carlos Pace.
1977 John Watson GB 9 pts. (13th)
1977 Hans-Joachim Stuck D 12 pts. (11th) (Shadow Racing- Cosworth)
1977 Giorgio Francia I NIL (Osella SQuadra Corse-Cosworth)
Parmalat Racing Brabham-Alfa Romeo (53 pts. 3rd)
1978 Niki Lauda A 44 pts. (4th)
1978 John Watson GB 25 pts. (6th) (Marlboro McLaren-Ford)
1978 Nelson Piquet BR NIL
Parmalat Racing Brabham-Alfa Romeo/Cosworth (6 pts. 8th)
1979 Niki Lauda A 4 pts. (14th) (Marlboro McLaren Int’l.-Ford)
1979 Nelson Piquet BR 3 pts. (15th)
1979 Ricardo Zunino ARG NIL
Parmalat Racing Brabham-Cosworth (55 pts. 3rd)
1980 Nelson Piquet BR 54 pts. (2nd)
1980 Ricardo Zunino ARG NIL (Tyrrell Racing-Cosworth)
1980 Héctor Rebaque MEX 1 pt. (20th)
Parmalat Racing Brabham-Cosworth (61 pts. 2nd)
1981 Nelson Piquet BR (50 pts.) WORLD CHAMPION
1981 Héctor Rebaque MEX 11 pts. (10th) (CART/Indy Car - Forsythe Racing)
Parmalat Racing Brabham-Cosworth/BMW (41 pts. 5th)
1982 Nelson Piquet BR 20 pts. (11th)
1982 Riccardo Patrese I 21 pts. (10th)
Fila Sport Brabham-BMW (72 pts. 2nd)
1983 Nelson Piquet BR (59 pts.) WORLD CHAMPION
1983 Riccardo Patrese I 13 pts. (9th) (Benetton Team Alfa Romeo)
MRD international Brabham-BMW (38 pts. 4th)
1984 Nelson Piquet BR 29 pts. (5th)
1984 Teo Fabi I 9 pts. (12th) (Toleman Group Motorsport-Hart)
1984 Corrado Fabi I NIL (Champ Cars)
1984 Manfred Winkelhock D NIL (Skoal Bandit F1 RAM-Hart)
MRD Brabham-BMW (26 pts. 5th)
1985 Nelson Piquet BR 21 pts. (8th) (Canon Williams Team-Honda)
1985 Marc Surer CH 5 pts. (13th) (Barclay Arrows-BMW)
1985 François Hesnault F NIL (Equipe Renault Elf)
MRD Brabham-BMW (2 pts. 9th)
1986 Elio de Angelis I NIL (During tests at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, the rear wing of the BT55 came off at high speed, making the car lose downforce on the rear wheels, cartwheel over a barrier and catch fire. The impact did not kill de Angelis but, tragically, he could not get out of the car unassisted. The situation was exacerbated by the lack of marshals on the French circuit, or indeed anyone who could have assisted. A 30 minute delay ensued before an emergency helicopter arrived. De Angelis died 29 hours later in the hospital in Marseille to which he had been taken, from injuries caused by the smoke inhaled during the accident. His only other injuries were a broken collar bone and light burns on his back.
1986 Riccardo Patrese I 2 pts. (17th)
1986 Derek Warwick GB NIL (USF&G Arrows Megatron)
MRD Brabham-BMW (10 pts. 8th)
1987 Riccardo Patrese I 6 pts. (13th) (Canon Williams Team- Honda)
1987 Andrea de Cesaris I 4 pts. (14th) (Rial Racing-Ford)
1987 Stefano Modena I NIL (EuroBrun Racing-Cosworth)
MRD Brabham-Judd (8 pts. 9th)
1989 Martin Brundle GB
1989 Stefano Modena I
MRD Brabham-Judd (2 pts. 10th)
1990 Stefano Modena I 2 pts. (16th) (Braun Tyrrell Honda)
1990 David Brabham AUS NIL (MTV Simtek-Ford)
1990 Gregor Foitek CH NIL (Moneytron Onyx)
MRD Brabham-Yamaha (3 pts. 9th)
1991 Martin Brundle GB 2 pts. (15th) (Camel Benetton-Ford)
1991 Mark Blundell GB 1 pt. (18th) (Ligier Gitanes Bondes-Renault)
MRD Brabham-Judd (NIL)
1992 Eric van de Poele B NIL (Fondmetal-Ford)
1992 Giovanna Amati I NIL (Amati's only previous Formula One experience being a test in a Benetton (courtesy of her then-partner Flavio Briatore), it was perhaps unsurprising that in three starts she failed to qualify. Following the Brazilian Grand Prix, she was dropped in favour of Damon Hill as her financial backing had not materialised. She continued racing in sports cars and is also a motorsports journalist.)
