British Racing Motors (BRM) was a British Formula One motor racing team that participated in the sport from 1951 to 1977, competing in a total of 197 grands prix and winning seventeen. The team was based in the market town of Bourne in Lincolnshire and won the constructors' title in 1962 when its driver Graham Hill became world champion. BRM was known for its distinctive green cars and had a reputation for being innovative and engineering-focused. Despite achieving significant success, financial problems eventually led to the team's demise in the late 1970s.
History
British Racing Motors (BRM) was a British Formula One motor racing team founded in 1945 by Raymond Mays and Peter Berthon. They aimed to build an all-British Grand Prix car as a national prestige project, with financial and industrial backing from the British motor industry and its suppliers channelled through a trust fund. However, the project proved unwieldy to organise and finance, and it fell to Alfred Owen of the Rubery Owen group of companies to take over the team in its entirety. Between 1954 and 1970, the team entered its works F1 cars under the official name of the Owen Racing Organisation. BRM won the constructors' title in 1962 when its driver Graham Hill became world champion. In 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1971, BRM came second in the constructors' competition. The team had a factory set up in Bourne, Lincolnshire, with access to a test facility at Folkingham aerodrome.
