This BRM race car ran a 1.5 litre 16 cylinder super charged engine, which on paper could rev up to 12,000 rpm and push out over 600 bhp. Stirling however, considered this car to be one of the worst he ever drove during his racing career, a reflection that BRM were an under resourced team when compared to the Italian teams of the time, meaning that it suffered from a lack of development in all areas, including cooling and handling.

This proved true when Stirling encountered numerous problems with the car at its first testing session in Monza in 1951. He was therefore some what surprised to see the BRM's entered for the Ulster Trophy at Dundrod in June of 1952 following further delays with the cars development, which meant they were still unreliable. They also had questionable handling, especially on the narrow roads around the Dundrod circuit, accentuated by the damp conditions. Stirling's race prediction came true, with both his and Fangio's BRM V16 retiring from the race, Fangio spinning out in front of him on the first lap which prompted Stirling to say that "I think Fangio was going faster backwards than I was forwards".

To give the existing BRM V16 car its due, Stirling believes its current owners have developed the car and ironed out the problems, so that it now runs far better in this century than it did in the last! To that end we make no excuses for putting up this video, which allows you to hear the wonderful V16 sound track.