BRM P301
| Category | Sports car racing | ||||||||
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| Constructor |
British Racing Motors Mangoletsi Enterprises |
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| Designer(s) |
 Paul Brown |
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| Chassis | Carbon monocoque | ||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Unequal length double wishbone | ||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Unequal length double wishbone | ||||||||
| Engine | BRM (Weslake) 3500cc V12. Naturally aspirated mid-mounted | ||||||||
| Transmission | BRM 6-speed manual transmission | ||||||||
| Tyres | Goodyear | ||||||||
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| Notable entrants |
British Racing Motors
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| Notable drivers |
 Wayne Taylor Harri Toivonen Richard Jones |
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| Debut | 1992 500km of Silverstone | ||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
| Category | Sports car racing | ||||||||
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| Constructor |
British Racing Motors Pilbeam Racing Designs |
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| Technical specifications | |||||||||
| Chassis | Carbon monocoque | ||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Unequal length double wishbone | ||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Unequal length double wishbone | ||||||||
| Engine | Nissan 3000cc V6. twin-turbocharged mid-mounted | ||||||||
| Transmission | 6-speed manual transmission | ||||||||
| Tyres |
Pirelli (1997) Dunlop (1998) |
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| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants |
Pacific Racing
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| Notable drivers |
 Franz Konrad (1997) Richard Dean (1997) Wido Rössler (1997) Eliseo Salazar (1997) Jésus Pareja (1997) Harri Toivonen (1997) Tim Sugden (1998) Grant Orbell (1998) William Hewland (1998) |
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| Debut | 1997 FIA Sportscar Championship Donington | ||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
The BRM P351 was originally a Group C sports-prototype built for the 1992 World Sportscar Championship season in an attempt to resurrect the British Racing Motors marque. The car later reappeared in a heavily modified form in 1997 as a Le Mans Prototype known as the BRM P301 before retiring completely in 1998. Only one chassis was ever built.
The project was also connected to the failed BRM P401 sports car which would have shared some elements of the P351 race car.
In 1990, an agreement was reached between entrepreneur John Mangoletsi and the family of British Racing Motors (BRM) founder Alfred Owen, who had retained the naming rights to the company even after it had ceased to exist. The use of the BRM name would help Mangoletsi's project gain sponsorship and funding by appearing as a manufacturer entry against the likes of Toyota, Peugeot, and Mazda in the World Sportscar Championship.
With the backing of BRM, Mangoletsi turned to former Zakspeed chief engineer Paul Brown to design the car. Brown produced a conventional carbon composite monocoque Group C chassis, which although technically unremarkable yet was well regarded by those who drove it for its excellent handling. The composite chassis of the car was constructed for the team by the engineering firm Courtaulds and finished in a metallic british racing green with BRM's traditional orange nose. The engine was designed by Graham Dale-Jones and built by Terry Hoyle's JHS company using a block derived from the Weslake V12 Grand Prix unit; it was branded as a 'BRM'. Claimed output was 626 hp (467 kW) at 11300 rpm, but it proved to be uncompetitive and unreliable.
A second chassis was planned to be completed in order to start the 1992 season, but was never built.
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