Thread: BRM P57, correct namings
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Never 'BRM-Climax P57' as the 'P57' relates to the BRM part. Think of 'Lotus 24 - Climax 4' (yes there was one), Lotus 24 - Climax V8 and 'Lotus 24 - BRM' (or maybe Lotus 24 - BRM V8) to see how it could work.
The definitive history has been written by Doug Nye and I think you should follow his terminology.
It looks as if there should be separate entries for 'BRM P48', 'BRM P48 - Climax', 'BRM 57 - Climax', and 'BRM P57 V8'. This would need explanation of the fact that some individual chassis had different engines installed during their active life.
Incidentally, does the Wiki Project Formula 1 recognise the existence of non-championship Formula 1 races?Duncan Rollo
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