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thumb|right|The fourth, and last, Thinwall Special. Used between and .

thumb|right|The winning Vanwall VW5 before the [[1957 British Grand Prix.]]

Vanwall was a British motor racing team and racing car constructor that was active in Formula One during the 1950s. Founded by Tony Vandervell, the Vanwall name was derived by combining the name of the team owner with that of his Thinwall bearings produced at the Vandervell Products factory at Acton, London. Originally entering modified Ferraris in non-championship races, Vanwall constructed their first cars to race in the 1954 Formula One season. The team achieved their first race win in the 1957 British Grand Prix, with Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks sharing a VW 5, earning the team the distinction of constructing the first British-built car to win a World Championship race. Vanwall won the inaugural Constructors' Championship in Formula One in , in the process allowing Moss and Brooks to finish second and third in the Drivers' Championship standings, each winning three races for Vanwall. Vandervell's failing health meant 1958 would be the last full season; the squad ran cars in a handful of races in the following years, but finished racing in 1961.

History

Tony Vandervell's Vanwall Company made Babbit bearings (UK White Metal bearings) under licence from the Cleveland Graphite Bronze Company; W. A. Robotham of Rolls-Royce said that "it was an exceedingly difficult task ... knowing the American company well".

Tony Vandervell was one of the original backers of British Racing Motors. In the early 1950s he entered a series of modified Ferraris in Formule Libre races under the name "Thinwall Special".

The first actual Vanwalls were known as Vanwall Specials and were built for the new Formula 1 regulations in 1954 at Cox Green, Maidenhead. The chassis was designed by Owen Maddock and built by the Cooper Car Company.

The 2.0 L engine was designed by Norton engineer Leo Kuzmicki, and was essentially four Manx single-cylinder () engines with a common waterjacket, cylinder head (a copy of the Norton's) and valvetrain, Designed for Formula Two, which was supplanted before it appeared, while retaining the AMAL throttle bodies; they were plagued with throttle linkage trouble, due to vibration from the big four-cylinder. Furthermore, a fifth gear and Porsche synchromesh were added to the transmission.

The new car showed early promise in 1956 by winning the non-championship F1 race at Silverstone against strong opposition. It set the lap record at Syracuse These efforts lacked the seriousness of the past however and they were unsuccessful.

The last racing Vanwall was an "unwieldy" In 2012 the trademark was acquired from Mahle Engine Systems UK by Sanderson International Marketing Ltd.

In Summer 2016 Vanwall completed and sold an official replica 1957 Vanwall and then in Autumn 2020 Vanwall 1958 Ltd, majority owned by Iain Sanderson, announced the commissioning of Hall & Hall to build 6 original 1958 specification 'continuation cars'.

Formula One World Championship results

(key)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%; clear:both;"

! Year !! Chassis !! Engine !! Tyres !! Driver !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11

! Points !! WCC

!rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"| Vanwall Special

|rowspan="2"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="2"|

| ARG

| 500

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| SUI

| ITA

| ESP

|rowspan="2"| n/a

|align="left"| Peter Collins

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7

|style="background:#ffffff;"| DNS

!rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="4"| Vanwall VW 55

|rowspan="4"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="4"|

| ARG

| MON

| 500

| BEL

| NED

| GBR

| ITA

|rowspan="4"| n/a

|align="left"| Mike Hawthorn

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|align="left"| Ken Wharton

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|align="left"| Harry Schell

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

!rowspan="7"|

|rowspan="7"| Vanwall VW 2

|rowspan="7"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="7"|

| ARG

| MON

| 500

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| ITA

|rowspan="7"| n/a

|align="left"| Maurice Trintignant

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|align="left"| Harry Schell

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|align="left"| Mike Hawthorn

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10

|align="left"| Colin Chapman

|style="background:#ffffff;"| DNS

|align="left"| José Froilán González

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|align="left"| Piero Taruffi

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

!rowspan="5"|

|rowspan="5"| Vanwall VW 5

|rowspan="5"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="5"|

| ARG

| MON

| 500

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| PES

| ITA

|rowspan="5"| n/a

|align="left"| Stirling Moss

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|align="left"| Tony Brooks

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|

|align="left"| Stuart Lewis-Evans

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|

|align="left"| Roy Salvadori

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

!rowspan="4"|

|rowspan="4"| Vanwall VW 5

|rowspan="4"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="4"|

| ARG

| MON

| NED

| 500

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| POR

| ITA

| MOR

|rowspan="4" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|48 (57)

|rowspan="4" style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

|align="left"| Stirling Moss

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|

|align="left"| Tony Brooks

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|align="left"| Stuart Lewis-Evans

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

!rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"| Vanwall VW 59

|rowspan="2"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="2"|

| MON

| 500

| NED

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| POR

| ITA

| USA

|rowspan="2" |0

|rowspan="2" |NC

|align="left"| Tony Brooks

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

!rowspan="2"|

|rowspan="2"| Vanwall VW 11

|rowspan="2"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="2"|

| ARG

| MON

| 500

| NED

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| POR

| ITA

| USA

|rowspan="2" |0

|rowspan="2" |NC

|align="left"| Tony Brooks

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

Non-championship Formula One results

(key)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Chassis

! Engine

! Driver

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! rowspan="5"|

| rowspan="5"| Vanwall Special

| rowspan="5"| Vanwall L4

| SYR

| PAU

| LAV

| BOR

| INT

| BAR

| CUR

| ROM

| FRO

| COR

| BRC

| CRY

| ROU

| CAE

| AUG

| COR

| OUL

| RED

| PES

| JOE

| CAD

| BER

| GOO

| DTT

| align="left"| Alberto Ascari

| DNA

| align="left"| Alan Brown

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| align="left"| Peter Collins

| DNA

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

| align="left"| Mike Hawthorn

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

! rowspan="5"|

| rowspan="5"| Vanwall VW 1/ VW2/ VW3

| rowspan="5"| Vanwall L4

| NZL

| BUE

| VAL

| PAU

| GLO

| BOR

| INT

| NAP

| ALB

| CUR

| COR

| LON

| DRT

| RED

| DTT

| OUL

| AVO

| SYR

| align="left"| Mike Hawthorn

| DNA

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| align="left"| Ken Wharton

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

| align="left"| Harry Schell

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"|

| align="left"| Desmond Titterington

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3

! rowspan="3"|

| rowspan="3"| Vanwall VW 1/ VW2

| rowspan="3"| Vanwall L4

| BUE

| GLV

| SYR

| AIN

| INT

| NAP

| 100

| VNW

| CAE

| BRH

| align="left"| Harry Schell

| DNA

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| align="left"| Stirling Moss

| DNA

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"|

! rowspan="5"|

| rowspan="5"| Vanwall VW 1/ VW3/ VW7/ VW8/ VW10

| rowspan="5"| Vanwall L4

| BUE

| SYR

| PAU

| GLV

| NAP

| RMS

| CAE

| INT

| MOD

| MOR

| align="left"| Stirling Moss

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"|

| DNS

| align="left"| Tony Brooks

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"|

| DNA

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| align="left"| Stuart Lewis-Evans

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2

| align="left"| Roy Salvadori

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5

! rowspan="3"|

| rowspan="2"| Vanwall VW 5

| rowspan="3"| Vanwall L4

| GLV

| INT

| SIL

| LOM

| OUL

|align="left" rowspan="2"| Tony Brooks

| style="background-color:#CFCFFF"| 7

| DNA

| Lotus 18

| DNS

Notes

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

Official website
Vanwall1958 Official website