Boro was a
Formula One
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team from the Netherlands run by the brothers Bob and Rody Hoogenboom.
Their single car was built by the
Ensign
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team, but was renamed Boro after their main sponsor,
HB Bewaking, ended up as proprietor of the car after a legal dispute with Ensign owner
Morris Nunn. The name is a
portmanteau
In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together. of the Hoogenboom brothers' first names, BOb and ROdy.
In the Dutch village of
Bovenkerk (
North Holland
North Holland (, ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht (province), Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevola ...
), the Hoogenboom brothers set up a factory to work on the N175. They entered a total of eight
Grands Prix between 1976 and 1977, but failed to make a lasting impression. The team achieved finishes in only two events, the best being eighth place for
Larry Perkins in the
1976 Belgian Grand Prix.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(
key)
References
External links
Team Profile at Grand Prix Encyclopedia
Results from Formula1.com
1976 establishments in the Netherlands
1977 disestablishments in the Netherlands
Formula One constructors
Formula One entrants
Dutch auto racing teams
Dutch racecar constructors
Auto racing teams established in 1976
Auto racing teams disestablished in 1977
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