Car Name: | BRM Hepworth GB-1 |
Production: | 1980 (1 built; never raced) |
Category: | Can-Am |
Constructor: | BRM |
Team: | Team BRM |
Chassis: | Fibreglass body with aluminium monocoque |
Front Suspension: | Double wishbone, coil springs over friction dampers, anti-roll bar |
Rear Suspension: | Reversed lower wishbones, top link, radius arms, coil springs over friction dampers, Anti-roll bar |
Wheelbase: | 931NaN1 |
Engine Name: | Chevrolet 90° |
Capacity: | 50000NaN0 |
Configuration: | V8 engine |
Turbo/Na: | naturally aspirated |
Engine Position: | mid-engined |
Type: | Hewland L.G.500 4-speed manual |
Weight: | 17091NaN1 |
The BRM Hepworth GB-1 was a British sports prototype race car, designed, developed, and built by British constructor BRM, for the North American Can-Am sports car racing series. It was crashed during practice testing at Riverside in 1980, and never raced.[1] [2] It was itself based on the unraced BRM P230 Formula One car.[3] [4] [5]