1966 BRM P83 F1 Car Sound Warming Up Its 16-Cylinder, H-Layout Engine!

During the 2020 edition of the Challenge & GT Days, which is a track day for Ferrari/Maserati historic and modern GT/Challenge cars and open also to historic F1s, I had the plasure to see a 1966 BRM P83 warming up its unorthodox H16 engine and doing a couple of ’parade’ laps on track. I’m really sorry for the lack of action (generally typical of my videos) but it seemed to me it was the first time they started the P83 up after many years so it has already been a huge success to hear it turned on. The BRM P83 was a Formula 1 car designed by Tony Rudd and built by BRM/British Racing Motors for the new engine regulations of 1966. It used a relatively rare H-layout, 16-cylinder engine which were mainly use in aircrafts during the 1930s and 1940s. After winning the 1962 Drivers’ and Constructors’ championships BRM had finished second each year, coming close to the championship in 1964 and having a promising 1965 season with the excellent P261. In 1966 the Formula One regulations