Vanwall (Formula One team)
Full name | Vanwall |
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Base | Acton, London, United Kingdom |
Founder(s) | Tony Vandervell |
Noted staff | Colin Chapman Frank Costin |
Noted drivers | Stirling Moss Maurice Trintignant Harry Schell Stuart Lewis-Evans Tony Brooks |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 1954 British Grand Prix |
Races entered | 29 (28 starts) |
Engines | Vanwall |
Constructors' Championships | 1 (1958) |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 9 |
Podiums | 13 |
Points | 57 |
Pole positions | 7 |
Fastest laps | 6 |
Final entry | 1960 French Grand Prix |
Formula One World Championship career | |
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First entry | 1954 British Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1960 French Grand Prix |
Races entered | 29 (28 starts) |
Chassis | Vanwall |
Constructors' Championships | 1 (1958) |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 9 |
Podiums | 13 |
Points | 57 |
Pole positions | 7 |
Fastest laps | 6 |
Vanwall was a British
History
Tony Vandervell's Vanwall Company made
Tony Vandervell was one of the original backers of
The first actual Vanwalls were known as Vanwall Specials and were built for the new Formula 1 regulations in 1954 at Cox Green, Maidenhead. The chassis was designed by Owen Maddock and built by the Cooper Car Company. The 2.0 L engine was designed by
The new 1956
The new car showed early promise in 1956 by winning the non-championship F1 race at Silverstone against strong opposition. It set the lap record at Syracuse[7] Stirling Moss drove the car to victory in what was his only drive for Vanwall that year, as he was still contracted to drive for Maserati in F1. Talented drivers Harry Schell and Maurice Trintignant were the full-timers for the season. However, neither of them had much success although the car showed obvious potential.
With the car developing and becoming ever more competitive, Moss eventually decided to drive for the team in 1957. He was joined by two Englishmen,
At the end of 1957, alcohol fuels were banned and replaced by a compulsory 130-octane
All three drivers stayed with the team in 1958, and Moss (wins in the Netherlands, Portugal and Morocco) and Brooks (wins in Belgium, Germany and Italy) each won three championship races that season. Vanwall became the first team to win the Constructors' Championship, held for the first time that season. However, Moss lost out to Mike Hawthorn in the Drivers' Championship by a single point to finish second, with Brooks ending the season in third. Their triumph at the end of the season was sadly marred when, during the final race of the year in Morocco, Lewis-Evans was fatally injured in an accident.
The 1958 season was the last one in which Vanwall entered every race. Vandervell's health was failing and he had been advised by his doctors to rest. The team continued half-heartedly. Brooks made one appearance in a lower and lighter Vanwall at 1959 British Grand Prix, proving less successful against the new mid-engined Coopers, and the team tried again with another car in the 1960 French Grand Prix. These efforts lacked the seriousness of the past however and they were unsuccessful.
The last racing Vanwall was an "unwieldy"[7] rear-engined machine produced for the 1961 3.0 litre Intercontinental Formula. Although showing promise when campaigned by John Surtees in two races, development was stopped short when the formula did not find success in Europe. The engine was enlarged to 2,605 cc (159 cu in) (96.0 mm × 90.0 mm (3.78 in × 3.54 in)), rated at 290 bhp (220 kW) on 100 octane petrol.
