BRM – year 1964

British Racing Motors, Lincolnshire, Bourne, United Kingdom.

Year 1963 was a period of successive successes for Graham Hill and the BRM car in Grand Prix races. He won the European Grand Prix in Monaco and the US Grand Prix in Watkins Glenn.

Unlike other companies producing formula 1 cars, the BRM company carried out all the work from the design to the production of a prototype for test drives in its own factory in Bourne. Former head of the design department – Peter Berthon - became the chief adviser to the entire Lord Owen's concern. Tony Rudd was his replacement, former deputy, working at BRM since 1949 year. Model z 1963 the year got a converted engine and a new one, six-speed gearbox. An interesting fact was the new semi-monocoque body, constructed by Tony Rudd. It made it possible to significantly lower the entire car.

W 1964 BRM got a new body in the year, completely self-supporting this time. Proven V8 engine with a capacity 1498 cm3 had a power increased to 150,9 kW (205 KM) by 11 000 RPM. Initially, a new engine with a four-valve head was being prepared, however, the trials were not satisfactory, So the designers returned to the reliable two-valve head. The weight of the car was 460 kg and was close to the permissible limit - 450 kg. The maximum speed was 280 km/h.

BRM riders in the season 1964 byli Graham Hill i Ritchie Ginther. Hill won two of the ten Grand Prix races hosted at the time, he was second twice and third three times. Ginther finished second twice. Hill won the European Grand Prix in Monaco with an average speed 116,8 km/h i w Watkins Glenn w USA (178,7 km/h).

The proven eight-cylinder BRM engines were also used in their cars by another British company BRP - British Racing Parthership.