'new' 1950s V16 race cars. BRM's technical partners, Hall and Hall, used the original 'engine number two' a V16 power unit dating back to the 1950s, to help engineers overcome the technical challenges presented by one of the most complex Formula 1 engines of its day – each with more than 36,000 precision-engineered parts. The re-built engine itself was cautiously tested at Hall and Hall's dynamometer at RAF Folkingham, Lincolnshire, where the original BRM Formula 1 engineering team worked during the 1950s. This particular engine has not been run since one of the original BRM team drivers, José Froilán González, then 77 years old, accidentally over-revved it during the at BRM's 50th anniversary celebration at Silverstone in 1999. It was comprehensively 'lunched', according to Hall and Hall technicians and has remained in storage ever since. The three 'new' P15 V16 BRMs have been made possible by the discovery of three unused chassis numbers which were originally allocated to the racing programme, but never built due to a change in the Formula 1 technical regulations at the time. The first car commissioned by John Owen is expected to be delivered and presented in public in 2021. References Further reading BRM, Raymond Mays and Peter Roberts BRM: The Saga of British Racing Motors, Doug Nye with Tony Rudd, MRP - Volumes 1, 2 and 3 have appeared, covering the front-engined cars, spaceframe rear-engined cars and monocoque V8 cars respectively; Volume 4 will cover the H16, V12s and Can-Ams. It Was Fun, Tony Rudd, MRP. BRM V16, How Britain's auto makers built a Grand Prix car to beat the world, By Karl Ludvigsen, Published by Veloce The V12 Engine, Karl Ludvigsen, Haynes 2005. Conspiracy of Secrets, Bobbie Neate, Blake 2012 External links The British Racing Motors (official) website (2021). The British Racing Motors (unofficial) information centre. The story BRM personnel. The Owen Organisation trophies. Warwick University Archive - Owen Organisation documents. Formula One constructors Formula One entrants Formula One engine manufacturers 1945 establishments in England 1977 disestablishments in England British auto racing teams British racecar constructors Companies based in Lincolnshire British companies established in 1945 Auto racing teams established in 1945 Auto racing teams disestablished in 1977 Engine manufacturers of the United Kingdom Formula One World Constructors' Champions 24 Hours of Le Mans teams