BRM’s Supercharged V16 F1 Car Sounds INSANE [4k]

BRM’s Supercharged V16 F1 Car Sounds INSANE [4k] - TG Tunnel Run Ft. THE STIG

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Contains flashing imagery
The Stig’s secret subterranean lair is the perfect place to make a lot of noise with a lot of noisy cars. Welcome to Top Gear Tunnel Run.
In the second episode of our series, our tame racing driver welcomes the BRM P15. Why? Because under that buckled-down bonnet are SIXTEEN CYLINDERS of supercharged madness.
It’s one of the most complicated engines ever made, and also one of the most terrifying. Revving to 12,000rpm, this post-war monster sounds like a flame-gargling Godzilla.
Join The Stig, and host Becky Evans, to hear exactly why more cylinders means more noise…
Top Gear Tunnel Run is sponsored by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
Car: BRM P15
Engine: 1.5-litre supercharged V16
Power: 600bhp
Price: POA
Top speed: N/A
Noise: Broke the meter
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00:00 Intro
01:47 BRM History & Walkaround
04:52 Tunnel Run
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@TopGear 19 күн бұрын

Want more tunnel run goodness? Check out how the Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 sounded ➡ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hKene5mVlq3UaZs.html

@user-mp3eh8fk8q 19 күн бұрын

Telemetry data would be very informative...

@neelsduplessis1591 19 күн бұрын

S1 still the favorite at this moment. Until 2x5cyl arrive ….. then maybe just…

@reesecup4567 19 күн бұрын

Lower the SPL levels on the microphones and let us turn it up louder so we get amazing unclipped undistorted sound next time! Do a run then adjust the gain so there's no clipping and then do the main shoot! Also tunnels suck for hearing the true clear crisp sound of the car

@stefanvogel8255 19 күн бұрын

I want to hear Auto Union Typ C16❤

@1993ka24det 17 күн бұрын

Where is there a 30 sec clip so I can make it my Ringtone

@nicobleker8391 19 күн бұрын

Imagine if they get Mazda to let the 787B loose in there.

@benjaminmcintosh857 18 күн бұрын

It's gotta be on the list

@Buzdu22 17 күн бұрын

We're all going to be deaf... Happy, but deaf nonetheless!

@rudolphcordon3017 15 күн бұрын

TG, make this happen. I know there's still one out there.

@jase6370 14 күн бұрын

@@benjaminmcintosh857 wouldnt be half as good as the BRM !

@nelsonwanja1a 13 күн бұрын

No doubt it's on the list. Has to be

@denysb1543 16 күн бұрын

This may be the best thing Top Gear came out with since the departure of the trio. O M G. tears rolling down my face.

@Kakydanou 8 күн бұрын

Actually, Mister "Power! Power" (you know who I mean...) would just describe the driver of that car "having plums the size of coconuts" for piloting such a monster in that tunnel! Yes there are cars that went much faster but had a bit more safety features built in... Respect to the STIG!

@Jon.Rogers Күн бұрын

100%

@peterrenn6341 16 күн бұрын

Years ago I helped with the running of one of these for a private museum. Incredibly we were allowed to test the car in the lunch hour at a track day at Brands Hatch. When the car was pushed into the pitlane none of the TVR/ Caterham etc. drivers took much notice: - old car, yeah, yeah, back to the burgers and chips. -Then we fired it up! By the time it came round to cross the start line everyone was hanging over the pit wall going crazy!

@CrushiChris 12 күн бұрын

oh thats super cool what was your position in the ''museum crew'' if you dont mind me asking?

@samljones 14 күн бұрын

Mark my words this video will be generational. This is probably the highest quality documentation of the most visceral engine ever created! 8:55 Top of 3rd at over 10k rpm, double clutch on the 3-4, full throttle letting her scream to the top of 4th, then that backfire on the overrun... no other engine can compare, fact.

