MBM (automobile)
Full name | Monteverdi Basel Motoren Monteverdi Basel Mantzel |
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Base | Binningen, Switzerland |
Founder(s) | Peter Monteverdi |
Noted drivers | ![]() |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 1961 German Grand Prix |
Races entered | 1 (0 starts) |
Engines | Porsche |
Constructors' Championships | 0 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Final entry | 1961 German Grand Prix |
The MBM was a Swiss racing car built to Formula One regulations. Constructed by Peter Monteverdi at his base in Binningen, the vehicle never competed in a World Championship Grand Prix.
History
Monteverdi built his first single-seater racing car, a Formula Junior, in 1960, with the help of DKW engine expert Dieter Mantzel. The car was designed to be able to accommodate a 1.5-litre engine to suit the contemporary Formula One regulations.[1]
For 1961, two MBM chassis were constructed, and fitted with Porsche Flat-4 engines, and initially driven in hillclimbs by Monteverdi himself. He then entered one of the cars in the 1961 Solitude Grand Prix, a non-championship Formula One race. Unable to set a representative time in practice, Monteverdi lined up on the grid at the back of the field, and retired with engine failure after just two laps.[2] This car was subsequently written off in an accident at Hockenheim, and Monteverdi buried the wreckage, deciding against continuing with the project.[1] He had entered the car for the 1961 German Grand Prix but this entry was withdrawn after the accident.
The other chassis was later exhibited in Monteverdi showrooms.[1] Some sports cars, the MBM Special, Tourismo, and MBM Sports were also built in very limited numbers before Monteverdi began building cars under his own name in 1967.
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Results
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
Year | Chassis | Engine | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points | WCC |
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1961 | MBM | Porsche Flat-4 | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | 0 | NC | |
Peter Monteverdi | WD |
Complete Formula One non-championship results
(key)
Year | Chassis | Engine | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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1961 | MBM | Porsche Flat-4 | LOM | GLV | PAU | BRX | VIE | AIN | SYR | NAP | LON | SIL | SOL | KAN | DAN | MOD | FLG | OUL | LEW | VAL | RAN | NAT | RSA | |
Peter Monteverdi | Ret |
References
- ^ a b c David Hodges, "The A-Z of Grand Prix Cars", Crowood, 2001, p.154
- ^ John Thompson, "The Formula One Record Book", Leslie Frewin Publishing, 1974. pp. 40-41
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