#Roy Salvadori

[christiangeistdorfer]

CHRISTABEL CARLISLE at a celebrity race in 1962 ... oh and also TONY MAGGS, JACK BRABHAM, ROY SALVADORI, GRAHAM HILL, & JIM CLARK

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Gif collection of drivers that featured in Shell's 1958 British GP video

In order of apperance: Mike Hawthorn, Stirling Moss, Roy Salvadori, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Jo Bonnier, Jack Fairman, Alan Stacey, Wolfgang von Trips, Harry Schell, Peter Collins

[frenchcurious]

Carroll Shelby (Aston Martin DBR1/300 3.0L - David Brown Racing Dept) Vainqueur avec Roy Salvadori des 24 Heures du Mans 1959. Photo / Yves Debraine via Primotipo. - source UK Racing History.

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Aston Martin: Phil Hill 1959 -> Charles Leclerc 2023

Ferrari: Roy Salvadori 1959 -> Fernando Alonso 2023

[eliorosb3rg]

lowkey looks like hes sniffing him

[karmaalwayswins]

British Grand Prix Recap (1958)

Video Credit: Shell Historical Film Archive

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Aston Martin DBR1.       

Aston sent three cars to 24 Hours of Le Mans 1956 and one of them, driven by Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori, took a long waited trophy. The car was developed very quickly, but it took some time until it became a race winner. The DBR1 made its debut in the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans

[wheelscomedyandmore]

Carroll Shelby was born #OnThisDay in 1923 in Leesburg, Texas. As a driver, Shelby won the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans (with Roy Salvadori). As a constructor, he returned to the Circuit de la Sarthe to shepherd the Ford GT40 victory in 1966 and 1967. With his big grin and black cowboy hat, Shelby brought a touch of Texan good ol' boy to every deal he made... and he made quite a few deals. According to his autobiography, "[W]inning the Twenty-four Hours was probably the greatest thrill I ever got out of racing. I can think of plenty of other races that carry their quota of thrills for the winner, but when you win this one it kind of gives you license to go out and tell people you're good, and that often helps get some other deals together." Some of those deals gave the world the Shelby Mustang and the Cobra. In 1965, the Shelby American Cobra won the International Championship for GT Manufacturers. Not too bad for guy who didn't start driving professionally until he was 29 years old! All photos from Revs Digital Library. #gt40 #cobra #shelbyamerican #lemans #revsinstitute

[retromania4ever]

1959 #Le_Mans_24_Hours 🏁

Carroll Shelby 🇺🇸 & Roy Salvadori 🇬🇧 took the win in a DBR1, Aston Martin's first at La Sarthe.

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A Brief History of Aston Martin in Formula 1

While most F1 fans will know Aston Martin as the latest iteration of ‘Team Silverstone’, the car manufacturer had a very brief spell as a constructor in 1959 and 1960, in which they build their own engine as well as the car chassis. Like many British based teams their cars were painted in British racing green, which continues to be the team’s main livery colour today.

While Aston Martin didn’t score any points across their five entries, the team did net 4 top 10 finishes, with the team’s best result being Roy Salvadori’s 6th place finished at the British and Portuguese Grand Prix in 1959, and 2nd at the non-championship BRDC International Trophy in the same year.

However the team’s poor run of form led Aston Martin to drop out of F1 after the 1960 British Grand Prix.

The Aston Martin DBR4, originally driven by Roy Salvadori and Carrol Shelby in 1959

Aston Martin first returned to F1 as a sponsor of the Red Bull team in 2016, including a spell as title sponsor from 2018-2020. In January 2020 Racing Point team owner Lawrence Stroll took a 16.7% stake in the British car brand, which led to the decision to re-brand the team to Aston Martin for the 2021 season.

The 'Team Silverstone’ moniker comes from the various re-bands of the team that was originally founded by Eddie Jordan, who opted to locate the Jordan team factory directly opposite the Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire.

While the various Team Silverstone team names could have their own post, the timeline goes as follows:

Jordan (1991-2005)Midland F1 (2006) Spyker (2007) Force India (2008-2018) Racing Point Force India (2018) Racing Point (2019-2020) Aston Martin (2021-)

The AMR22, driven by Sebastian Vettel during the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix

Since 2021 Aston Martin have used Mercedes engines, which Team Silverstone have used in their various guises since 2009. 

Aston Martin’s first driver line-up in 61 years featured German 4-Time World Champion Sebastian Vettel, and Canadian driver Lance Stroll - who scored Aston Martin’s first ever world championship points finish when he finished in 10th place at the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix in 2021.

In the same season, Sebastian Vettel achieved Aston Martin’s maiden podium finish at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where he finished second. He also finished second at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but was disqualified after the race due to a fuel infringement.

2023 saw Aston Martin’s best ever season to-date, with Fernando Alonso achieving 8 podiums - including three in the first three races - which led the team to secure 5th in the Constructor’s Championship.

The AMR23, driven by Fernando Alonso during the 2023 Sao Paulo Grand Prix

Their driver live-up for the 2024 season will see Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll be teammates for a second consecutive season. Their line-up also includes reserve drivers Felipe Drugovich and Stoffel Vandoorne, alongside driver ambassador Jessica Hawkins, who became the first female racing driver to drive a Formula 1 car, the AMR21, at an in-season test in 2023.

Outside of the team, Aston Martin are also joint providers of the Safety and Medical cars, which they share with Mercedes.

[christiangeistdorfer]

teammates ROY SALVADORI & JACK BRABHAM talking to a mechanic at the 1958 MONACO GRAND PRIX

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drivers’ briefing ahead of the 1960 monaco grand prix

l-r: phil hill, wolfgang von trips, richie ginther, jo bonnier, roy salvadori, john surtees, graham hill, jack brabham

[frenchcurious]

Grille de départ du Grand Prix de Grande-Bretagne - Aintree 1959. - 1-Jack Brabham, Cooper T51 #12, Cooper Car Co (vainqueur) - 2-Roy Salvadori, Aston Martin DBR4/250 #2, David Brown Co - 3-Harry Schell, BRM P25 #8, Owen Racing Organization - 4-Maurice Trintignant, Cooper T51 #18, RRC Walker Racing Team - 5-Masten Gregory, Cooper T51 #14, Cooper Car Company - 6-Carroll Shelby, Aston Martin DBR4/250 #4, David Brown Co. - source UK Racing History.

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Success for Aston Martin at the Spa 24 Hours courtesy of Comtoyou Racing! The British marque hadn't won the Belgian classic since 1948, and hadn't won a 24-hour race outright since 1959, which was the year the legendary Carroll Shelby won Le Mans with Roy Salvadori in a DBR1 (pictured above at Le Mans Classic in 2018).

Aston Martin have had success at Le Mans since, winning the GT class four times with the Prodrive-built DBR9 and Vantage GTE (pictured above at Le Mans in 2013, a tragic event for the team as Aston driver Allan Simonsen driver died in an accident early in the race). But in the races where GT3 cars are the headline, they have typically struggled to beat the powerhouse brands from Germany and Italy. Seen below is a predecessor of the new Spa winner: the 2013 V12 Vantage GT3, raced at the Nürburgring 24 Hours (pictured at Le Mans Classic in 2018).

[bigglesworld]

Lister Jaguar. Archie Scott-Brown le vainqueur devant Roy Salvadori (Aston Martin DBR2) Metting 200 + de 1100cc Aintree. 1958