BRM P160

History

Tony Southgate's P160 of 1971 gave BRM's 3-litre V12 its definitive home: a handsome, low monocoque that the works team ran in Yardley and then Marlboro colours through evolutions (P160B to E) across four seasons — the marque's Indian summer before its mid-70s fade.

The victories were extraordinary even by their era's standards: Jo Siffert dominated Austria 1971; Peter Gethin won Monza 1971 by 0.01 seconds at an average speed that stood as the fastest Grand Prix ever run for over three decades; and Jean-Pierre Beltoise mastered the rain to win Monaco 1972 — BRM's final championship victory. Regular points and podiums continued into 1973–74 as resources thinned.

Historic racing adores the type for one reason above the results: the V12's sound. P160s are fixtures of Masters Historic F1's pre-'73 classes and Monaco Historique grids, the small chassis run is well documented, and the BRM heritage revival has rebuilt the V12 support ecosystem — making a car once considered an orphan a thoroughly sustainable, gloriously audible ownership.

Palmarès

Austrian GP 1971 (Siffert), Italian GP 1971 (Gethin — the fastest and closest GP in history at the time), Monaco GP 1972 in the wet (Beltoise, BRM's last win); podiums and points through 1974 — then a starring career in Masters Historic F1 and Monaco Historique.