With this month’s Profile of Jackie Stewart’s BRM P261, we thought a deeper look into the workings of British Racing Motors might be in order. As the team has not been a functional entity for more than 30 years, however, there is no official team site, but this one seems to do quite well in any case.
With all content noted right up front as “unofficial” information, this is definitely a hobby site, operated under the good graces of one David Hodgkinson, who offers a disclaimer advising users to use it completely at their own risk in terms of factuality. While that is only fair, most of what’s here seems, indeed, to be the truth, with some of it quite illuminating.
The home page contains links to take viewers to the various hearts of the matter, including an especially interesting account of the “Lost Championship” of 1964, and one of the team’s final season in F1, which is dominated by the phrase “did not qualify.” Under most topics lucid quotes from relevant period luminaries help tell the story.
Beyond BRM, there’s also a page for English Racing Automobiles (ERA), outlining various projects undertaken by that company over the years. BRM has long been gone, yet here is an individual expending his time and energy trying to keep the faith alive. Good on him.