The
In 2003 Vanwall Cars was formed by Arthur Wolstenholme, producing the Vanwall GPR V12, a single-seater road-legal car bearing a strong resemblance to early Vanwall racing cars, and the Sports Racer, a two-seater of a similar style.[8] In 2012 the trademark was acquired from Mahle Engine Systems UK by Sanderson International Marketing Ltd. In Summer 2016 Vanwall completed and sold an official replica 1957 Vanwall and then in October 2020 Vanwall 1958 Ltd, majority owned by Iain Sanderson, announced the commissioning of Hall & Hall to build 6 original 1958 specification 'continuation cars'.[9][10]
Formula One World Championship results
(key)
Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Points | WCC |
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1954 | Vanwall Special
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Vanwall L4
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P | ARG | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | SUI | ITA | ESP | n/a | n/a[a] | |||
Peter Collins | Ret | 7 | DNS | ||||||||||||||
1955 | Vanwall VW 55
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Vanwall L4
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P | ARG | MON | 500 | BEL | NED | GBR | ITA | n/a | n/a[a] | |||||
Mike Hawthorn | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||
Ken Wharton | 9[b] | Ret | |||||||||||||||
Harry Schell | 9[b] | Ret | |||||||||||||||
1956 | Vanwall VW 2
|
Vanwall L4
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P | ARG | MON | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | n/a | n/a[a] | ||||
Maurice Trintignant | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||
Harry Schell | Ret | 4 | 10[b] | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||
Mike Hawthorn | 10[b] | ||||||||||||||||
Colin Chapman | DNS | ||||||||||||||||
José Froilán González | Ret | ||||||||||||||||
Piero Taruffi | Ret | ||||||||||||||||
1957 | Vanwall VW 5
|
Vanwall L4
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P | ARG | MON | 500 | FRA | GBR | GER | PES | ITA | n/a | n/a[a] | ||||
Stirling Moss | Ret | 1PF[b] | 5 | 1F | 1 | ||||||||||||
Tony Brooks | 2 | 1[b] | 9 | Ret | 7F | ||||||||||||
Stuart Lewis-Evans | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | RetP | ||||||||||||
Roy Salvadori | Ret | ||||||||||||||||
1958 | Vanwall VW 5
|
Vanwall L4
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D | ARG | MON | NED | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | MOR | 48 (57) |
1st | |
Stirling Moss | Ret | 1F | Ret | 2 | RetP | RetF | 1P | RetP | 1F | ||||||||
Tony Brooks | RetP | Ret | 1 | Ret | 7 | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | ||||||||
Stuart Lewis-Evans | Ret | RetP | 3 | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||
1959 | Vanwall VW 59
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Vanwall L4
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D | MON | 500 | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | USA | 0 | NC | |||
Tony Brooks | Ret | ||||||||||||||||
1960 | Vanwall VW 11
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Vanwall L4
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D | ARG | MON | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | POR | ITA | USA | 0 | NC | ||
Tony Brooks | Ret |
Non-championship Formula One 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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1954 | Vanwall Special
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Vanwall L4
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SYR | PAU | LAV | BOR | INT | BAR | CUR | ROM | FRO | COR | BRC | CRY | ROU | CAE | AUG | COR | OUL | RED | PES | JOE | CAD | BER | GOO | DTT | |
Alberto Ascari | DNA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alan Brown | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Collins | DNA | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Hawthorn | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1955 | VW2/
VW3 |
Vanwall L4
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NZL | BUE | VAL | PAU | GLO | BOR | INT | NAP | ALB | CUR | COR | LON | DRT | RED | DTT | OUL | AVO | SYR | |||||||
Mike Hawthorn | DNA | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Wharton | Ret | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harry Schell | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1PF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Desmond Titterington | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956 | VW2
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Vanwall L4
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BUE | GLV | SYR | AIN | INT | NAP | 100 | VNW | CAE | BRH | |||||||||||||||
Harry Schell | DNA | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stirling Moss | DNA | 1PF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1957 | Vanwall VW 1/ VW3/ VW7/ VW8/ VW10 |
Vanwall L4
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BUE | SYR | PAU | GLV | NAP | RMS | CAE | INT | MOD | MOR | |||||||||||||||
Stirling Moss | 3F | RetP | DNS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tony Brooks | Ret | 6F | DNA | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stuart Lewis-Evans | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roy Salvadori | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1960 | Vanwall VW 5
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Vanwall L4
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GLV | INT | SIL | LOM | OUL | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tony Brooks | 7 | DNA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lotus 18 | DNS |
Notes
References
Notes
- Robotham, William Arthur (1970). Silver Ghosts and Silver Dawn. London: Constable. pp. 113, 114.
- ISBN 9781845842796.
- ^ a b c Setright, L. J. K. "Vanwall: The End of an Era", in Northey, Tom, ed. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Vol. 21, p.2461.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Setright, p.2462.
- ^ With a threat to withhold Thinwall bearings. Setright, p.2462.
- ^ Setright, L.J.K. "Lotus: The Golden Mean", in Northey, Volume 11, p.1230.
- ^ a b c d e f Setright, p.2463.
- ^ "Vanwall name lives again". Gigmag. 11 March 2005. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
- ^ "Buy a brand new Vanwall F1 car for £1.6m". www.goodwood.com.
- ^ "Vanwall Brand Brought Back From The Dead, Will Launch Six 1958 F1 Continuation Cars". Carscoops. 19 October 2020.
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- Muelas, Felix (2000). "Vanwall's inconspicuous entry to the GP world". 8W. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
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