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3 unusual facts about Pilbeam Racing Designs


Four-wheel drive in Formula One

The resulting car consisted of the chassis of a BRM P261, the suspension of a P57, a 1.5-litre BRM P56 engine mounted back-to-front and Ferguson's transmission system, all put together by BRM apprentice Mike Pilbeam who was later to find fame as a constructor of hillclimb cars.

Pilbeam Racing Designs

Pilbeam cars have been exceptionally successful in hillclimbing, dominating the 1980s and early 1990s; they were the choice of 17 British Hill Climb Championship winners between 1977 and 1996, powering such drivers as Andy Priaulx and Roy Lane.

Pilbeam also aided in the design of the Lotus Sport Exige, and currently builds cars for the VdeV Championship.



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