Team BRM, formerly known as Bronte Rundle Motorsport, is an open-wheel motor racing team in Australia. The team have competed in
Australian Formula 3 for over a decade winning several titles, including the
Australian Drivers' Championship. The team has expanded into the
Australian Formula Ford Championship in recent years and in 2011 added the
Australian Carrera Cup Championship to their capabilities.
Based in
Adelaide,
South Australia, the team was created initially to run Bronte Rundle's racing career as he raced in
Australian Formula 2 racing in the late 1980s. One of the original supporters of
Formula 3
Formula Three, also called Formula 3, abbreviated as F3, is a third-tier class of open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One driv ...
when it arrived in Australia in the late 1990s, the team become one of the foundation teams of the
Australian Formula 3 Championship. Gradually becoming a professional modern open wheel racing team, the team have become the most successful team in modern Australian Formula 3 history. Team BRM drivers have won the AF3 title seven times, in
2002
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with James Manderson;
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
with
Karl Reindler;
2006
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with
Ben Clucas
Ben Clucas (born 28 January 1984) is a British racing driver.
Clucas was born in Frimley. He has competed in such series as Formula 3 Euro Series, Toyota Racing Series and the British Formula 3 Championship. Clucas won the 2006 Australian Dri ...
,
2008
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with
James Winslow,
2009
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with
Joey Foster
Joseph Nathaneal Foster (born 5 July 1982 in London) is a British racing driver. He has competed in such series as Le Mans Series, Australian Formula Ford Championship and the German Formula Three Championship. He won the 2009 Australian Dr ...
,
2010
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with
Ben Barker Ben Barker may refer to:
* Ben Barker (racing driver) (born 1991), British racing driver
* Ben Barker (speedway rider)
Benjamin (Ben) John Barker (born 10 March 1988 in Truro, Cornwall)
is a British speedway rider.
Career summary
Barker s ...
and
2013
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with
Tim Macrow.
Cars
The team runs a fleet of
Dallara and
Mygale Formula 3 cars and
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Carrera Cup Cars as well as offering itself as a tuning and maintenance operation for other vehicles, including historic
Formula One cars. Team BRM run 3 cars in the
S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship
The VHT S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship (known originally as the Australian S5000 Championship, or simply S5000) is a current open-wheel road racing series in Australia. The series was created by a merger between two proposed series, Form ...
.
History
2013
In 2013 the team ran
Tim Macrow, John Magro, Nick Foster and Jordan Oon's season campaign as well as guest appearances for
James Winslow and Simon Hodge as well as running
Nick Percat,
Karl Reindler and Duvashen Padayachee in Carrera Cup. Macrow, Magro and Foster finished 1-2-3, believed to be only the second time in Australian championship history and Percat was runner up in the Carrera Cup, a best ever season finish in the Porsche series.
2014
In 2014 the team ran three Formula 3 cars for John Magro,
Simon Hodge
Simon Hodge is a racing driver from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia and winner of the 2014 Australian Drivers' Championship. In March 2014 he set a new lap record for the Adelaide Street Circuit and in April 2014 also broke the Mount Panoram ...
and Chris Anthony as well as two
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup cars for Sam Power and Duvashen Padayachee.
References
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Australian auto racing teams
Sports teams in South Australia
Australian Formula 3 teams
Audi in motorsport