BRM, Racing for Britain
IAN WAGSTAFF with DOUG NYE, Porter Press International, £120, ISBN 978 1 913089 23 8
Too often, BRM is summed up as a ‘heroic failure’ of post-war motor racing but, as 1996 F1 World Champion Damon Hill points out in his foreword, it was the double victory scored by BRM and his father Graham in 1962 (the first time a British driver had been champion in a British car) that really marked the start of Britain’s dominance of the F1 industry. It was remarkably long-lived as a racing marque – 1945 to 1977 – and it used British components throughout. BRM did indeed live up to its full title: British Racing Motors.
This all-new book comes with the reassurance of being co-authored by two of the best names in the business and has further benefited from being designed by Martin Port (see the review of on the facing page). So you get the best of all possible worlds: in-depth yet engaging text, authoritative captions – we detect the hand of Doug Nye in these – and imaginative layout, which makes best use of some fabulous photos. The print quality is excellent, too.
