GPL BRM P83

gpl67_brm

Used at THR from 2020 to 2025

Brand: GrandPrix Legends
Country: Great Britain
Class: race
Year: 1967
Power: 423 bhp
Torque: 287 Nm
Weight: 626kg
Top speed: 300+km/h
Acceleration: --s 0-100
Power / weight: 1.48kg/cv

The BRM P83 was a Formula One racing car designed by Tony Rudd and built by British Racing Motors for the new engine regulations of 1966. It used a highly unorthodox H16 engine which caused problems throughout the car's racing life, and despite the best efforts of Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart took BRM from championship contenders to also-rans, leading it to be regarded alongside the BRM Type 15 as another embarrassing failure for the British marque caused by a fetish for overcomplicated engineering. BRM decided to hedge their bets by developing their existing 16 valve 1.5 litre V8 into a 32 valve 3 litre H16, effectively two flat 8s one on top of the other and geared together. The sheer complexity of the engine led to a truly terrible record of unreliability; engine, transmission and related problems caused 27 of the powerplants 30 retirements from 40 entries. Jackie Stewart said of the engine: it was unnecessarily large, used more fuel, carried more oil and needed more water - all of which added weight and diminished the vehicle's agility. The 64 valve engine produced 423 horsepower at 10,500 RPM. The H16 had an extremely narrow power band and was by some distance the heaviest engine on the grid, starting out weighing 250kg when introduced in 1966 with the final lightweight version lowering this to 180kg.

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Championships10

Events24

Race sessions31

Drivers16

Years active2020–2025

Starts44

Wins2

Race laps1,031

Race distance5,286 km

Race time28.6 h

Driver	Starts	Wins	Race laps	Used skin	Events
FMG	7	1	263	122_fmg	7 events Watkins GlenGPL Championship 7Skin: 122_fmg2025 Spa - THRs 7th AnniversaryGPL Championship 7Skin: 122_fmg2025 SilverstoneGPL Championship 7Skin: 122_fmg2025 ZandvoortGPL Championship 7Skin: 122_fmg2025 MonacoGPL Championship 7Skin: 122_fmg2025 MonzaGPL Championship 7Skin: 122_fmg2025 ZolderGPL 1967 Mod at Zolder - Fun EventSkin: 122_fmg2024
Ted Hough	4	1	43	—	2 events DeutschlandringGPL Championship 32020 Monaco 1966GPL Championship 32020
Marko Ristic	11	0	284	00_Stewartblue01_Spence	8 events Watkins GlenGPL Championship 7Skin: 00_Stewart2025 Watkins GlenGPL Championship 7 - Practice RacesSkin: 00_Stewart2025 Spa - THRs 7th AnniversaryGPL Championship 7Skin: 00_Stewart2025 Spa - THR 7th AnniversaryGPL Championship 7 - Practice RacesSkin: 00_Stewart2025 SilverstoneGPL Championship 7Skin: blue2025 ZandvoortGPL Championship 7Skin: 01_Spence2025 ZandvoortGPL Championship 7 - Practice RacesSkin: 01_Spence2025 MonzaGPL Championship 7Skin: 01_Spence2025
Franglais	6	0	46	—	3 events DeutschlandringGPL Championship 32020 Monaco 1966GPL Championship 32020 Spa 1966GPL Championship 32020
Declan Rex	4	0	52	02_Rex	2 events Monza - RW9GPL Championship 4 (Throwback)Skin: 02_Rex2021 Monza - Practice RacesGPL Championship 4 (Throwback) – Practice RacesSkin: 02_Rex2021
Potatohedron	2	0	79	67_Potatohedron	2 events Le Mans BugattiGPL Championship 6 - Top CupSkin: 67_Potatohedron2023 MonzaGPL Championship 6 - Top CupSkin: 67_Potatohedron2023
Eetu Karjunen	2	0	57	00_Stewart01_Spence	2 events MonzaGPL Championship 7Skin: 00_Stewart2025 Kyalami - PrologueGPL Championship 7Skin: 01_Spence2025
Valentin Knechtel	2	0	4	00_Stewart	1 events Nordschleife - RW7GPL Championship 4 (Throwback)Skin: 00_Stewart2021
margar17	1	0	41	margar17	1 events Official RaceSupporters Race - GPL at Oulton Park - Fun EventSkin: margar172022
Nat Stevenson	1	0	41	01_Spence	1 events Official RaceSupporters Race - GPL at Oulton Park - Fun EventSkin: 01_Spence2022
George Veloni	1	0	40	black	1 events ZolderGPL 1967 Mod at Zolder - Fun EventSkin: black2024
Mark Zeidler	1	0	38	01_Spence	1 events Monaco 1966 family edition_[THR]GPL Championship 5Skin: 01_Spence2021
Vectorv12	1	0	29	00_Stewart	1 events Monza 1966 - Road Course OSRWGPL Championship 5Skin: 00_Stewart2021
SDH-M ~ HappyKojot	1	0	14	727_Happykojot	1 events MonzaGPL Championship 6 - Top CupSkin: 727_Happykojot2023
Andy Miller	0	0	0	—	—
Hurr Durst	0	0	0	—	—