@axt_minion 19 күн бұрын

That sound is eargasm 🔥

@olidoran2485 18 күн бұрын

Becky whispering into Mike's ear was another sort of gasm 😅😅

@dolli6565 18 күн бұрын

I have never been a car person. Not once in my life did I think I would be into cars... but I have been working with BRM on a project with work. I got to go to Blyton race day last year, and I was NOT expecting the V16 to sound like such a monster. It started up right behind me and my ears were ringing for two days! Huge fan now.

@toucan221 17 күн бұрын

Yes it has that effect, Fantastic machine.

@christalbot8106 15 күн бұрын

Mechanical enlightenment at its finest

@s70driver2005 14 күн бұрын

Isn't it fun learning all kinds of new things and experiences that cars have to offer!?!?!

@JeffKopis 12 күн бұрын

BRM still exists today??

@toucan221 12 күн бұрын

@@JeffKopis Yes, the family who own BRM, decided to remake the same vehicle, I think superchargers are the only thing that has been improved, otherwise it is the very same thing. I am so glad the made it again.

@gastonalejandrolazzati3134 17 күн бұрын

"We had to wait a week for Fangio to arrive. He lapped at Folkingham 3 seconds faster than anyone before and then got lost, breaking an exhaust. We took the car to Silverstone. It was raining but he didn't seem to notice. The BRM was going sideways, at 45 degrees." Tony Rudd, BRM technical director

@Outland9000 15 күн бұрын

That's some rock and roll racing shizz. 🤘

@NeilMcG1983 19 күн бұрын

This is an epic series! Credit to the production crew for the high quality content!! :)

@Coleman_H 19 күн бұрын

"..Mike Hawthorn, who drove the car at Folkingham but later complained: "It was no use - every time I came to a corner and went below the 8,000rpm mark, the power went right off. Then, suddenly, as you reached the 8,000 mark the full power would come in and you had a job to hold the car straight. At 8,000rpm it really did motor, but the steering was nothing to write home about"

@nicolasmacchiavello8201 19 күн бұрын

"Vtec kicked in yo"

@jcgabriel1569 19 күн бұрын

Stirling Moss said it's the worst car he'd ever driven...

@andieslandies 19 күн бұрын

@@jcgabriel1569 did he? Were those the words he actually said?

@jcgabriel1569 19 күн бұрын

@@andieslandies he did!

@remir9137 18 күн бұрын

@@jcgabriel1569 And Fangio said "I consider it to be, basically, the best Formula One car ever made. All it needs is improvement in certain details. No car has ever given me such a thrill to drive, or a greater sense of absolute mastery. I will stand by it.”

@insta360 15 күн бұрын

THIS is what Insta360 cameras were made for 🙌

@TheXJRMAN 17 күн бұрын

When Sterling Moss tested it at Monza, Ferrari was there, clocked the lap times and immediately lodged an appeal for a rule change. The king of F1 engines for me.

@firefly8464 19 күн бұрын

Listen to Nick Mason’s “Into The Red” for his BRM doing 2 laps of Donnington driven by Mark Hales… the two passes of the pits are epic.

@jonathanhowe2652 19 күн бұрын

100% agree, its sonorous, like an almost other worldly wolf howl on “Into the red” - still the best engine noise I’ve ever heard

@brookfab 19 күн бұрын

Was it not recorded at Goodwood? Even the misfire in that recording is beautiful

@jonathanvoss5168 18 күн бұрын

This one appears to be in the ‘quieter’ configuration with the silencer. I think they really howl like a Vulcan with the shirt individual pipes

@ozholiday 18 күн бұрын

I’ll have a listen as the sound in this was cool, but sounded quite low rpm and no where near 600hp

@ozrbfan 18 күн бұрын

@@ozholiday i dont think he got up to 12000 rpm but still magnificent

@ELXABER 19 күн бұрын

Surround sound headphones cranked up to 100 with hands on either side at nearly fifty years old and grinning like a goofy kid. 🤣 Thanks, can't wait for the LFA.

