1958 BRM P25 Chassis 258

It may come as a surprise to many people that Stirling Moss always regarded the BRM P25 front-engine car as one of the best cars he has ever driven. “Great car–bad team” was basically his view. More about that later, though it was especially interesting for me to have the chance to drive this car in the presence of “Sir Moss” and to be able to chat about “our cars” together!

The opportunity to test one of the great underrated, yet truly significant, Grand Prix cars came at the 2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed, courtesy of the Flack family and James Hanson, with the help of the Hall & Hall team. The car was made available as a suitable vehicle from which to do “in-car radio”… I love the media business! I was sharing the car over the weekend with one Brian Redman, another highlight, all in front of many, many thousands of people and TV cameras. This was all happening in the car that Jo Bonnier took to victory in the 1959 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort–BRM’s first ever World Championship Grand Prix win.