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The Ex- Jean-Pierre Beltoise 1972 BRM P180 Formula 1 Chassis No. 180-02 • One of only two BRM P180s ever built and the last BRM ever to win a Formula 1 race.
• Raced at Monaco in period.
• A proven pole sitter and front runner at the Monaco Historics.
• Designed by the legendary Tony Southgate. BRM in 1972 were the first Formula 1 cars ever to carry the iconic livery of the Marlboro cigarette company.
• Recently driven by four time World Champion Sebastien Vettel.
• Accompanied by an extensive history file of invoices, period photographs, FIA papers old and six spare wheels.
• A highly desirable and competitive entry into next years the heavily subscribed Monaco Historic’s Pre-1972 Formula 1 Grid.
Few names in Formula 1 history evoke the same feeling of history, nostalgia and excitement as BRM. Britain's answer to Ferrari, between 1950 and 1977 the BRM team started 197 Grand prix, taking 17 victories, 11 pole positions, 15 fastest laps, 1 Drivers World Championship and 1 Formula 1 Constructors World Championship. Their cars were driven by some of the greatest names in motor racing like Fangio, Gonzalez, Hawthorn, Moss, Hill, Stewart, Surtees, Rodregez, Beltoise and Lauda to name a few. When Graham Hill won the World Championship in 1962 it was the first time a British Driver had ever won the World Championship in a British car and BRM remain with Ferrari to be the only teams to ever win a Formula 1 World Championship in a car built completely in house.
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BRM are also responsible for bringing what has to be the most recognised sponsorship livery into Formula 1, Marlboro Cigarettes. For the 1972 season, with the backing of their new sponsors, BRM decided to run an ambitious huge multi car team with three main drivers Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Peter Gethin and Howden Ganley. Other drivers included Helmut Marko, Gis van Lennep Reine Wisell, Vern Schuppan and Brian Redman. The season was to start with the the previous year’s P160 and some of the older P153s before hopefully moving the main drivers into the P180s once they were ready. Only two P180 were ever completed, P180-01 and this car P180-02, being the more successful of the two.
Designed by Tony Southgate, the P180 was a completely new design. The chassis was a very low, f la t -bo t tomed, wedge shaped a lumin ium monocoque. The two radiators were mounted at the rear to help with the aerodynamic design of the nose and tail section. The complex curves continued throughout the design’s upper surfaces with various air scoops as required for water and oil radiators along with inboard brakes. Even the cockpit surround has a removable panel that encloses the driver to the extent that the top of the steering wheel appears through the top of the cowling. The P180 was powered by the tried and tested BRM 3-litre V12 engine driven through the BRM P161 5-Speed gearbox.
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P180-2’s 1972 results are as follows:
1st May 1972 Spanish GP at Jarama Beltoise - Practice only
14th May 1972 Monaco GP Ganley - DNF
29th May 1972 International Gold Cup at Oulton Park Reine Wisell - DNF
10th September 1972 The Italian Grand Prix at Monza Beltoise - 9th
24th September 1972 The Canadian Grand Prix at Gosport Park Beltoise - DNF
8th of October 1972 The US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen Beltoise - DNF
22nd October 1972 John Player Victor Meeting, Brands Hatch Beltoise - 1st
The P180’s performance improved as the season went on, especially after the revisions to its weight distribution, aerodynamics and suspension geometry leading up to Monza.
The P180’s moment of glory finally came with this car P180-02 at the John Player Victory meeting at Brands Hatch. The race started in damp conditions with many cars starting on wet weather tyres including the newly crowned World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi in his Lotus 72. Beltoise opted for the intermediate tyres and the race got underway with him 5th in drying conditions. P180-02 was able to work its way past the front runners to take the lead on lap 14. By lap 40 the race was won by a little over 5 seconds making the P180 a Formula 1 winner and what was to turn out to be the last BRM ever to win a Formula 1 race.
Photos: Top - Ganley Monaco 1972 (Ferret Fotographics) / Bottom - Beltoise Watkins Glen (Jutta Fausal)
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From BRM, P180-2 passed through a number of owners from John McCathy to John Harper, John Beasley, back to John Harper and in 1998 was eventually bought by well known collector Peter Hannen. During his ownership P180-02 was demonstrated at the BRM 50th Anniversary at Silverstone on the 31st of July 1999 and again at the Bourne parade on the 29th of August the same year.
In November 2001 Luke Chapman bought P180-02 and in 2002 it returned to the track and proved what a competitive car it can be. At the 3rd Monaco Historic Grand Prix on the 18/19th of May 2002 Flavien Marcais put P180-02 on pole position a staggering 3.7 seconds ahead of his next rival. Sadly he had to retire on the first lap of the race with a broken fuel pump belt.
However a week later at the Grand Prix de Historique in Pau, Flavien again put the car on pole and this time in the race he managed to emulate his fellow countryman Beltoise and once again make P180-02 a winner. Not stopping there both car and driver went on to take third at the Nurburgring and both pole position and the race win in the Pre-’72 Formula 1 race at the Oulton Park Gold Cup meeting later that same year.
From here ownership passed to Brad Krause of New York. Invoices in the extensive history file that accompanies the car show he spent a total of $198,880.37 on this car with leading historic race preparation specialists Hall and Hall. In 2006 he spent $91,259.48 on engine work alone where it was returned to Hall and Hall, completely stripped and rebuilt, having made new cylinder heads with new valves. During this time they also cast 12 new wheels.
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From Krause ownership passed through Peter McClaughlin to it’s current owner in 2011. A well know racing driver and personnel friend of Beltoise from period, he re-patriated the car back to the England in November 2011 and went on to race P180-02 in the competitive and prestigious Pre-’72 Formula 1 grid in both the 2012 and 2014 Monaco Historic Grand Prix. At the support race to the British Grand Prix in 2013 he qualified 5th fastest in the wet ahead of much later cars. A strong testament to the cars handling and traction. Last year P180-02 was invited to Austrian Grand Prix to take part in an on track demonstration where it was driven by four time World Champion Sebastian Vettel. From Austria the car went to the Singapore Grand Prix for the support races before being invited to travel to New Zealand to feature and race in the Gulf Oil Howden Ganley F5000 Festival earlier this year.
Now back from its travels, this is a unique opportunity to acquire the last BRM ever to win a Formula 1 race and as such a significant piece of Motor racing history. The body work on the car is believed to be, bar the odd touch up, as it left BRM and the car has a unmistakable patina to it right down to Beltoise’ signature. Accompanied by a comprehensive history file of invoices, period pictures, articles, FIA papers (old and current), as well as the usual full sets of wet and slick wheels with spares.
Both Howden Ganley and the current owner have paid tribute to this cars light steering, the impressive torque of the 12 cylinder BRM engine and the P180’s ability to get traction, especially in the wet. It is also worth noting that great deal of investment has been made into the development and running of these BRM engines and a staggering amount of spares are readily available for these cars.
A proven pole sitter and potential race winner in Monaco’s prestigious pre-72 Formula 1 grid. With the next Monaco Historic Grand Prix just under a year away, you need to be thinking about your entry now and with early 1970’s “High Air Box” Formula 1 cars gaining rapid interest in the market place, this is a rare opportunity indeed.
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