@Jorj57 19 күн бұрын

GOD BLESS THE TOP GEAR TEAM FOR PROPERLY DOING A SOUND RECORDING FOR THIS INCREDIBLE CAR, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MOMENT LIKE THIS 😭🙏🙏🙏

@CCXR1 17 күн бұрын

The phrase "Are you freaked out yet" was HOT and it alone worth putting the headphones on :) The sound of the car is just astonishing!

@rhspek 14 күн бұрын

Many many years ago I had the unforgettable pleasure of hearing a BRM V16 being push started on the grass at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, between the parked visitors' cars, just as I was walking back to my own car to drive home again.

@siimtulev1759 19 күн бұрын

Top Gear seems to be inventing something new :D

@kingzalut9639 17 күн бұрын

Yes.The female..🙄

@richiesworld1 16 күн бұрын

@@kingzalut9639OMG, The obligatory incel comment 🙄

@Pauli-xl8nr 10 күн бұрын

stop being so judgemental ppl

@jamesdellaneve9005 8 күн бұрын

This is good. More please.

@tynancravy5589 18 күн бұрын

The whine of that supercharger is sublime!

@BattleNugG3t 19 күн бұрын

7:50 yes Becky

@Outland9000 15 күн бұрын

hee hee....

@seanlackenby1600 18 күн бұрын

Absolutely speechless! To be honest, this made me cry a little bit. Craziest sound ever, then flame's on the lift off 😱😱😱. Well done top gear for dedicating so much to the sound of combustion. Coolest video ever. I've saved it, so I can watch it now and again.

@WorstDriver1393 19 күн бұрын

Hands down the best sounding engine ever made. Glad to hear in high quality sound.

@MrIsmilealot 17 күн бұрын

Have a listen to this mate Yager Performance, XY-GTHO, Race 3 "no music

@ecyfoto 19 күн бұрын

The proper term of the recording process with the “head” is know as binaural.

@seantheberge5456 17 күн бұрын

yep, better than stereo, incredibly realistic....

@tintin6892 14 күн бұрын

I saw one of these at the very first Goodwood Festival of Speed. In an attempt to start it, the car was being towed up and down a sloping grassy field that was the paddock, by a brown MkIV Cortina estate. First, three or four cylinders caught, then a couple more, with each following cylinder adding to the symphony. Epically memorable, maybe because of the Cortina' assist.... Some years later, a book called Into The Red, by Nick Mason and Mark Hales, has an accompanying audio CD of the cars featured, one of which is the BRM V16. (I'm sure it'll turn up on a search here on YT.) It is recorded at Donington Park, commencing with a push start in the pitlane, where you can identify the same sequence described above, until with the full compliment of cylinders howling, it sets off for some glorious laps. A single microphone (on the pit wall, I believe) captures the engine in all its glory as it starts and sings around the laps, and if you know the circuit you can truly identify exactly where the car is from the rise and fall of the furious mechanical orchestra. The effect of the drive-by as it passes the pits each lap is properly shiver-inducing. Even now I can feel it typing this......

@SajjieSajj 19 күн бұрын

5:45 I thought it is just some evil music in the background, something a Bond movie would have. Then it kept going. And going. And then the car popped out. Oh. My. Gosh.

@vinzaputra 19 күн бұрын

I put my headset on, did not dissapointed

@cactuspharmer 19 күн бұрын

Request list for the future, a pre ware ERA, Bugatti type 35, any mid 90s F1 car and a Jaguar XJR 9 ,Metro 6R4 and the Beast of Turin. Thanks in advance 😉

@whyyoulidl 19 күн бұрын

+1 for the 6R4!

@TopGear 15 күн бұрын

👀

@Outland9000 15 күн бұрын

GT40 as well please!

@ProFlightAviation 19 күн бұрын

You guys at Top Gear absolutely nailed the 3D Audio, it sounds amazing

@Emira_75 18 күн бұрын

This is just good use of stereo audio. Apples marketing has confused you.

