Team story
Origins
Alfred Moss and Ken Gregory founded British Racing Partnership to run racing cars before building one of their own. The team also used the names of sponsors Yeoman Credit and UDT-Laystall, anticipating a commercial model that would become widespread. Tony Robinson was its chief mechanic and became the designer when a different single-seater from the Lotuses available to customers was needed.
The Formula 1 journey
The Mk 1 made its debut at Spa in 1963 with Innes Ireland. In the next race at Zandvoort, Ireland was fourth, the best World Championship result for a BRP chassis. In 1964, Trevor Taylor also drove the Mk 2.
The two seasons of its own designs brought eleven points, but no podium in Grands Prix counting towards the title.
Historical timeline
Three chapters in the story of BRP
Three episodes to revisit the people, cars and races that shaped this journey.
First appearance · Belgian Grand Prix
Innes Ireland · Belgian Grand Prix 1963. The recorded outcome is DNF. This is the first recorded race start, or the first entry if the team never started a race.
Sporting landmark · Dutch Grand Prix
Innes Ireland · Dutch Grand Prix 1963. The recorded position is P4; this number alone does not show whether the driver completed the race distance. This marks the first win or podium where one exists, otherwise the highest recorded placing for this constructor.
Latest recorded appearance · Mexican Grand Prix
Trevor Taylor · Mexican Grand Prix 1964. The recorded outcome is DNF. This is the last race start attributed to this constructor in the archive, not necessarily the end of the organisation behind it.
A distinctive way of racing
The BRP monocoque was inspired by the Lotus 25, which the team could not buy, but used a BRM V8 instead of the Coventry Climax. Light green made the cars recognisable, while the move from customer to constructor increased the technical commitment. Earlier results with Cooper, Lotus or BRM remain attributed to those respective chassis.
What remains
The work did not end immediately with the departure from Formula 1. In 1965, Robinson designed two Indianapolis cars commissioned by George Bryant, with Ford engines: Masten Gregory and Johnny Boyd took them to the Indianapolis 500. That American phase does not belong to BRP's World Championship results, because Indianapolis had already left the championship.
The project therefore left both European monocoques and cars for the oval.