For those interested in motorsport (which, surely, is all of us!) and more particularly the history of Formula One, the name Vanwall will be very recognisable.

The British motor racing team was spectacularly successful for a handful of years in the later 1950s, taking out the inaugural Formula One Constructors’ Championship in 1958 after winning six of the nine Grand Prix it entered that season. Drivers for Vanwall that year were Mike Hawthorn, who won the drivers’ championship, and the legendary Stirling Moss, who placed second.

This year, Vanwall Group, the successor to that legendary motor racing team, has announced the renaissance of the historic name with plans to build six new continuation cars to celebrate
the motor racing team’s success.

Five of the continuation cars will be offered for private sale, with the sixth forming the core of a Vanwall Historic Racing Team. The continuation cars will feature the 270bhp (201kW) 2,489cc Vanwall engine, engineered from original drawings and blueprints from the 1950s.

While these Vanwall cars will be faithful reproductions of its most famous racing machine, the company says it does plan to investigate whether the brand could be revived for a vehicle for the 2020s, and there are studies ongoing into future road and race car programs.

Source: Motor Trader e-Magazine (November 2020)

19 November 2020