@ProFlightAviation 17 күн бұрын

Still sounds good 🤷‍♂️

@theyarenthere 19 күн бұрын

It doesn't matter who the stig is, what matters most is what th stig stands for, the fastest of anything, cap tipped stiggy. Bravo

@bewareofsasquatch 19 күн бұрын

First time I heard of this car was in high school so over 12 years ago. I would listen to videos of it running cause it was so crazy. When Bugatti released the V16, this was the first and only car that came to mind.

@J_Lo_fro 19 күн бұрын

I don't think I've ever had a tear in my eye from listening to a car like I just did... Incredible Love the inventiveness of new segments like this. Keep it up team 👏

@hopwon 19 күн бұрын

Oh my word! I'm covered in goosebumps after watching that (with headphones on)

@Mart77 16 күн бұрын

I cant wait to hear late 90s F1 car blasting down that tunnel at 19 000rpm.

@liamwedlake9820 16 күн бұрын

My father always described the sound as a babys wail, but good. 😂 Always had a spot for the noise these monsters produce! The sound of one coming down the straight from "Into The Red" is seared into memory! I've been a fan of the BRM V16 since I was a kid, this video has been an auditory sensation!

@rdp9816 17 күн бұрын

absolutely amazing , i enjoyed every second of this video , the last onboard is a symphony , thanks a lot top gear for bringing this absolute experience

@colebrook100 19 күн бұрын

At long last something worth watching

@UncleManuel 19 күн бұрын

Nothings screams "overcomplicated engineering" like a V16 with just 1.5 litres displacement using an overcomplicated supercharger and producing around 600 horsepower. But hey, Formula One always had the most crazy technology in racing. 😁🤟

@Miked1332 18 күн бұрын

600hp in those days is so much. Especially trying to put that power down on the track with those skinny wheels! I would just be clenched so hard the entire time sitting in that car. There'd be a noticeable crease in the middle of that seat, I can promise you that. 😂😂😂

@Hatosan_ 18 күн бұрын

I’ve been wanting a video like this for over 17 years. Thank you Top Gear crew.

@1971silversurfer 19 күн бұрын

Now that's an engine sound, what a great series so far....loving the headphone tech.

@Leather.gloves 19 күн бұрын

The video is awesome and so is the sound. But nothing will ever do that thing justice, seeing it and hearing it in real life, just a step away from the exhaust as it reverberates through your body, it’s truly one of the most beautiful sounds to the body.

@432htz3 17 күн бұрын

That engine tone is wicked..My god what a great sounding engine. I found myself holding my breath and gritting my teeth while listenng with the phones on........Aewsome !

@seal1098 19 күн бұрын

Im so proud to be from the town where this was made

@schumisebas 19 күн бұрын

Please please, get the Ferrari-Lancia D50 for this! That V8 will sound amazing in that tunnel too! If it is not too much asking, a Matra MS120 would be nice 😊

@notesnchordsschoolofmusic1732 4 күн бұрын

The best ever since the trio. Tears rolling down. No drama. Just pure sound! Top Gear Reinvented!!!!!!!!!!!

@freakinguser 19 күн бұрын

JO,,, NOW THAT is EPIC!!!!! PLEASE MORE for our 'old' 'folks' to HAVE THE ear-GASMS' to remember when the expiree date REACHES us.... PLEASE!!!!! MORE!!!!

@_RETROFIX_ 17 күн бұрын

I thought TopGear would never amaze me again, but I´m happy that I was wrong! This is proper!!

@Floh2802 16 күн бұрын

I know there will always be people who will say the LFA or some V12 supercar out there sounds the best, but for me personally the BRM V16 has the greatest and most insane engine noise out there. This thing sounds like it's perpetually at it's limit and also not straining itself at all. When you press on the gas it immedietly reminds of entire groups of V8 Stock cars rushing past your ears at 200mph, while the BRMs engine isn't even at it's limit even has some more noise packed in store above 9000RPM. The engine screams like it doesn't want to be inside the chassis and is ready to hop straight out of it any minute, but it also looks so resolutely built you'd be hard pressed to find a reason to fear the machine besides the noise. The entire car is an enigma, a 2L V16, revving to 11k RPM, it's something you think up as a concept while daydreaming, not something you'd ever see in a car and I love it for that!

