Jean-Pierre Beltoise produced a truly magnificent performance in torrential conditions to score a surprisingly dominant victory in the rain-soaked 1972 Monaco Grand Prix with the Soutgate-designed BRM P160B. It would turn out to be the only triumph of the Frenchman’s Formula One career, Photo: www.chrisbayleyautomobilia.co.uk
Racecar Interviews

Interview: Tony Southgate

The BRM Years

Tony SouthgatePhoto: Pete Austin
Tony Southgate
Photo: Pete Austin

Last November we began an ongoing series of interviews with Tony Southgate, the English designer whose lengthy résumé includes stints with some of the most prominent teams in the sport across a variety of disciplines. In this second installment, Mike Jiggle talks with Southgate about his time with British Racing Motors, more commonly known as BRM, as it attempted to stave off its inevitable decline.

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Steve Natale has been playing with cars ever since he was old enough to first hold a matchbox car in his hand. A lifelong enthusiast of anything old with an engine in it or wheels on it, Steve has been active in the hobby for over 35 years. Currently he owns a successful marketing company with his wife Mary, is an automotive photographer, blogger and writer for several automotive magazines and regular contributor to various automotive websites. Steve has attended vintage car events and visited car museums and collections around the world.
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