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Category | Formula One | ||||||||
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Constructor | British Racing Motors | ||||||||
Designer(s) | Stewart Tresilian | ||||||||
Predecessor | P25 | ||||||||
Successor | P57 Climax | ||||||||
Technical specifications[1] | |||||||||
Chassis | Steel ladder frame | ||||||||
Suspension (front) | double wishbones, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar | ||||||||
Suspension (rear) | double wishbones, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar | ||||||||
Wheelbase | 90 in (228.6 cm) | ||||||||
Engine | British Racing Motors 25 2,491 cc (152.0 cu in) S4 N/A, rear-mounted. | ||||||||
Transmission | British Racing Motors 4-speed transverse shaft. ZF differential. | ||||||||
Weight | 1,102 lb (499.9 kg) (Unladen) | ||||||||
Fuel | Petrol/alcohol mix. | ||||||||
Tyres | Dunlop. | ||||||||
Competition history | |||||||||
Notable entrants | Owen Racing Organisation | ||||||||
Notable drivers | Graham Hill Harry Schell Joakim Bonnier Dan Gurney | ||||||||
Debut | 1960 Monaco Grand Prix | ||||||||
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The BRM P48 was a Formula One racing car raced in 1960. It was BRM's first rear-engined car. With rear-engined cars in the ascendancy, BRM hastily reworked the front-engined, now five-year-old P25. The car proved to be slow and unreliable, and was replaced by the P48/57 the following year.