Christopher Ward C70 VW4 Limited edition, Руководство пользователя

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THe VW4 sTorY
a greaT BrITIsH suCCess
The 1957 victory at aintree of the Vanwall
VW4 racing car started with Tony Brooks
behind the wheel and took the chequered
flag with Stirling Moss in the driver’s seat.
This was the first time a World Championship
grand prix race had been won in Britain
by a British car, driven by British drivers.
Vanwall was the brainchild of Tony Vandervell,
a former racing driver and a wealthy industrialist
whose main product was the “Thin Wall” bearing
that was used extensively in the international car
and aircraft industries from the 1930s onwards.
Part of his name and his product’s name were
combined to form Vanwall.
Vandervell wanted to create a successful British
racing car that, he said, would be able “to
beat those bloody red cars”, a reference to the
striking livery of Enzo Ferrari’s vehicles. In fact, his
early efforts at developing a winning machine
involved him buying a racing car from ferrari
in early 1949 and again in 1951 and modifying
them. There followed several years in which the
Vanwall team steadily improved their cars and
caught the motor racing world’s attention with
strong outings on international circuits.
although the early Vanwalls were notorious for
mechanical unreliability, the Vanwall VW4 was
Above; Moss punches the air as he takes the chequered flag,
ahead of three chasing Ferraris.