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

Event	Championship	Date	Starts	Wins	Drivers	Race laps
Watkins Glen	GPL Championship 7	21 Dec 2025	2	0	2	109
Watkins Glen	GPL Championship 7 - Practice Races	20 Dec 2025	2	0	1	51
Spa - THRs 7th Anniversary	GPL Championship 7	07 Dec 2025	2	0	2	31
Spa - THR 7th Anniversary	GPL Championship 7 - Practice Races	06 Dec 2025	2	0	1	15
Silverstone	GPL Championship 7	23 Nov 2025	2	1	2	80
Zandvoort	GPL Championship 7	09 Nov 2025	2	0	2	53
Zandvoort	GPL Championship 7 - Practice Races	08 Nov 2025	2	0	1	42
Monaco	GPL Championship 7	26 Oct 2025	1	0	1	42
Monza	GPL Championship 7	12 Oct 2025	3	0	3	101
Kyalami - Prologue	GPL Championship 7	28 Sep 2025	1	0	1	38
Zolder	GPL 1967 Mod at Zolder - Fun Event	08 Dec 2024	2	0	2	82
Spa Franchorchamps	GPL Championship 6 - Casual Cup	25 Feb 2024	0	0	1	0
Le Mans Bugatti	GPL Championship 6 - Top Cup	05 Nov 2023	1	0	1	38
Monza	GPL Championship 6 - Top Cup	22 Oct 2023	2	0	2	55
Official Race	Supporters Race - GPL at Oulton Park - Fun Event	29 May 2022	2	0	2	82
60s Watkins Glen	GPL Championship 5	21 Nov 2021	0	0	2	0
Monaco 1966 family edition_[THR]	GPL Championship 5	07 Nov 2021	1	0	1	38
Monza 1966 - Road Course OSRW	GPL Championship 5	26 Sep 2021	1	0	1	29
Monza - RW9	GPL Championship 4 (Throwback)	07 Feb 2021	2	0	1	28
Monza - Practice Races	GPL Championship 4 (Throwback) – Practice Races	06 Feb 2021	2	0	1	24
Nordschleife - RW7	GPL Championship 4 (Throwback)	10 Jan 2021	2	0	1	4
Deutschlandring	GPL Championship 3	17 May 2020	4	1	2	25
Monaco 1966	GPL Championship 3	03 May 2020	4	0	2	57
Spa 1966	GPL Championship 3	19 Apr 2020	2	0	1	7