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Other times in F1 - BRM

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Topic: Other times in F1 - BRM

Posted By: aber-fan
Subject: Other times in F1 - BRM
Date Posted: 30 November 2025 at 3:23pm

For us codgers, there is an interesting article about BRM (British Racing Motors) on the BBC website.

I remember having a BRM Dinky toy as a kid (as well as Ferrari, Maserati, Cooper and Vanwall...). According to the article, BRM was the first British F1 team, and Graham Hill won his first F1 championship driving a BRM in 1962 - I remember that.

Apart from the article's historical interest, I was a bit taken aback by this sentence:

(Founder Raymond) Mays and co-founder Peter Berthon built a small factory at the bottom of Mays' garden.

Now, I don't know about you, but at the bottom of our garden we have a small shed. Somehow, I don't think a 'small factory' would fit!

Other lives, eh?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp39127znpqo" rel="nofollow - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp39127znpqo

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Posted By: Abbey
Date Posted: 01 December 2025 at 11:36am

I just about remember the Yardley BRM with Rodriguez and Oliver