1992 Damon Hill GB NIL (Canon Williams-Renault)
British businessman Bernie Ecclestone owned Brabham during most of the 1970s and 1980s, and later became responsible for administrating the commercial aspects of Formula One. Ecclestone sold the team in 1988. Its last owner was the Middlebridge Group, a Japanese engineering firm. Midway through the 1992 season, the team collapsed financially as Middlebridge was unable to make repayments against loans
provided by Landhurst Leasing. The case was investigated by the UK Serious Fraud Office. A disappointing conclusion to a great marqué.
Number of Drivers’ Championships: 4
Number of Constrtuctors’ Championshipships: 2
BRAWN RACING
TEAM: BRAWN GP FORMULA ONE TEAM LTD
NATIONALITY: GB
INCEPTION: 2009-
COMMENT: Ross Brawn, former manager of Ferrari, bought Team Honda, streamlined the team, purchased engines from Mercedes-Benz and, at the last time before the inaugural race in Melbourne, Richard Branson flew in to write a cheque as the team’s sponsor through Virgin enterprises. Virgin pays Brawn $30million for the advertising space on the car, they then sell the space themselves. If they sell it for $60million they cancel out the $30million they already paid Brawn and net themselves a $30Million profit. This continued deal will guarantee the $30million for Brawn each year which will pay for their FIA mandated yearly budget, protecting their place on the grid and not putting them at risk again. Whilst Virgin makes money on top and takes the budget out for the next year.
YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
Virgin Brawn-Mercedes (175 pts. 1st)
2009 Jenson Button GB 95 Pts. WORLD CHAMPION Won the Australian G.P. on the team’s debut race. From zero to hero.
2009 Rubens Barrichello BR 73 Pts. (3rd) Won his first race in five years at Velenzia, Spain during the European Grand Prix.
Despite being very strong from the beginning of the season, BRAWN GP and Jenson Button had to waith until Round 16 - The Brazilian Grand Prix - before they finally secured the Constructor's and the Driver's world titles.
BRITISH AMERICAN RACING (BAR)
TEAM: BRITISH AMERICAN RACING (BAR)
NATIONALITY: USA/JAP
INCEPTION: 1998-2005
COMMENT: British American Tobacco (BAT) had been involved in Formula One for
many years, with several of its brands being displayed on F1 cars. In 1997 the corporation was convinced by Craig Pollock to provide most of the equity to purchase the Tyrrell Formula One team for £30 million. Pollock, Adrian Reynard and Rick Gorne were the minority partners. The deal was announced on 2 December 1997. The team was still officially known as Tyrrell in 1998, before it became BAR the following year.
The team was named after British American Tobacco plc (BAT), which owned and sponsored it in order to display its Lucky Strike and 555 brands. In mid-November 2004 Honda purchased 45% of the team, and in September 2005 purchased the remaining 55% share to become the sole owner. Consequently BAR Honda became the Honda team for the 2006 Formula One season. BAT continued as title sponsor with the Lucky Strike brand, but due to new tobacco advertising regulations worldwide pulled its Lucky Strike sponsorship from Formula One entirely at the end of the 2006 season.
YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
Lucky Strike BAR- Supertec (Nil)
1999 Jacques Villeneuve CAN NIL
1999 Ricardo Zonta BR NIL
1999 Mika Salo FIN NIL (Marlboro Ferrari)
Lucky Strike BAR-Honda (20 pts. 5th)
2000 Jacques Villeneuve CAN 17 pts. (7th)
2000 Ricardo Zonta BR 3 pts. (17th) (B&H Jordan-Honda)
Lucky Strike BAR-Honda (17 pts. 6th)
2001 Olivier Panis F 5 pts. (14th)
2001 Jacques Villeneuve CAN 12 pts. (7th)
Lucky Strike BAR-Honda (7 pts. 8th)
2002 Jacques Villeneuve CAN 4 pts. (12th)
2002 Olivier Panis F 3 pts. (14th) (Panasonic Toyota)
Lucky Strike BAR-Honda (26 pts. 5th)
2003 Jacques Villeneuve CAN 6 pts. (16th) (Mild Seven Renault)
2003 Takuma Sato JAP 3 pts. (18th)
2003 Jenson Button GB 17 pts. (9th)
Lucky Strike BAR-Honda (119 pts. 2nd)
2004 Jenson Button GB 85 pts. (3rd)
2004 Takuma Sato JAP 34 pts. (8th)
Lucky Strike BAR-Honda (38 pts. 6th)
2005 Jenson Button GB 37 pts. (9th)
2005 Takuma Sato JAP 1 pt. (23rd)
2005 Anthony Davidson GB NIL (Test driver for Honda)
BRITISH RACING MOTORS (BRM)
TEAM: BRM
NATIONALITY: GB
INCEPTION: 1951-1977
COMMENT: 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 Grands Prix and winning 17. In 1962, BRM won the Constructors' Title. At the same time, its driver, Graham Hill became World Champion. In 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1971, BRM came second in the Constructors' Competition.
YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
BRM (NIL)
1951 Ken Richardson GB NIL (Retired from F.1)
1951 Peter Walker GB NIL (Stirling Moss Maserati)
1951 Reg Parnell GB NIL (AHM Bryde Cooper) Having not succeeded in their debut, the team quit Formula One until 1956)
BRM (NIL)
1956 Mike Hawthorn GB NIL (Vandervell Products Vanwall)
1956 Tony Brooks GB NIL (Vandervell Products Vanwall)
1956 Ron Flockhart GB 4 pts. (14th) (Connaught Engineering for one race)
BRM (NIL)
1957 Ron Flockhart GB NIL
1957 Roy Salvadori GB NIL (Cooper Car Company)
1957 Herbert MacKay-Fraser GB NIL (He retired from the race and scored no championship points. A week later he was killed in the Coupe de Vitesse at Reims-Gueux, when he crashed his Lotus.
1957 Jack Fairman GB NIL (BC Ecclestone Connaught)
1957 Les Leston GB NIL (Retired from F.1)
Owen Racing Organisation BRM 18 pts. (4th)
1958 Ron Flockhart GB NIL
1958 Harry Schell F 14 pts. (6th)
1958 Jean Behra F 9 pts. (11th) (Scuderia Ferrari)
1958 Maurice Trintignant F 12 pts. (7th) (Rob Walker Racing Cooper-Climax)
1958 Jo Bonnier S 3 pts. (18th)
Owen Racing Organisation BRM 18 pts. (3rd)
1959 Ron Flockhart GB NIL (Lotus-Climax)
1959 Harry Schell F 5 pts. (13th) (Ecurie Bleue Cooper-Climax)
1959 Jo Bonnier S 10 pts. (8th) (Porsche System Engineering)
1959 Hans Hermann D NIL with British Racing Partnership BRM (Porsche)
Owen Racing Organisation BRM 8 pts. (4th)
1960 Graham Hill GB 4 pts. (16th)
1960 Jo Bonnier S 4 pts. (18th)
1960 Dan Gurney USA NIL (Porsche System Engineering)
Owen Racing Organisation BRM Climax 7 pts. (5th)
1961 Graham Hill GB 3 pts. (16th)
1961 Tony Brooks GB 6 pts. (10th) (Retired from F.1)
Owen Racing Organisation BRM 42 pts. (1st)
1962 Graham Hill GB 42 pts. WORLD CHAMPION
1962 Richie Ginther USA 10 pts. (8th)
1962 Bruce Johnstone RSA NIL (Retired from F.1)
Owen Racing Organisation BRM 36 (2nd)
1963 Graham Hill GB 29 pts. (2nd)
1963 Richie Ginther USA 7 pts.(11th)
Owen Racing Organisation BRM 42 pts. (2nd)
