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BRM P133

The BRM P133 was a Formula One racing car which raced in the 1968 and 1969 Formula One seasons . Design The P133 was the works built version of the Len Terry designed P126 , the...

The BRM P133 was a Formula Oneracing car which raced in the 1968 and 1969 Formula One seasons.

Design

The P133 was the works built version of the Len Terry designed P126, the three examples of which had been built by Terry's Transatlantic Automotive Consultants concern. It was powered by a 3.0-litre V12 engine.

Racing history

Its best results were a second place at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix, two third places at the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix and 1968 Canadian Grand Prix, as well as a fastest lap at the 1968 French Grand Prix all by Pedro Rodríguez.[2]

1968

Rodríguez drove all but two races in the Owen Racing Organisation P133 in 1968.

Rodríguez at the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix

The Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix saw the Mexican qualify second and ninth respectively and retire both times when he crashed. At Belgium, Rodríguez qualified eighth and finished second. The Dutch Grand Prix saw the Mexican qualify 11th and finish third. At France, Rodríguez qualified 10th and was not classified. The British Grand Prix saw the Mexican qualify 13th and retire when his engine blew. At Germany, Rodríguez qualified 14th and finished sixth. The P133 was not used in the Italian Grand Prix but was used for the Canadian Grand Prix when the Mexican qualified 12th and finished 3rd. In the United States, Rodríguez qualified 11th and retired with broken suspension. The final race of 1968 was the Mexican Grand Prix saw the Mexican qualify 12th and finish 4th in front of his home crowd.

At the end of the year, despite Rodríguez's good performances, BRM team manager Louis Stanley released him to the Reg Parnell Racing privately entered BRM team for 1969.

1969

Jackie Oliver replaced him for 1969.

La primera carrera del año fue el Gran Premio de Sudáfrica, donde el inglés se clasificó 14.º y terminó 7.º. En España, Oliver se clasificó 10.º y tuvo que abandonar por una avería en una tubería de aceite. En el Gran Premio de Mónaco , se clasificó 13.º y tuvo que abandonar tras chocar contra la parte trasera del Lotus de Richard Attwood . En Holanda, Oliver se clasificó 13.º y tuvo que abandonar por una avería en la caja de cambios. El equipo no participó en el Gran Premio de Francia , pero sí en el de Gran Bretaña, donde Oliver se clasificó 13.º y tuvo que abandonar por un fallo en la transmisión.

Resultados del Campeonato Mundial de Fórmula Uno

( clave ) (los resultados en negrita indican la pole position, los resultados en cursiva indican la vuelta más rápida)

‡ Puntos obtenidos por los chasis P138 y P139 † Puntos obtenidos por el chasis P126

Resultados de Fórmula Uno fuera del Campeonato

( clave ) (los resultados en negrita indican la pole position, los resultados en cursiva indican la vuelta más rápida)

Referencias

  1. Estadísticas F1. "BRM P133" . Consultado el 1 de mayo de 2014 .{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: nombres numéricos: lista de autores ( enlace )
  2. ^ Melissen, Wouter (20 de junio de 2005). "BRM P133" . Ultimatecarpage.com . Consultado el 1 de mayo de 2014 .
  3. Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who . Guinness. págs. 321 y 271. ISBN  0851127029.