BRM P139

The unlikely winner in BRM’s ground-effect battle

WORDS STUART CODLING

“We are out to get the 1969 Formula 1 world championship. We want to extract more power from our V12 engine and to achieve our success this year. In 1962 I challenged BRM to the effect that if they didn’t win the championship, we should drop it altogether. I have not made quite the same challenge this year but the same feeling exists…” With this peculiar mixture of clarity and equivocation Sir Alfred Owen outlined his aspirations for the coming season. The venue for the BRM launch, Shell Mex House, an imposing riverside art deco edifice boasting the largest clock face in Britain, was suitably prominent for an occasion high on patriotic bombast. BRM had always seen itself as the British Ferrari but its trophy cupboard attested to a history more…

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GP Racing UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2023

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