1964 Graham Hill GB 38 pts. (2nd)
1964 Richie Ginther USA 4 pts. (17th) (Honda R&D)
Owen Racing Orgnisation BRM 73 pts. (2nd)
1965 Graham Hill GB 40 pts. (2nd)
1965 Jackie Stewart GB 33 pts. (3rd)
Owen Racing Organisation BRM 31 pts. (4th)
1966 Graham Hill GB 17 pts. (5th) (Team Lotus)
1966 Jackie Stewart GB 14 pts. (7th)
Owen Racing Organisation BRM 19 pts. (7th)
1967 Jackie Stewart GB 10 pts. (9th) (Matra International-Cosworth)
1967 Mike Spence GB 9 pts. (10th)
Owen Racing Organisation BRM 28 pts. (5th)
1968 Pedro Rodriguez MEX 18 pts. (6th) (Reg Parnell Racing BRM)
1968 Mike Spence GB NIL (Following Jim Clark's death in early 1968, Colin Chapman invited Spence back to Lotus as part of their Indianapolis 500 race team. Spence was due to race the revolutionary Lotus 56 gas turbine car. However, during practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway a week before the race, Spence misjudged his entry to turn one and collided heavily with the concrete wall. The right-front wheel of the Lotus swiveled backwards into the cockpit and struck Spence on the helmet. Mike Spence died in the hospital, from massive head injuries, a few hours after the accident.
1968 Richard Attwood GB 6 pts. (13th) (Gold Leaf Team Lotus-Cosworth)
1968 Bobby Unser USA NIL (USAC Indy Car Championships)
Owen Racing Organisation BRM 7 pts. (6th)
1969 Jackie Oliver GB 1 pt. (16th)
1969 John Surtees GB 6 pts. (11th) (Team Surtees-Cosworth)
1969 Bill Brack CAN NIL (Marlboro BRM)
1969 George Eaton CAN NIL
Yardley Team BRM 23 pts. (7th)
1970 Pedro Rodriguez MEX 23 pts. (7th) (He was also the North American Ice Racing champion in 1970.)
1970 Jackie Oliver GB 2 pts. (20th) (Bruce McLaren Cosworth)
1970 Peter Westbury GB NIL (Retired from F.1)
1970 George Eaton CAN NIL
1971 John Cannon
1971 George Eaton CAN NIL (He servied as President of the family company, Eatons)
BRM 36 pts. (2nd)
1971 Pedro Rodriguez MEX 9 pts. (10th) (Rodríguez was killed in an Interserie sports car race at Norisring in Nuremberg, Germany, on 11 July 1971, at the wheel of a Ferrari 512M of Herbert Müller Racing, his Swiss friend and partner at the Targa Florio in 1971.
1971 Howden Ganley NZ 5 pts. (15th)
1971 Jo Siffert CH 19 pts. (5th) (Jo Siffert won the 1971 Austrian Grand Prix, but then was killed in the non-Championship World Championship Victory Race at Brands Hatch, the scene of his first and greatest victory in 1968. The suspension of his BRM had been damaged in a lap 1 incident with Ronnie Peterson, and broke later. The BRM crashed and Siffert could not get out of the burning car. This accident led to a rapid overhaul of safety, both in-car and on circuit. In the subsequent Royal Automobile Club (the UK organising and regulatory representative of the FIA at the time) investigation it was discovered that the crash itself caused non-fatal injuries but Siffert had been killed by oxygen starvation and smoke inhalation. None of the trackside fire extinguishers worked, and it was found impossible to reach the car and extract Siffert. On-board fire extinguishers became mandatory and piped air for the drivers, direct into their helmet. Thus, perhaps one of the sad epitaphs of Seppi, was the focus on vehicle and driver safety in Formula One and lesser formulae and far better fire retardant driving overalls. His funeral in Switzerland was attended by 50,000 people.
