British Racing Partnership

BRP *as a Formula One chassis constructor*
Formula One World Championship career
Engines	BRM
Entrants	British Racing Partnership
First entry	1963 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry	1964 Mexican Grand Prix
Races entered	13
Race victories	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0

BRP
Full name	British Racing Partnership
Base	Tring, Hertfordshire, UK
Founder(s)	Alfred Moss ; Ken Gregory
Noted staff	Tony Robinson
Noted drivers	Stirling Moss ; Masten Gregory ; Innes Ireland ; Trevor Taylor ; Jim Hall
Formula One World Championship career
First entry	1958 Moroccan Grand Prix
Races entered	43
Constructors	Cooper, BRM, Lotus, BRP
Engines	Borgward, BRM, Climax
Race victories	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	2
Final entry	1964 Mexican Grand Prix

Last updated May 14, 2023

British Racing Partnership (BRP) was a racing team, and latterly constructor, from the United Kingdom. It was established by Alfred Moss and Ken Gregory – Stirling Moss's father and former manager, respectively – in 1957 to run cars for Stirling, when not under contract with other firms, along with other up-and-coming drivers.^[1]

History

BRP ran a Cooper-Borgward Formula Two car and occasionally a BRM Formula One car in 1959, the latter being demolished in a spectacular crash at the Avus street circuit.^[1] BRP was the first Formula One team to sell the entire identity of the team in return for sponsorship income; they were sponsored by the Yeoman Credit Ltd. hire-purchase company from August 1959 and became Yeoman Credit Racing for the 1960 season. BRP was given a sum of £40,000 just to buy their equipment plus £20,000/year to operate the team.^[1] The team ran Coopers in both Formula One and Formula Two during 1960, with mixed success. During this time two of the team's drivers were killed while racing their cars,^[2] and the Yeoman Credit management became concerned that the team was not generating solely positive publicity for their company. The Yeoman Credit deal was passed to Reg Parnell Racing at the end of the year, and for the 1961 and 1962 seasons BRP was renamed UDT Laystall Racing, as part of a new, similar sponsorship deal. UDT was United Dominions Trust, who among various holdings owned Laystall Engineering, the principal supplier of crankshafts to the British automotive and aviation industries.^[1]

For 1963, the team reverted to its original name and became a true constructor; they had been running Lotus 24s and Cooper T51s for the previous few seasons, and had tried to acquire the more modern, monocoque Lotus 25 without success. This caused chief designer, Tony Robinson, to design his own monocoque car, patterned very closely after the Lotus 25, but with a thicker skin and running a BRM V8 rather than the typical Coventry Climax engine run in the Lotus 25. This car is commonly referred to as the BRP-BRM and was raced by Innes Ireland and Trevor Taylor.^[1]

As a constructor, BRP took part in 13 Grand Prix rounds, scoring a total of 11 championship points. After 1964 the team was forced to withdraw from F1 when BRP were denied membership of the Formula 1 Constructors Association which effectively deprived them of start money, then a significant factor in a team's income. Instead, BRP was hired by Masten Gregory's stepfather George Bryant to built two cars for the 1965 Indianapolis 500, but enjoyed little success.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

As a privateer

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1958	British Racing Partnership	Cooper T45	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D		ARG	MON	NED	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR
1958	British Racing Partnership	Cooper T45	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	Tom Bridger											Ret
1959	British Racing Partnership					MON	500	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	USA
		Cooper T51	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	Ivor Bueb	DNQ
			Borgward 1500 RS 1.5 L4		Ivor Bueb					13
			Borgward 1500 RS 1.5 L4		Chris Bristow					10
		BRM P25	BRM P25 2.5 L4		Stirling Moss				DSQ	2
		BRM P25	BRM P25 2.5 L4		Hans Herrmann						Ret
1960	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T51	Climax Straight-4	D		ARG	MON	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA	USA
					Chris Bristow		Ret		Ret	Ret
					Tony Brooks		4		Ret	Ret		5	5		Ret
					Henry Taylor				7		4	8	DNS		14
					Olivier Gendebien					3	2	9	7		12
					Bruce Halford						8
					Phil Hill										6
1961	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18 18/21	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D		MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA
					Cliff Allison	8		DNS
					Henry Taylor	DNQ		DNP	10	Ret		11
					Lucien Bianchi				Ret	Ret
					Juan Manuel Bordeu				DNS
					Masten Gregory							Ret	Ret
1962	UDT Laystall Racing Team					NED	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	RSA
		Lotus 24 18/21	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D	Innes Ireland	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16		Ret	8	5
		Lotus 24 18/21	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 Climax FPF 1.5 L4		Masten Gregory	Ret				7
		Lotus 24	BRM P56 1.5 V8		Masten Gregory		DNQ	WD	Ret			12	6
1963	British Racing Partnership	Lotus 24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D		MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA
					Jim Hall	Ret	Ret	8	11	6	5	8	10	8
					Innes Ireland	Ret					Ret
1964	British Racing Partnership	Lotus 24	BRM P56 1.5 V8	D		MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX
					Innes Ireland	DNS
					Trevor Taylor					Ret

As a constructor

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine(s)	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	WCC
1963	British Racing Partnership	BRP Mk1	BRM V8	D		MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX	RSA	6	6th
1963	British Racing Partnership	BRP Mk1	BRM V8	D	Innes Ireland		Ret	4	7	Ret		4				6	6th
1964	British Racing Partnership	BRP Mk1 BRP Mk2	BRM V8	D		MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX	5	7th
					Innes Ireland			10	Ret	10		5	5	Ret	12
					Trevor Taylor	Ret		7	Ret			Ret	DNQ	6	Ret

