The BRM P57: The F1 Car That Was Never Supposed to Win

12 facts about the most unlikely World Championship winner in Formula 1 history. BRM spent twelve years as Britain's most expensive motorsport embarrassment before Graham Hill, a former mechanic who didn't pass his driving test until he was 24, won everything in 1962. The championship came down to a missing bolt at the final race in South Africa. In this video, we cover the disastrous V16 that failed in front of the King of England, why Stirling Moss refused to drive for BRM, how Alfred Owen's shutdown ultimatum forced the team to finally deliver, and the heartbreaking mechanical failure that handed Graham Hill the title over Jim Clark.