BRM Wants to Recreate Legendary Type 15 For 70th Anniversary

BRITISH Racing Motors (BRM), will celebrate its 70th birthday by constructing three 16-cylinder racing cars based on the legendary Type 15 Mk1 BRM V16.

The Type 15, raced in the late 1940s and early 1950s and was intended as a competitor to the German and Italian models that had dominated motorsport before World War Two.

Fangio said that the BRM at 7,200rpm had so much power and unbelievable torque, which was a significant original improvement for those times

It did win the Woodcote Cup at Goodwood in September 1950, driven by Reg Parnell.

With the fabulous noise of the engine that still rings in everyone’s ears 70 years on, hearing that sound again will be a dream come true.

Two Type 15s are available for purchase for an astronomical price tag because its value means that it is destined to remain a “cherished museum piece”. Constructing the models to FIA standards, allows them to take part in official historic racing events.

Hall and Hall’s founder, Rick Hall, was part of the BRM team in the early 1970s and has half a century of experience working with BRM models. The new units will use chassis numbers put aside by BRM for the Type 15 in 1950, but never made due to a change in Formula One regulations.

The model construction is on the move at Hall and Hall’s premises in Lincolnshire, and on-track demonstrations are scheduled to take place to celebrate BRM’s 70th anniversary next year.