SCREAMING V16 BRM - Interview and On Track

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Жыл бұрын

Raymond Mays was a regular hill climb competitor and it was in Prescott that he clinched the 1947 British Hillclimb Championship title behind the wheel of his ERA R4D,
Mays had founded BRM or British Racing Motors in 1945. Perhaps the most famous car that they built was the V16, powered by a 1.5 litre, 16-cylinder supercharged engine. Along with Mays, Frenchman Raymond Sommer, Reg Parnell and, most famous of all, Stirling Moss drove the car. The V16 is renowned among motorsport aficionados for the remarkable engine note produced by the immensely complex engine and visitors to Prescott were able to hear as well as see the car in action.
Chris Drewett talks to Rob Hall, of Hall & Hall, who were responsible for the build of the 'new' V16

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@petermay8744 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful piece of engineering . I remember to this day hearing the BRM at Goodwood on what may have been its first race and the sound has never lost its appeal

@TheLRider 5 ай бұрын

What a fantastic project and absolutely unique I'd have thought. Looks stunning and sounds even better. Huge congratulations to all who made this happen. ❤❤

@monteceitomoocher 8 ай бұрын

That thing sounds really savage, Fangio loved it, Moss was wary of it, fabulous machine, great shame it wasn't reliable in the day, but they were pushing their technology beyond the limits.

@DanielGonzzz 10 ай бұрын

Great interview, thank you for sharing. This thing howling in the distance is SUCHHH A SOUNDDD!

@iansheppard9736 Жыл бұрын

I have this sound as the ring tone on my mobile. Incredible.

@antonoat Жыл бұрын

What an incredible achievement, huge congrats to everyone involved with the project! 👏👍😀

@Jonny_Red Жыл бұрын

That sound is always spine tingling 👌❣

@fredscratchet1355 Жыл бұрын

What an absolute beautiful terrifying beast!😁

@HillClimbTV Жыл бұрын

Well summed up! 🤣

@Workerbee-zy5nx 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like a Allosaurus..perfect build.👍

@sheerluckholmes5468 11 ай бұрын

Screaming is not a word I would use to describe this engine sound, raucous, loud and bellowing may be more apt.

@joeleonard9965 8 ай бұрын

Oh she screams. There is no way to not scream when it has that little displacement revving to 12k

@tankosl Жыл бұрын

I saw this going up the hill on Saturday……..absolutely amazing experience…..I can only imagine what it’d be like sat behind the wheel!

@davidtillson729 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely magnificent I am old enough to have witnessed it racing at Goodwood. What a sound from that magnificent engine

@wraitheful 11 ай бұрын

This car is spectacular 😊

@simon-xi3cv Жыл бұрын

Incredible engine and automobile. And well driven!

@wrxelectra Жыл бұрын

Gloriously Brutal.

@alex.germany 8 ай бұрын

That was the time when cars still had character.

@peterbonnez Жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@wraitheful 11 ай бұрын

I believe Chris use to announce Goodwood (I wish he still did)

@kapfazo 12 күн бұрын

Most of all, it looks sooooo great. That nose~~~

@arkhsm 10 ай бұрын

F me, that's BRILLIANT ! Also, how does it manage to sound like a near 6 litre NASCAR engine !!

@joshthomas2536 10 ай бұрын

Actually, the question should be, why does a 6 litre NASCAR engine sound like a 1.5 V16. This was well and truly out long before the standardised v8 NASCARs run

@thephilpott2194 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Nigel Mansell has a brother!

@lesterbeedell9725 Жыл бұрын

Pistons the size of a double scotch is a more accurate description It’s not coil ignition, magnetos

@sheerluckholmes5468 11 ай бұрын

In the book 'BRM' by Raymond Mays and Peter Roberts the pistons are described as being the size of polite coffee cups.

@MH-fb5kr 6 ай бұрын

The engine snarl would scare LEO himself…

@huss03 Ай бұрын

Why didn't the engineers consider to put wider rubber on the race cars of that era?

@HillClimbTV Ай бұрын

Good question, I don't know - limited manufacturing ability maybe? I wonder if anyone else knows?

@huss03 Ай бұрын

@@HillClimbTV Well, given the high engineering complexity of the rest of vehicle - this car being a good example of that - it's hard to see wider rubber being insurmountable

@clayz1 6 ай бұрын

Presenter is running out of questions. Keeps harping on how stupid aircraft olio's are for the application, and glad someone can afford to pay which makes it alright. Beautiful sounding v16. My god.