Non-championship F1 results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine(s)	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
1958	British Racing Partnership	Cooper T45	Climax L4	Tom Bridger	BUE	GLV Ret	SYR	AIN	INT	CAE
		Cooper T45		Stuart Lewis-Evans	BUE	GLV	SYR	AIN 5	INT 7
		Cooper T43		Stuart Lewis-Evans						CAE 5
1959	British Racing Partnership	Cooper T51	Borgward 1500 RS 1.5 L4	Ivor Bueb	BUE	GLV	AIN Ret	INT 8	OUL	SIL
				George Wicken	BUE	GLV	AIN 8	INT	OUL	SIL
				Chris Bristow						SIL 5
			Climax L4	Chris Bristow	BUE	GLV	AIN	INT	OUL 3
1960	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T51	Climax L4	Harry Schell	BUE 5	GLV Ret	INT DNS†	SIL	LOM	OUL
				Chris Bristow	BUE	GLV 3	INT DNS	SIL	LOM	OUL
				Henry Taylor	BUE	GLV	INT	SIL 5	LOM Ret	OUL 7
				Dan Gurney	BUE	GLV	INT	SIL 7	LOM	OUL
				Bruce Halford	BUE	GLV	INT	SIL 8	LOM	OUL 8
				Tony Brooks	BUE	GLV	INT	SIL Ret	LOM	OUL
				Denis Hulme	BUE	GLV	INT	SIL	LOM 5	OUL
1961	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18/21	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	Cliff Allison	LOM 2	GLV 8	PAU	BRX 5	VIE	AIN 15	SYR WD	NAP	LON 8	SIL WD	SOL	KAN	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
				Henry Taylor	LOM 4	GLV 6	PAU	BRX Ret	VIE	AIN Ret	SYR WD	NAP	LON 2	SIL 8	SOL	KAN	DAN 4	MOD Ret	FLG	OUL 8	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
				Stirling Moss	LOM	GLV	PAU	BRX	VIE	AIN	SYR	NAP	LON	SIL 1	SOL Ret	KAN 1	DAN 1	MOD	FLG	OUL	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT 2	RSA 2
				Jo Bonnier	LOM	GLV	PAU	BRX	VIE	AIN	SYR	NAP	LON	SIL 11	SOL	KAN	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
				Carl Hammarlund	LOM	GLV	PAU	BRX	VIE	AIN	SYR	NAP	LON	SIL	SOL	KAN Ret	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
				Masten Gregory	LOM	GLV	PAU	BRX	VIE	AIN	SYR	NAP	LON	SIL	SOL	KAN	DAN Ret	MOD NC	FLG	OUL 5	LEW	VAL	RAN Ret	NAT Ret	RSA Ret
1962	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18/21	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	Masten Gregory	CAP 4	BRX Ret	LOM Ret	LAV	GLV 5	PAU	AIN Ret			MAL 5	CLP
		Lotus 24	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8									INT 8	NAP
		Lotus 24	BRM P56 1.5 V8													RMS Ret	SOL DNA	KAN 1	MED	DAN 2	OUL 6	MEX 5	RAN	NAT
		Lotus 18/21	Climax V8	Innes Ireland	CAP	BRX 3	LOM Ret	LAV	GLV 3	PAU	AIN Ret
		Ferrari 156										INT 4
		Lotus 24											NAP	MAL	CLP 1	RMS 3	SOL DNA	KAN 4	MED	DAN 3	OUL	MEX 3	RAN Ret	NAT
		Lotus 18/21	Climax V8	Stirling Moss	CAP	BRX	LOM 7	LAV	GLV Ret	PAU	AIN	INT	NAP	MAL	CLP	RMS	SOL	KAN	MED	DAN	OUL	MEX	RAN	NAT
1963	British Racing Partnership	Lotus 24	BRM V8	Innes Ireland	LOM 3	GLV 1	PAU	IMO	SYR	AIN 2	INT 4	ROM		KAN	MED	AUT	OUL 13	RAN
		BRP Mk1		Innes Ireland									SOL 3
		Lotus 24		Jim Hall	LOM 6	GLV 4	PAU	IMO	SYR	AIN Ret	INT Ret	ROM	SOL 6	KAN	MED	AUT	OUL	RAN
		Lotus 24		Mike Beckwith	LOM	GLV	PAU	IMO	SYR	AIN	INT	ROM	SOL	KAN	MED	AUT	OUL Ret	RAN
1964	British Racing Partnership	BRP Mk1	BRM V8	Innes Ireland	DMT 1	NWT Ret	SYR	AIN Ret	INT 12	SOL Ret	MED 3	RAN
		BRP Mk1		Trevor Taylor				AIN Ret	INT Ret	SOL	MED Ret	RAN
		Lotus 24		Trevor Taylor	DMT Ret	NWT 3	SYR			SOL 6
1966	Stirling Moss Racing Team	BRP Mk2	BRM V8	Richie Ginther	RSA Ret	SYR	INT	OUL
1966	John Willment Automobiles	BRP	Climax V8	John Campbell-Jones	RSA	SYR	INT	OUL DSQ

Sources

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References

1 2 3 4 5 Jacobson, Curtis. "Kurt DelBene's 1964 B.R.P. (BRP-BRM) Grand Prix Race Car". www.britishracecar.com. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
↑ "Yeoman Credit Racing Team". Racing Retro. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

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[Jacobson-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Jacobson, Curtis. "Kurt DelBene's 1964 B.R.P. (BRP-BRM) Grand Prix Race Car". www.britishracecar.com. Retrieved 29 April 2013.

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