VANWALL : The Story of Britain's First Formula One Champions by Doug Nye
OVERVIEW\n\n When international Grand Prix motor racing resumed following World War Two, the red cars of\n\nItaly were the dominant force, and Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Maserati swept all before them.\n\nPatriotic industrialist Tony Vandervell \u2013 founder of bearing manufacturer Vandervell Products Ltd\n\n\u2013 resolved to break their stranglehold over the sport with a team of British cars and pursued his\n\nambition with single-minded devotion and determination.\n\nDeploying all of the engineering expertise and industrial might at his disposal, Vandervell\n\nachieved his goal in 1957, when the Vanwall of Tony Brooks and Stirling Moss won the British\n\nGrand Prix at Aintree. By the end of 1958, Vanwall had won a total of nine World Championship\n\nGrands Prix and claimed that year\u2019s inaugural Constructors\u2019 Championship, building the\n\nfoundation for the considerable success that would subsequently be enjoyed by British-built\n\nFormula One cars.\n\nFirst published .
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