British Racing Partnership


British Racing Partnership was a racing team, and latterly constructor, from the United Kingdom. It was established by Alfred Moss and Ken Gregory – Stirling Moss's father and former manager, respectively – in 1957 to run cars for Stirling, when not under contract with other firms, along with other up-and-coming drivers.

History

BRP ran a Cooper-Borgward Formula Two car and occasionally a BRM Formula One car in 1959, the latter being demolished in a spectacular crash at the Avus street circuit. BRP was the first Formula One team to sell the entire identity of the team in return for sponsorship income; they were sponsored by the Yeoman Credit Ltd. hire-purchase company from August 1959 and became Yeoman Credit Racing for the season. BRP was given a sum of £40,000 just to buy their equipment plus £20,000/year to operate the team. The team ran Coopers in both Formula One and Formula Two during 1960, with mixed success. During this time four of the team's drivers were killed while racing their cars, and the Yeoman Credit management became concerned that the team was not generating solely positive publicity for their company. The Yeoman Credit deal was passed to Reg Parnell Racing at the end of the year, and for the and seasons BRP was renamed UDT Laystall Racing, as part of a new, similar sponsorship deal. UDT was United Dominions Trust, who among various holdings owned Laystall Engineering, the principal supplier of crankshafts to the British automotive and aviation industries.
For, the team reverted to its original name and became a true constructor; they had been running Lotus 24s and Cooper T51s for the previous few seasons, and had tried to acquire the more modern, monocoque Lotus 25 without success. This caused chief designer, Tony Robinson, to design his own monocoque car, patterned very closely after the Lotus 25, but with a thicker skin and running a BRM V8 rather than the typical Coventry Climax engine run in the Lotus 25. This car is commonly referred to as the BRP-BRM and was raced by Innes Ireland and Trevor Taylor.
As a constructor, BRP took part in 13 Grand Prix rounds, scoring a total of 11 championship points. After the team was forced to withdraw from F1 when BRP were denied membership of the Formula 1 Constructors Association which effectively deprived them of start money, then a significant factor in a team's income. Instead, BRP was hired by Masten Gregory's stepfather George Bryant to built two cars for the 1965 Indianapolis 500, but enjoyed little success.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

As a privateer

YearEntrantChassisEngineTyresDriver1234567891011
British Racing PartnershipCooper T45Climax FPF 1.5 L4ARGMONNED500BELFRAGBRGERPORITAMOR
British Racing PartnershipCooper T45Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Tom BridgerRet
British Racing PartnershipMON500NEDFRAGBRGERPORITAUSA
British Racing PartnershipCooper T51Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Ivor BuebDNQ
British Racing PartnershipCooper T51Borgward 1500 RS 1.5 L4 Ivor Bueb13
British Racing PartnershipCooper T51Borgward 1500 RS 1.5 L4 Chris Bristow10
British Racing PartnershipBRM P25BRM P25 2.5 L4 Stirling MossDSQ2
British Racing PartnershipBRM P25BRM P25 2.5 L4 Hans HerrmannRet
1960Yeoman Credit Racing TeamCooper T51Climax Straight-4ARGMON500NEDBELFRAGBRPORITAUSA
1960Yeoman Credit Racing TeamCooper T51Climax Straight-4 Chris BristowRetRetRet
1960Yeoman Credit Racing TeamCooper T51Climax Straight-4 Tony Brooks4RetRet55Ret
1960Yeoman Credit Racing TeamCooper T51Climax Straight-4 Henry Taylor748DNS14
1960Yeoman Credit Racing TeamCooper T51Climax Straight-4 Olivier Gendebien329712
1960Yeoman Credit Racing TeamCooper T51Climax Straight-4 Bruce Halford8
1960Yeoman Credit Racing TeamCooper T51Climax Straight-4 Phil Hill6
UDT Laystall Racing TeamLotus 18
18/21		Climax FPF 1.5 L4MONNEDBELFRAGBRGERITAUSA
UDT Laystall Racing TeamLotus 18
18/21		Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Cliff Allison8DNS
UDT Laystall Racing TeamLotus 18
18/21		Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Henry TaylorDNQDNP10Ret11
UDT Laystall Racing TeamLotus 18
18/21		Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Lucien BianchiRetRet
UDT Laystall Racing TeamLotus 18
18/21		Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Juan Manuel BordeuDNS
UDT Laystall Racing TeamLotus 18
18/21		Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Masten GregoryRetRet
UDT Laystall Racing TeamNEDMONBELFRAGBRGERITAUSARSA
UDT Laystall Racing TeamLotus 24
18/21		Climax FWMV 1.5 V8
Climax FPF 1.5 L4		 Innes IrelandRetRetRetRet16Ret85
UDT Laystall Racing TeamLotus 24
18/21		Climax FWMV 1.5 V8
Climax FPF 1.5 L4		 Masten GregoryRet7
UDT Laystall Racing TeamLotus 24BRM P56 1.5 V8 Masten GregoryDNQWDRet126
British Racing PartnershipLotus 24BRM P56 1.5 V8MONBELNEDFRAGBRGERITAUSAMEXRSA
British Racing PartnershipLotus 24BRM P56 1.5 V8 Jim HallRetRet811658108
British Racing PartnershipLotus 24BRM P56 1.5 V8 Innes IrelandRetRet
British Racing PartnershipLotus 24BRM P56 1.5 V8MONNEDBELFRAGBRGERAUTITAUSAMEX
British Racing PartnershipLotus 24BRM P56 1.5 V8 Innes IrelandDNS
British Racing PartnershipLotus 24BRM P56 1.5 V8 Trevor TaylorRet

As a constructor

YearEntrantChassisEngineTyresDrivers12345678910PointsWCC
British Racing PartnershipBRP Mk1BRM V8MONBELNEDFRAGBRGERITAUSAMEXRSA66th
British Racing PartnershipBRP Mk1BRM V8 Innes IrelandRet47Ret466th
British Racing PartnershipBRP Mk1
BRP Mk2		BRM V8MONNEDBELFRAGBRGERAUTITAUSAMEX57th
British Racing PartnershipBRP Mk1
BRP Mk2		BRM V8 Innes Ireland10Ret1055Ret1257th
British Racing PartnershipBRP Mk1
BRP Mk2		BRM V8 Trevor TaylorRet7RetRetDNQ6Ret57th

Non-championship F1 results