@arkhsm 12 күн бұрын

Agree, but it's an even tinier 1.5 litre !!

@AllSpeed 17 күн бұрын

the one with the 16 individual headers sounds even more wild

@Rice_Cake_ 17 күн бұрын

Such a cool series, love the use of tech pioneered by quiet ASMR for blasting engine sounds at over 100db

@gchampi2 17 күн бұрын

Binaural recording goes back way before ASMR was a thing. It was in use back in the 1970's for classical and folk recordings, and the technology goes back to the 1950's...

@Banzaj33 19 күн бұрын

Ok, now if Top Gear is like this in the future, im all down for it. This. Was. Awesome!

@PratikParija 16 сағат бұрын

One of the best series Top Gear has come out with in a while! This is absolute awesomeness!

@Qnickel27 18 күн бұрын

This is the best I.C.E. noise ever made. Thank you TopGear for making a modern recording of this insane engine with the best audio tech available!

@tienenaar2295 3 күн бұрын

Every time I hear that engine reve I get goose-bumps and chills! This is how every car on the road should sound like!

@georgemorley1029 4 сағат бұрын

Nothing beats the BRM V16. Starts off frightening and then gets terrifying, and then it gets even worse. Like Satan is trying to curb his temper but gets angry and then finally completely loses the plot. They didn’t even get it up to full whack either! This is still one of the best things top gear has done in years. I haven’t paid any attention to it since even before they lost Clarkson but this is like throwing a bucket of ice water in my face - fully awake now!

@D.J._S 19 күн бұрын

The onboard was glorious. That's one of the best things I've heard in awhile.

@TexasScout 19 күн бұрын

Good Lord, just that intro gave me goosebumps!

@CanadaLuke 19 күн бұрын

Amazing series, amazing sound. Good job to the sound engineer capturing some amazing audio without it blowing out!

@Flying_Fetus 14 күн бұрын

Stig, double clutching, not granny shifting, as you should.

@philtucker1224 18 күн бұрын

The Stig AND Becky Evans? - NOW YOU’RE TALKING! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

@samflin7596 Күн бұрын

It's the first time a car made me shiver of pleasure by dropping a gear ! THIS THING IS A BEAST !!! 😱😍

@PhilMann 19 күн бұрын

8'20 or so onwards with those special microphones is just an incredible sound! Could (have)! listen to that on repeat for quite some time!

@krisnasoeprapto 19 күн бұрын

Why is it that now I like Top Gear again since the era of Clarkson, Hammond and May. But this one is really sick! The last time I watched the Audi Quattro S1 Group B Rally Car episode, it was sick!!! 🔥🔥🔥If I usually watch videos through speakers, in this Tunner Run, I always use headphones because of recommended by Becky Evans. WOOHOO. The sound of BRM P15 1.5 ltr V16!!! SUPERCHARGED!!! This is nuts. A sound it's make me happppyyyyyyyy and a smile on my face. So precise. Can't wait for the next one. Good job, Top Gear! Good job!

@Vtarec 19 күн бұрын

This might just be the best car series ever

@thesquirrel914 14 күн бұрын

That has to be the best sounding engine to have ever graced my ear holes. It's like bacon for my ears!

@rudolphcordon3017 15 күн бұрын

This new sound you guys have going on here is absolutely awesomely amazing. My heart rate shot up as if I was driving that car and at one point I was expecting a bomb to go off.

