Vanwall VW14

Vanwall is best remembered for becoming the first British racing car manufacturer to win a World Championship Grand Prix. The first wins came back in 1957 when Tony Brooks and Stirling Moss shared the winning car at the British Grand Prix at Aintree. Moss won again at Pescara a few weeks later and again at Monza. In 1958, with Stuart Lewis Evans also in the team, they clinched the manufacturer’s title in its first season. If the cars hadn’t been so competitive with all three drivers doing so well, one of them, presumably Stirling Moss, would have won the driver’s crown, which, of course, Mike Hawthorn took by one point.

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