1971 Vic Elford GB NIL (World Sportscar Championship)
1971 Helmut Marko A NIL (Austria-Marlboro BRM)
1971 John Cannon GB NIL (USAC Championship Car series)
Marlboro BRM 14 pts. (7th)
1972 Jean-Pierre Beltoise F 9 pts. (11th)
1972 Howden Ganley NZ 4 pts. (13th) (ISO Marlboro)
1972 Peter Gethin GB 1 pt. (21st)
1972 Alex Soler-Roig E NIL (Retired from F.1)
1972 Reine Wisell S NIL (John Player Special Lotus-Cosworth)
Marlboro BRM 12 pts. (7th)
1973 Jean-Pierre Beltoise F 9 pts. (10th)
1973 Clay Regazzoni CH 2 pts. (17th) (Ferrari)
1973 Niki Lauda A 2 pts. (17th) (Ferrari)
1973 Peter Gethin GB NIL (Lola)
Motul Team BRM 10 pts. (7th)
1974 François Migault F NIL (Embassy Racing)
1974 Henri Pescarolo F NIL (Team Norev/B&S Surtees-Cosworth)
1974 Chris Amon NZ NIL (HB Bewaking Team Ensign-Cosworth)
1974 Jean-Pierre Beltoise F 10 pts. (13th) (Retired from F.1. He later did most of the testing for the Ligier F1 team and later turned his attention to touring car racing in France and won the French title twice for BMW before entering rallycross in an Alpine-Renault with which he won the French title. In 1981 he returned to touring cars and raced for Peugeot throughout the 1980s. In fiction, Beltoise frequently appeared in the Michel Vaillant series of comic books, amongst others being part of the winning Vaillante Le Mans team.
Stanley BRM (NIL)
1975 Mike Wilds GB NIL (TEam PR Reilly Shadow-Ford)
1975 Bob Evans GB NIL (John Player Special Lotus-Cosworth)
Stanley BRM (NIL)
1976 Ian Ashley GB NIL (Hesketh Racing Cosworth)
Rotary Watches Stanley BRM (NIL)
1977 Larry Perkins AUS NIL (Team Surtees-Cosworth)
1977 Conny Andersson S NIL (Retired from F.1)
1977 Guy Edwards GB NIL (Retired from F.1. Edwards is most renowned
for being one of the drivers, along with Arturo Merzario, Brett Lunger and Harald Ertl who saved Niki Lauda from his burning car during the 1976 German Grand Prix, for which he was later awarded a Queen's Gallantry Medal for his bravery. Currently, he works helping racing drivers to get sponsorship.
1977 Teddy Pilette B NIL (Aurora AFX F1 Championship/Sports Cars) For most of the 1977 season, BRM drivers were incapable of qualifying for any of the Grands Prix. The team folded by the end of the year due to lack of financial support.
Number of Drivers’ Championships: 1
Number of Constructors’ Championships: 1
BRITISH RACING PARTNERSHIP (BRP)
TEAM: BRP (British Racing Partnership)
NATIONALITY: GB
INCEPTION: 1963-1964
COMMENT: British Racing Partnership (BRP) was a racing team, and latterly constructor, from the United Kingdom. It was established by Alfred Moss and Ken Gregory — Stirling Moss's father and former manager respectively — in 1957 to run cars for Stirling, when not under contract with other firms.
YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
BRP-BRM (6th 6 pts.)
1963 Innes Ireland GB 9th (6 pts.)
BRP-BRM (7th 5 pts.)
1964 Innes Ireland GB 14th (4 pts.) (Reg Parnell Lotus-BRM)
1964 Trevor Taylor GB 22nd (1 pt.) (Shannon-Climax)
BUGATTI
TEAM: BUGATTI
NATIONALITY: F
INCEPTION: 1956-1956
COMMENT: Bugatti was founded in Molsheim, France, as a manufacturer of high performance automobiles by Ettore Bugatti, an Italian man described as an eccentric genius. The original company is legendary for producing some of the most exclusive cars in the world as well as some of the fastest. The original Bugatti brand failed with the coming of World War II, like many high-end marques of the time. The death of Ettore's son Jean was also a contributory factor. The company struggled financially and released one last model in the 1950s before eventually being purchased for its airplane parts business in the 1960s. Today the name is owned by Volkswagen Group who have revived it as a builder of very limited production sports and exotic cars.
YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
Bugatti (NIL)
1956 Maurice Trintignant F NIL (Ferrari)
