请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 BRM P48
释义

  1. Development

  2. Racing record

  3. Complete Formula One World Championship results

  4. References

{{More citations needed|date=February 2019}}{{Infobox racing car
| Car_name = BRM P48
| Image =
| Category = Formula One
| Constructor=British Racing Motors
| Designer=Stewart Tresilian
| Team = Owen Racing Organisation
| Predecessor = P25
| Successor = P57 Climax
| Technical ref = [1]
| Chassis = Steel ladder frame
| Front suspension = double wishbones, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
| Rear suspension = double wishbones, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
| Length =
| Width =
| Height =
| Wheelbase = {{convert|90|in|cm|1|abbr=on}}
| Engine name = British Racing Motors 25
| Capacity = {{convert|2491|cc|cuin|1|abbr=on}}
| Configuration = S4
| Turbo/NA = N/A,
| Engine position = rear-mounted.
| Gearbox name = British Racing Motors
| Gears = 4-speed
| Type = transverse shaft.
| Differential = ZF differential.
| Weight = {{convert|1102|lb|kg|1|abbr=on}} {{smaller|(Unladen)}}
| Fuel = Petrol/alcohol mix.
| Tyres = Dunlop.
| Debut = 1960 Monaco Grand Prix
| Noted Drivers= {{flagicon|UK}} Graham Hill
{{flagicon|USA}} Harry Schell
{{flagicon|SWE}} Joakim Bonnier
{{flagicon|USA}} Dan Gurney
| Races = 7
| Wins = 0
| Poles = 0
| Fastest_laps = 1
}}

The BRM P48 was a Formula One racing car raced in 1960. It was BRM's first rear-engined car. With rear-engined cars in the ascendancy, BRM hastily reworked the front-engined, now five-year-old P25. The car proved to be slow and unreliable, and was replaced by the P48/57 the following year.

Development

Aside from the placement of the driver and engine, the P48 was mechanically the same as the outgoing P25. It featured the same 2.5 litre straight-4 engine producing 275 horsepower. The P48 also featured a single brake disc at the rear mounted directly to the gearbox. The rear bodywork was cut off to aid cooling, which exposed the unlovingly nicknamed "bacon slicer" rear brake.

During 1960 Tony Rudd designed his Mark II version of the car, with a conventional 2 disc rear brake layout, simple rear wishbone suspension and a much lower profile. This resulted in a much better handling car, and for the 1961 Formula One season BRM based their chassis designs on the Mark II.

Racing record

For 1960, BRM campaigned three P48s for Joakim Bonnier, Graham Hill, and Dan Gurney. The P48 debuted in the second race of the season, the Monaco Grand Prix. To the surprise of everyone, including the team, all three cars finished. Bonnier scored points for fifth. However, this proved to be a false hope, as each driver finished only once more. At the Dutch Grand Prix, Hill finished a respectable third behind the Coventry Climax engined Cooper and Lotus of Jack Brabham and Innes Ireland. Sadly, Gurney's rear brake failed on the entry to Zandvoort's first hairpin; his BRM rolled into the stands, killing one spectator and injuring several others. After the Zandvoort disaster, BRM scored just once more with Bonnier in the United States Grand Prix. BRM finished the season with a disappointing 8 points.

The Mark II cars were raced in the 1961 Intercontinental Formula races.

{{-}}

Complete Formula One World Championship results

Year Entrant Engine Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points WCC
{{F1|1960}}Owen Racing OrganisationBRM P25 2.5 L4{{Dunlop}} ARG MON 500 NED BEL FRA GBR POR ITA USA84th
Graham Hill73RetRetRetRetRet
Joakim Bonnier5RetRetRetRetRet5
Dan GurneyNCRetRetRet10RetRet

References

1. ^{{cite book|title= The Great Encyclopedia of Formula One|last1= Ménard |first1= Pierre |authorlink1= Pierre Ménard |year= 2000 |publisher= Constable & Robinson Ltd |location= London, England |isbn= 1-84119-259-7 |pages= 432}}
  • {{cite book|title= BRM: The Saga of British Racing Motors: Rear-Engined Cars, 1960-79. Vol 2.|last1= Nye |first1= Doug |year= 2003 |publisher= Motor Racing Publications |isbn= 1-899870-00-8}}
{{BRM}}{{F1 cars 1960}}

1 : BRM Formula One cars

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/11/12 11:30:06