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Until the 1960's when BRM ( British Racing Motors) started to make a much more successful impression in the world of F1, I always thought that BRM stood for British Racing Misery, as many of their racers were a complete failure.
Not this BRM P261, nicely re-produced by Lesney; that was a front runner and argubly their most successful racing car.
Here Graham Hill at the 1964 Monaco GP:
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The P261 began as a P61, a chassis built to compete with the successful Lotus 25 Monocoque car. However early handling problems required an update to the design to stiffen the chassis hence the MK2 version became known as the P261. BRM designer Tony Rudd created a monocoque chassis by covering a steel tubular sections in an aluminium skin. The 1.5 litre engine was revised to produce around 200 bhp. Early race results showed the car had great promise, lapping 1 second quicker in testing than the older spaceframe P57 after the handling problems were rectified. With a total of 18 Race wins in all competitions with 6 of them in Grand Prix, the P261 was most successful car built by BRM.
Here Ritchie Ginther driving the P261:
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