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Engines/United Kingdom

Bristol

  • Engine manufacturer
  • 1952–1957
  • 4 teams

Counted per race, not per car: an engine that powered four cars in one race was in one race. A win means that a car with this engine won – it was not necessarily a works team.

Season by season

7 1952: 6 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1957: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1952195319541955195619577 1952: 6 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1957: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1952195419561957
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.
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Bristol, season by season
SeasonStartsWinsPodiumsChampionship
195261–
19537–
19541–
19551–
19561–
19571–

Teams that used it

4 teams. A customer engine makes its supplier part of several teams' histories at once.

TeamPeriodRacesWins
Cooper1952–195717
ERA19523
Frazer-Nash19523
AFM19532

The engines

Every specification that raced, with the teams that used it.

EngineYearsCapacityLayoutTeams
Bristol BS1 2.0 L61952–19562 lL6, naturally aspiratedCooper, ERA, Frazer-Nash, AFM
Bristol BS2 2.2 L619572.2 lL6, naturally aspiratedCooper