Former F1 engine supplier Brian Hart has died at the🌞 🅘age of 77.

Hart, a former racer who proved tꦆo be successful on track in the lower formulae of single-seater competition and who had one F1 start to his name, founded his own engine company in 1969.

Initially tuning e🗹ngines from other manufacturers for British teams in a range of different championships, Hart was approached by Ford to develop engines for use in Formula 2 before the company took on development of its own power unit.

Moving into Formula One with Toleman in 1981, having helped the team to win the F2 title a year earlier Hart initially struggled against larger manufacturers but in 1984, Hart power carried Toleman to three podium finishes with Ayrton Senna - including a second place in Monaco that would prove to be tౠhe best race result for a Hart-powered car.

With Hart in its own right leaving F1 after 1986, the 𓄧company focused on again developing engines from other manufacturers before making a return with Jordan in 1993.

The second year of the partnership yielded a second and final pole position with Rubens Barrichello at Spa, while the last of five podium finishes wa🥀s secured by Footwork's Gianni Morbidelli in Australia in 1995.

Hart's engine company was bought out by Tom Walkins♉haw Racing in 1997, with the founder then leaving TWR in 1999 and quitting F1.

The engine company would ultimately fold when Arrows closed it🅠s door in 2002.