SportsCarDigest·December-2014During the 1930 Irish Grand Prix, Bertelli (#38) chases George EystonÕs Alfa Romeo out of Gough Corner.Photo: AMHT Archive
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Getting ready for the 1932 LCC International Relay Race at Brooklands, where Peter Farquharson tackled the famous banking in LM3 (#30).Photo: The Autocar
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Bert Bertelli (driver) and Philippe Auburn at Phoenix Park, in 1930.Photo: Bill Bertelli Archive
SportsCarDigest·December-2014For the 1930 Irish GP, the pairing of Bertelli/Auburn shared the cockpit of LM3.Photo: AMHT Archive
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Bert Bertelli and the LM3 during pratice for the 1930 Irish Grand Prix, at Phoenix Park. Photo: AMHT Archive
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Oops! An off-course excursion (far left) in the second, Eireann Cup, race of the 1929 Irish Grand Prix delayed Bertelli and cost him a good overall placing.Photo: LAT
SportsCarDigest·December-2014HereÕs Bertelli lining up the Aston Martin LM3 (#40) prior to the 1929 Irish Grand Prix at Phoenix Park.Photo: AMHT Archive
SportsCarDigest·December-2014LM3 enjoyed its track debut in the hands of Bertelli and Bezzant during a testing session prior to the Double Twelve Hours at Brooklands in 1929.Photo: AMHT Archive
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Polished wooden dashboard adds a touch of flair to this competition carÕs Òall-businessÓ cockpit. Photo: Kary Jiggle
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Given that the current 1.5-liter, four-cylinder, overhead-cam engine features the 1932 specification with an uprated cylinder head, it breathes better than the original.Photo: Kary Jiggle
SportsCarDigest·December-2014The simple and elegant design of the LM3 was very much state of the art in its day, some eight decades ago. Note, 14-inch brake drums that almost match the diameter of the wheels.Photo: Kary Jiggle
SportsCarDigest·December-2014The Aston Martin LM3 may appear to be somewhat delicate and fragile, but it proved be be quite durable as a competition car.Photo: Kary Jiggle
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Hall remembers BRM team owner Louis Stanley (pictured here, in 1973), as pompous, arrogant and self-opinionated.Photo: Pete Austin
SportsCarDigest·December-2014During HallÕs BRM time he became well-acquainted with another Aussie racer, Vern Schuppan (in center-right background).Photo: Pete Austin
SportsCarDigest·December-2014BRMÕs F1 swan song came with the oversize and overweight P207, sponsored by Rotary Watches and driven by a string of hopefuls beginning with Australian Larry Perkins.Photo: Pete Austin
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Rick Hall worked in the BRM engine department at a time when the team was trying to make their own V12 power plant competitive with the Cosworth DFV.Photo: Pete Austin
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Niki Lauda joined BRM for 1973, and Hall remembers him as one whoÕd work tirelessly to make his car better then his teammatesÕ.Photo: Maureen Magee
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Jean-Pierre Beltoise raced this P201 for BRM in Õ74, the third and final year of his tenure with the team, finishing a remarkable 2nd in South Africa, and posting 5th-place finishes in Argentina (in a P160) and Belgium.
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Franios Migault, seen here in a P160, came to BRM in 1974 along with French petroleum company MotulÕs sponsorship, but then left the team, as did Hall, when that backing vanished.Photo: Maureen Magee
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Young Rick (left) outside the family garage, with his father (third from left).Photo: Rick Hall Collection
SportsCarDigest·December-2014BRM boss Louis Stanley thought the more bullets in your gun the better off you were, even though the overload meant most of his ÒbulletsÓ were marginal.
SportsCarDigest·December-2014Camille Jenatzy drove his Mercedes to 2nd place in the 1904 Gordon Bennett Cup race in Taunus, Germany.Photo: Daimler AG