Great Read: I wish I'd designed... BRM P160

The car that proved a revelation | View in browser FROM OUR ARCHIVE, FEBRUARY 2001 | MIKE PILBEAM Great Read: I wish I'd designed... BRM P160 Born on this day in 1937, Jean-Pierre Beltoise won a single grand prix in his career, delivering BRM's final win at Monaco in 1972. He was driving the underrated BRM P160, which was inherited and developed by Mike Pilbeam that year. In today's Great Read, the designer explains what made it so good.      I was impressed by the BRM P160, designed by Tony Southgate. I took the car over and developed it when I rejoined BRM in 1972 (I first went there in the '60s), but it had already been running for some time. I actually went there to do a different job, but when Tony left I took over as chief chassis engineer. The 160 was his design, though, and I always felt it was such a nice car. READ MORE PHOTO: GRAND PRIX PHOTO ADVERTISEMENT Celebrate 75 years of motorsport at Silverstone This summer, Silverstone Festival is celebrating 75 years of motorsport at Silverstone with special races, parades and displays over the August bank holiday weekend (25-27 August). An incredible grid of legendary front-engined Grand Prix cars will be one of the standout highlights, with the entry list already boasting two of the actual cars that raced in Silverstone's opening event back in 1948… and bringing things a little more up-to-date a parade of Grand Prix cars that have raced at Silverstone over the ages will be taking to the track on all three days of the Festival too. With epic track action guaranteed, classics in their thousands, fun for all the family (kids under 16 go free) and lots more still to be announced, Silverstone Festival looks set to close out the summer in spectacular style! MORE DETAILS F1 | MAURICE HAMILTON How Ford's last F1 adventure turned into a nightmare          Ford's imminent partnership with Red Bull will see it return to the F1 grid in 2026. In our latest issue, Maurice Hamilton unpicks the disaster that unfolded when the brand last made a big commitment to GP racing READ MORE F1 | CHRIS MEDLAND MotoGP shows why sprint races won't fix F1's fundamental problem           Changes to F1 sprint races have been confirmed for 2023, designed to encourage more risk-taking and intense racing, following a similar concept to MotoGP. Chris Medland explores how well that's working READ MORE SHOP PROMOTION Bestsellers: Motor Sport shop BRM - A mechanic's tale | Dick Salmon | Paperback 1957-french-grand-prix-brm-pit-flockhart-mackay-fraser-photograph-16x12 Graham Hill & BRM | Monaco Grand Prix 1965 | Poster | By John Ketchell Formula 1 - Miami Grand Prix - 2023 Poster Twice around the clock | Le Mans 100th Anniversary | Motor Sport Magazine | Collectors' Edition Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing | Mug Share this newsletter: Stay up to date  Update your preferences to select the content you wish to receive.   UPDATE NOW  Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy. Motor Sport magazine, 18-20 Rosemont Road, London, NW3 6NE Company no. 05471049, Vat no. 871 544 60