{"id":88537,"date":"2022-01-11T10:07:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T10:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=88537"},"modified":"2022-02-04T11:26:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T11:26:56","slug":"vanwall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/vanwall\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanwall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vanwall – this name is hardly known outside Great Britain nowadays. In the 1950s, however, motorsport fans knew it worldwide. Tony Vandervell tried to set a British counterweight with his own racing team to beat the Italian racing cars of Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Ferrari. In doing so, it was important to him that the racing cars were created entirely in the UK. Initially, he helped out with the B.R.M. team, but then decided to start his own racing team. So in 1949 he acquired some Ferrari 125 monoposti. He had his employees modify these slightly and paint them green. They then took part in various events as the Thinwall Special. However, it took until 1954 before complete in-house designs appeared under the Vanwall name. Initially, the engine, which was composed of four Norton motorcycle engines, frequently caused problems. Among others, the young Colin Chapman, later founder of Lotus, worked in engine development at Vanwall at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n

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