Edited by Paul Taylor, Yesterday, 14:46.
BRM H16
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buddyt
, Oct 23 2001 01:16
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Paul Taylor
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Posted Yesterday, 14:46
Is there any record of what top speed / RPM the P83 was pulling at Spa in 1967?
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Tom Glowacki
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Posted Today, 02:59
OK, I'll bite. Exactly what top speed and RPMs did the BRM P83 pull at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa in 1967?
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Doug Nye
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Posted Today, 06:52
From Tony Rudd's race report to BRM principal Sir Alfred Owen:
"Stewart's maximum speed on the straight was 196 m.p.h. and he was emerging from the Masta Kink at 171 1/2 m.p.h....".
During practice JYS saw 11,000rpm in top gear. When the transmission began jumping out of engagement during the race the engine was buzzed to an indicated 13,200rpm (instrument tell-tale possibly on bounce) yet held together...
Anyone who accused Jackie Stewart of being 'frit' when he embarked upon his safety campaign should have considered these figures just a year after he had been the victim in what could so easily have been a fatal accident at Masta. Big cochones - really, really big.
DCN
Edited by Doug Nye, Today, 09:07.
