BRM P351

The BRM P351, also known as B.R.M. P351 designated, was a Group C and IMSA GTP prototype from 1992.

The P351 goes back to a small group of former BRM employees who wanted to give new life 15 years after the end of the Formula 1 teams of the brand. They constructed a Group C sports car, which should also be used in the race of the IMSA series in the United States. When the engine is resorted to the last BRM Formula 1 engine, which ran in the BRM P207 1977. The 12- cylinder engine was bored out to 3.5 - liters and got the then- common state of engine technology.

His debut was the P351 in the 24- hour race at Le Mans in 1992. The vehicle was the only V12 race car in the field and already in training, the problems accumulated. The transmission was the weak point of the car and Wayne Taylor could drive only six rounds. As Harri Toivonen and Richard Jones did not came to driving, they could not participate in the race. B.R.M. but were lucky, the ACO gave the car still for takeoff. On the one hand were in 1992 only 28 racing cars at La Sarthe at the start and the organizers gave the car a chance over the distance to come. B.R.M. presented so that the only Einfahrer team that is in the starting lists of Le Mans. In fact, the South Africans had from the start switching problems and had the car after only 20 laps off.

Danka, the sponsor of the team, also financed the IMSA use in Watkins Glen. Again Wayne Taylor was the driver. This time it was electrical problems that stopped the P351. After five rounds had to give Taylor. The race car was brought back to Europe and never used in a race.