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Team BRM, formerly known asBronte Rundle Motorsport, is an open-wheel motor racing team in Australia. The team have competed inAustralian Formula 3 for over a decade, winning several titles, including theAustralian Drivers' Championship. The team has expanded into theAustralian Formula Ford Championship in recent years, and in 2011 added theAustralian Carrera Cup Championship to their capabilities.
Based inAdelaide,South Australia, the team was created initially to run Bronte Rundle's racing career as he raced inAustralian Formula 2 racing in the late 1980s. One of the original supporters ofFormula 3 when it arrived in Australia in the late 1990s, the team become one of the foundation teams of theAustralian 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, in2002 with James Manderson;2004 withKarl Reindler;2006 withBen Clucas,2008 withJames Winslow,2009 withJoey Foster,2010 withBen Barker and2013 withTim Macrow.
The team runs a fleet ofDallara andMygale Formula 3 cars andPorsche 911 GT3 Cup Carrera Cup Cars, as well as offering itself as a tuning and maintenance operation for other vehicles, including historicFormula One cars. Team BRM run 2 cars in theS5000 Australian Drivers' Championship.[1][2][3]
In 2013 the team ranTim Macrow, John Magro, Nick Foster and Jordan Oon's season campaign as well as guest appearances forJames Winslow and Simon Hodge as well as runningNick 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.
In 2014 the team ran three Formula 3 cars for John Magro,Simon Hodge and Chris Anthony as well as twoPorsche 991 GT3 Cup cars for Sam Power and Duvashen Padayachee.
