1958 Vanwall

This car competed in the Chopard Grand Prix Cars Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.

It's a 1958 Vanwall, chassis VW10, owned by Vijay Mallya and driven in the race by John Harper. The Vanwall was a very successful competitor in Grand Prix races in 1957 and 1958, winning three races in 1957 when Stirling Moss finished second in the World Driver's Championship to Juan Fangio's Maserati 250F. In 1958 the Vanwall won six races but Stirling Moss again ended up in second place in the World Drivers' Championship, this time by only one point to the Ferrari 246 Dino of Mike Hawthorn who only won one race but had five second place finishes to give him the title. Vanwall's Tony Brooks finished in third place in the Championship, but the points that he and Stirling Moss won were enough to give Vanwall the World Constructors' Championship.