@karelpgbr 12 күн бұрын

Please do more of these! This was SO good

@toucan221 17 күн бұрын

Hats off and well done to the men who bought this back to life, Amazing, fripping well amazing, thank you so much

@danw1955 15 күн бұрын

What a cool piece of history! The fact that they took the time to replicate the BRM-16 in it's entirety is just crazy! I'm sure with modern steel alloys and such, it's a lot more reliable than the original.. and sounds just as wicked! I'll bet if they put that engine in a relatively modern F1 frame and did a few mods, it would be a pretty tough contender!😉👍👍

@maxm9539 17 күн бұрын

Gotta love that lil rev after every gear change

@LaiKing-rg8bm 17 күн бұрын

Imagine going through the Sanfrancisco tunnel?!. Glorious

@SeejAyess87 17 күн бұрын

Brilliant move with the audio. Beautiful sounding car. Listening to this and seeing the video brought tears to my eyes.

@giorgosarifoglu953 18 күн бұрын

You can hear that thing spitting fire on the over run , its a spitfire. Can you just imagine 600 hp in the 50s ? Wow...and it looks spectacular...cars today have no style.

@justins21482 12 күн бұрын

holy moly I love the sound of those straight cut gears

@Mantenner 12 күн бұрын

It's the supercharger not straight cut gears I think.

@-A.n.d.r.e.w- 15 күн бұрын

oh. yes. please! What incredible gearshifts! That driver knows his machine

@GT4-CS 19 күн бұрын

Sounds great. The way Stig sits in the car is great

@machina_spirit 17 күн бұрын

This is what I’m talking about! Thank you to whoever’s idea it was to produce this series!

@tiagopereira369 14 күн бұрын

Thanks for chills down my spine 🤯

@kapquarfa 19 күн бұрын

loving these tunnel run vids- keep em coming!

@DRRCreations 19 күн бұрын

Fantastic video! Loved the headphone segment at the end and great presenting! Best Top Gear content in a long time! 😀

@1991julez 19 күн бұрын

Nothing will beat this

@DL-ls5sy 16 күн бұрын

quel merveilleux moteur ! bravo à BRM pour l'avoir conçu.

@CallMeEsteban 19 күн бұрын

Calling it now, this is one of my favorite series on KZfaq, keep it up!

@michaelsmith7668 12 күн бұрын

That sounds so good, even my grandpa crawled out of the grave to see wth just drove by!! 😅

@carltonleboss 19 күн бұрын

I certainly wasn't expecting this.

@schalkvandermerwe3838 18 күн бұрын

These episodes are a stroke of genius. Thank you. Aurally entranced.

@ryanbennett2227 17 күн бұрын

THIS IS AMASING!!! Any motorhead needs to watch this....with great headphones lol.

@WarriorsPhoto 18 күн бұрын

That was magical sounding. I'd love to be in that tunnel and I guess I was with Mike. (:

@applejuice5272 9 күн бұрын

Shivers up my spine and goosebumps galore! Find the audio of one of these howling around Goodwood - glorious!! Visited the BRM museum in Bourne a few years ago - the pistons for this V16 are tiny!

@Ptjones654 13 күн бұрын

I got goosebumps AWESOME.

@avus303 19 күн бұрын

This is exactly what the Internet is for. Keep these videos coming please!

@altern8tive 17 күн бұрын

Finally, a top-tier motoring channel gets onboard with binaural recording which has been used on youtube for years. What took you so long? 👏🏻

@SkiThePlains 17 күн бұрын

I've heard of double-clutching on upshifts but this is the first I've seen it in action

@Mantenner 12 күн бұрын

I wonder if it's due to the box not being synchromeshed, or just allowing for faster shifts due to older synchro technology. Would be interested to get more info from the driver or someone more knowledgable as there isn't anything about why this is done on 50s race cars online.

@diamondmidnightgardener 16 күн бұрын

oh that overrun.... beautiful!

@Redmenace96 12 күн бұрын

1.5 litre, 16 cyl, 12k rpm, supercharger from a fighter plane. omg. Onto the interwebs to learn more about this repro project. I think it is brilliant. Well worth the effort, and well worth the money.