Location: Acton, England
Years in F1: 1954 - 1960
Team championships: 1958
Drivers Championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 9
Races started: 28
Pole positions: 7
Vanwall team history
Tony Vandervell was one of the original backers of BRM, but set up on his own when he got frustrated with BRM. Success started to come in 1956 with a Colin Chapman designed chassis and in 1957 Sterling Moss was the first British driver of a British car to win the British Grand Prix in the modern era. After one of his drivers died in an accident, Vandervell left and the team did not make the change to a rear engine design.
Key personnel: Tony Vandervell, Colin Chapman
Previous seasons
1960
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Tony Brooks NC 0 points The team continued to struggle and only entered limited races.
1959
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Tony Brooks NC 0 points With Tony Vandervell becoming unwell the team struggled to continue and only entered limited races.
1958
Position: 1
Points: 48
Race wins: 5
Tony Brooks 3rd 24 points
Stuart Lewis-Evans 9th 11 points This was the teams best season in F1 taking the constructors championship.
1957
Position: NA
Points:
Race wins: 3
Sterling Moss 2nd 25 points
Tony Brooks 5th 11 points
Colin Chapman continued to develop the car and Sterling Moss took the teams first race sin.
1956
Position: NA
Points:
Race wins: 0
Harry Schell 15th 3 points Mike Hawthorn 11th 4 points Colin Chapman was signed to design the car which whilst showing potential still had problems.
1955
Position: NA
Points:
Race wins: 0 Mike Hawthorn NC 0 points
Harry Schell NC 0 points
This was another season with a development process for the cars.
1954
Position: NA
Points:
Race wins: 0
Peter Collins NC 0 points Mike Hawthorn 11th 4 points This season was a development process for the cars.