A four-car team
04. Feb 2023
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In the 1970’s it was not very unusual that a team entered three or even four cars for a Grand Prix, as here at the 1971 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, where the BRM team fielded no less than 4 cars!
Three recent P160 V12 were entered for Peter Gethin, Howden Ganley and Jo Siffert, while Helmut Marko had to be happy with the older P153, as can be seen on this picture.
After a thrilling slip stream race, Peter Gethin (BRM, picture below) won by the slightest margin (only 0.61 separated the first five) over Peterson, Cevert, Hailwood and team-mate Ganley.
Jo Siffert in the third BRM finished 9th two laps down, while Helmut Marko in the fourth car, had to retire on lap 3 with a broken engine.
Categories:
Formula 1, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, Peter Gethin, Howden Ganley, Jo Siffert, Helmut Marko, BRM, BRM, England, New Zealand, Switzerland, Austria, 1971
Source: DR