BRM P207
The BRM P207, also known as B.R.M. P207 designated, was a Formula 1 racing car, built and used in the later 1970s by the British Formula 1 team British Racing Motors.
The British designer Len Terry built in 1977 the last BRM for the Formula 1 World Championship. The great days of racing team in 1977 were long gone when Louis Stanley tried again to connect to the old successes. The P207, officially known as the Stanley - BRM P207 in the start list, had a bulky design and was barely competitive. Only the 480 -hp V12 engine made sure that the car did not came to a complete flop. The car suffered constantly from obesity and the concomitant poor weight distribution. The bearings front and rear broke due to excessive load. Overall, the P207 was only once qualified for a race.
The team reported for the first time for the second race of the season, the Brazilian Grand Prix in 1977. Rider was Larry Perkins. He qualified as the last, but was six seconds slower than the penultimate, Alex Dias Ribeiro - in a privately-entered last year's March 761B. In the race Perkins dropped out in the first lap when his engine overheated and collapsed. During the subsequent Grand Prix of South Africa appeared BRM again with the old P201B. The fourth race of the season was the team thoroughly.
At the Grand Prix of Spain, Belgium, Sweden and France reported BRM P 207 for Conny Anderson; he could not qualify in each case. Guy Edwards, who replaced Anderson at the Grand Prix of Great Britain, failed there, even at the pre-qualification. At the Grand Prix of Germany, the Netherlands and Italy finally appeared Teddy Pilette with the car, without even once to achieve a qualification course.
The car still later appeared in national Formula 1 race in the United Kingdom, the Aurora series, on, however, also there without countable success. From the P207 the P230 in 1979 still derived, which was built for Derrick Berridge and John Jordan. The car that already resorted to the ground effect technology, but the base was still the P207 with his weight problem, drove the early 1980s as Jordan - BRM at national events in the UK in the Aurora series. Again remained the successes and B.R.M. finally disappeared from the scene.