John Crosthwaite
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John Crosthwaite was an English race car designer and engineer, active in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
Lotus Elevens at 1956 British Grand Prix, Silverstone for the Formula 2 race. Crosthwaite holding cloth. Driver car no.16, Cliff Allison leaning on car. Driver car no.18, Graham Hill standing on left. Race winner Roy Salvadori standing with foot on tyre of the Cooper T41. Colin Chapman finished second in Lotus number 14
Crosthwaite, standing, examining Mercury. Front wheel in mine hole. Greece 1949
Crosthwaite in his 1937 1100cc Alta
Colin Chapman in Lotus 11 at British Grand Prix, Formula 2 Race, Silverstone July 1956. Crosthwaite on right, leaning on car. Mike Costin on left holding notes
British Racing Motors
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British Racing Motors (BRM) was a British Formula One motor racing team. Founded in 1945 and based in the market town of Bourne in Lincolnshire, it participated from 1951 to 1977, competing in 197 grands prix and winning seventeen. BRM won the constructors' title in 1962 when its driver Graham Hill became world champion. In 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1971, BRM came second in the constructors' competition.
The V16-powered BRM Type 15
The British Racing Partnership BRM P25 with which Stirling Moss took second place in the 1959 British Grand Prix.
Graham Hill with BRM 1962 at the Nürburgring
Graham Hill in BRM P261, testing at Silverstone in 1965. Chassis designer John Crosthwaite in duffel coat