British Racing Partnership (BRP) 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 two 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 build two cars for the 1965 Indianapolis 500, but enjoyed little success.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

As a privateer (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine Tyres Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 British Racing Partnership Cooper T45 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 ARG MON NED 500 BEL FRA GBR GER POR ITA MOR Tom Bridger Ret British Racing Partnership MON 500 NED FRA GBR GER POR ITA USA Cooper T51 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Ivor Bueb DNQ Borgward 1500 RS 1.5 L4 13 Chris Bristow 10 BRM P25 BRM P25 2.5 L4 Stirling Moss DSQ 2 Hans Herrmann Ret 1960 Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T51 Climax Straight-4 ARG MON 500 NED BEL FRA GBR POR ITA USA Chris Bristow Ret Ret Ret Tony Brooks 4 Ret Ret 5 5 Ret Henry Taylor 7 4 8 DNS 14 Olivier Gendebien 3 2 9 7 12 Bruce Halford 8 Phil Hill 6 UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus 1818/21 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER ITA USA Cliff Allison 8 DNS Henry Taylor DNQ DNP 10 Ret 11 Lucien Bianchi Ret Ret Juan Manuel Bordeu DNS Masten Gregory Ret Ret UDT Laystall Racing Team NED MON BEL FRA GBR GER ITA USA RSA Lotus 2418/21 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Innes Ireland Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 8 5 Masten Gregory Ret 7 Lotus 24 BRM P56 1.5 V8 DNQ WD Ret 12 6 British Racing Partnership Lotus 24 BRM P56 1.5 V8 MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA Jim Hall Ret Ret 8 11 6 5 8 10 8 Innes Ireland Ret Ret British Racing Partnership Lotus 24 BRM P56 1.5 V8 MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA MEX Innes Ireland DNS Trevor Taylor Ret

As a constructor (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine(s) Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points WCC British Racing Partnership BRP Mk1 BRM V8 MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA 6 6th Innes Ireland Ret 4 7 Ret 4 British Racing Partnership BRP Mk1BRP Mk2 BRM V8 MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA MEX57th Innes Ireland 10 Ret 10 5 5 Ret 12 Trevor Taylor Ret 7 Ret Ret DNQ 6 Ret

Non-championship F1 results Year Entrant Chassis Engine(s) Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 British Racing Partnership Cooper T45 Climax L4 Tom Bridger BUE GLVRet SYR AIN INT CAE Stuart Lewis-Evans BUE GLV SYR AIN5 INT7 Cooper T43 CAE5 British Racing Partnership Cooper T51 Borgward 1500 RS 1.5 L4 Ivor Bueb BUE GLV AINRet INT8 OUL SIL George Wicken BUE GLV AIN8 INT OUL SIL Chris Bristow SIL5 Climax L4 BUE GLV AIN INT OUL3 Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T51 Climax L4 Harry Schell BUE5 GLVRet INTDNS† SIL LOM OUL Chris Bristow BUE GLV3 INTDNS SIL LOM OUL Henry Taylor BUE GLV INT SIL5 LOMRet OUL7 Dan Gurney BUE GLV INT SIL7 LOM OUL Bruce Halford BUE GLV INT SIL8 LOM OUL8 Tony Brooks BUE GLV INT SILRet LOM OUL Denis Hulme BUE GLV INT SIL LOM5 OUL UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18/21 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Cliff Allison LOM2 GLV8 PAU BRX5 VIE AIN15 SYRWD NAP LON8 SILWD SOL KAN DAN MOD FLG OUL LEW VAL RAN NAT RSA Henry Taylor LOM4 GLV6 PAU BRXRet VIE AINRet SYRWD NAP LON2 SIL8 SOL KAN DAN4 MODRet FLG OUL8 LEW VAL RAN NAT RSA Stirling Moss LOM GLV PAU BRX VIE AIN SYR NAP LON SIL1 SOLRet KAN1 DAN1 MOD FLG OUL LEW VAL RAN NAT2 RSA2 Jo Bonnier LOM GLV PAU BRX VIE AIN SYR NAP LON SIL11 SOL KAN DAN MOD FLG OUL LEW VAL RAN NAT RSA Carl Hammarlund LOM GLV PAU BRX VIE AIN SYR NAP LON SIL SOL KANRet DAN MOD FLG OUL LEW VAL RAN NAT RSA Masten Gregory LOM GLV PAU BRX VIE AIN SYR NAP LON SIL SOL KAN DANRet MODNC FLG OUL5 LEW VAL RANRet NAT Ret RSARet UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18/21 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Masten Gregory CAP4 BRXRet LOMRet LAV GLV5 PAU AINRet MAL5 CLP Lotus 24 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 INT8 NAP BRM P56 1.5 V8 RMSRet SOLDNA KAN1 MED DAN2 OUL6 MEX5 RAN NAT Lotus 18/21 Climax V8 Innes Ireland CAP BRX3 LOMRet LAV GLV3 PAU AINRet Ferrari 156 INT4 Lotus 24 NAP MAL CLP1 RMS3 SOLDNA KAN4 MED DAN3 OUL MEX3 RANRet NAT Lotus 18/21 Climax V8 Stirling Moss CAP BRX LOM7 LAV GLVRet PAU AIN INT NAP MAL CLP RMS SOL KAN MED DAN OUL MEX RAN NAT British Racing Partnership Lotus 24 BRM V8 Innes Ireland LOM3 GLV1 PAU IMO SYR AIN2 INT4 ROM KAN MED AUT OUL13 RAN BRP Mk1 SOL3 Lotus 24 Jim Hall LOM6 GLV4 PAU IMO SYR AINRet INTRet ROM SOL6 KAN MED AUT OUL RAN Mike Beckwith LOM GLV PAU IMO SYR AIN INT ROM SOL KAN MED AUT OULRet RAN British Racing Partnership BRP Mk1 BRM V8 Innes Ireland DMT1 NWTRet SYR AINRet INT12 SOLRet MED3 RAN Trevor Taylor AINRet INTRet SOL MEDRet RAN Lotus 24 DMTRet NWT3 SYR SOL6 Stirling Moss Racing Team BRP Mk2 BRM V8 Richie Ginther RSA SYR INT OUL John Willment Automobiles BRP Climax V8 John Campbell-Jones RSA SYR INT OUL

Sources Forix article on BRP Team Profile at Grand Prix Encyclopedia F1 Database entry Results from Formula1.com

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