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Vanwall Grand Prix

{{Short description|Racing automobile}}

{{Racing car

| Car_name = Vanwall Grand Prix series

| Image = Vanwall VW5 Aintree 1957.jpg

| Category = Formula One

| Constructor = Vanwall

| Designer = Frank Costin

| Drivers = {{ubl|{{flagicon|GBR}} Stirling Moss|{{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hawthorn|{{flagicon|FRA}} Maurice Trintignant|{{flagicon|ARG}} José Froilán González|{{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Brooks|{{flagicon|GBR}} Stuart Lewis-Evans|{{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Collins| {{flagicon|ITA}} Piero Taruffi|{{flagicon|USA}} Harry Schell}}

| Chassis = Multi-tubular steel spaceframe, aluminium body{{Cite web|url=https://primotipo.com/tag/vanwall/|title=Vanwall – primotipo…|website=primotipo...}}

| Front suspension = Double wishbones, coil springs over shock absorbers, anti-roll bar

| Rear suspension = De Dion axle, twin trailing arms, coil springs over telescopic shock absorbers

| Wheelbase = {{convert|2268|mm|in|abbr=on}}

| Track = {{convert|1416|mm|in|abbr=on}} (front), {{convert|1314|mm|in|abbr=on}} (rear)

| Engine name = Vanwall

| Capacity = {{cvt|2.5|L|cuin}}

| Turbo/NA = naturally aspirated,

| Configuration = straight-4,

| Engine position = longitudinally mounted, front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout

| Gearbox name =

| Gears = 5-speed

| Type = manual gearbox.

| Brakes = Disc brakes all-round

| Weight = {{convert|640|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| Differential =

| Fuel =

| Tyres = {{ubl|Dunlop{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/vanwall-vw-5.aspx|title=Vanwall VW 5 • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com}}|Pirelli}}

| Debut = 1954 British Grand Prix

| Races = 29

| Wins = 9

| Cons_champ = 1 ({{F1|1958}})

| Drivers_champ =

| Poles = 7

| Fastest_laps = 6

| WC_results_only = Y

}}

The Vanwall Grand Prix cars are a series of open-wheel Formula One race cars, designed, developed and built by British manufacturer Vanwall, for Formula One racing, between 1954 and 1960.{{Cite web|url=https://www.conceptcarz.com/s24901/vanwall-vw5.aspx|title=1958 Vanwall VW5 technical and mechanical specifications|website=conceptcarz.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://revsinstitute.org/the-collection/1958-vanwall/|title=1958 Vanwall Formula 1|website=Revs Institute}}{{Cite web|url=https://primotipo.com/tag/vanwall-vw5/|title=Vanwall VW5 – primotipo…|website=primotipo...}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/vanwall-vw-55.aspx|title=Vanwall Special {{!}} STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.conceptcarz.com/view/f1/teamsBySeason.aspx?driverTeamArticleID=140&driverID=46|title=1954 Vanwall 01 'Special' Formula 1|website=conceptcarz.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://jbbassibey.free.fr/eng-%20vanwall_vw.htm|title=vanwall vw}}

Gallery

{{gallery

|File:Vanwall VW2 front-left Donington Grand Prix Collection.jpg|1955 Vanwall VW 2 (1955)

|File:Vanwall VW7 Monaco.jpg|Vanwall VW 7 Monaco (1958)

|File:Vanwall VW6 Streamliner.jpg|Vanwall VW 6 streamliner (1957)

|File:Vanwall VW5 Donington.jpg|Vanwall VW 5 (1958)

}}

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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"| {{F1|1954}}

|rowspan="2"| Vanwall Special

|rowspan="2"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="2"| {{Pirelli}}

|

| ARG

| 500

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| SUI

| ITA

| ESP

|

|

|rowspan="2"| n/a

|rowspan="2"| n/a{{efn|name=WCC|The Constructors' Championship was not awarded until 1958.}}

align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Collins

|

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

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

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

|

|

rowspan="4"| {{F1|1955}}

|rowspan="4"| Vanwall VW 55

|rowspan="4"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="4"| {{Pirelli}}

|

| ARG

| MON

| 500

| BEL

| NED

| GBR

| ITA

|

|

|

|

|rowspan="4"| n/a

|rowspan="4"| n/a{{efn|name=WCC}}

align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hawthorn

|

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

|

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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ken Wharton

|

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|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9{{efn|name=Shared|Shared drive}}

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

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|

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align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Harry Schell

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|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9{{efn|name=Shared}}

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

|

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|

|

rowspan="7"| {{F1|1956}}

|rowspan="7"| Vanwall VW 2

|rowspan="7"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="7"| {{Pirelli}}

|

| ARG

| MON

| 500

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| ITA

|

|

|

|rowspan="7"| n/a

|rowspan="7"| n/a{{efn|name=WCC}}

align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Maurice Trintignant

|

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

|

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

|

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

|

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

|

|

|

align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Harry Schell

|

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

|

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

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10{{efn|name=Shared}}

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

|

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

|

|

|

align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hawthorn

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|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10{{efn|name=Shared}}

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Colin Chapman

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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} José Froilán González

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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Piero Taruffi

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

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|

|

rowspan="5"| {{F1|1957}}

|rowspan="5"| Vanwall VW 5

|rowspan="5"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="5"| {{Pirelli}}

|

| ARG

| MON

| 500

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| PES

| ITA

|

|

|

|rowspan="5"| n/a

|rowspan="5"| n/a{{efn|name=WCC}}

align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stirling Moss

|

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

|

|

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| {{F1 race position|1|p|f}}{{efn|name=Shared}}

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

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| {{F1 race position|1|f}}

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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Brooks

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

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|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1{{efn|name=Shared}}

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

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

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| {{F1 race position|7|f}}

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stuart Lewis-Evans

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

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

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

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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| {{F1 race position|Ret|p}}

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Salvadori

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

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rowspan="4"| {{F1|1958}}

|rowspan="4"| Vanwall VW 5

|rowspan="4"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="4"| {{Dunlop}}

|

| 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"| {{flagicon|UK}} Stirling Moss

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

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| {{F1 race position|1|f}}

|

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

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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| {{F1 race position|Ret|p}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| {{F1 race position|Ret|f}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| {{F1 race position|1|p}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| {{F1 race position|Ret|p}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| {{F1 race position|1|f}}

align="left"| {{flagicon|UK}} Tony Brooks

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| {{F1 race position|Ret|p}}

|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"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stuart Lewis-Evans

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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| {{F1 race position|Ret|p}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

rowspan="2"| {{F1|1959}}

|rowspan="2"| Vanwall VW 59

|rowspan="2"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="2"| {{Dunlop}}

|

| MON

| 500

| NED

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| POR

| ITA

| USA

|

|

|rowspan="2" |0

|rowspan="2" |NC

align="left"| {{flagicon|UK}} Tony Brooks

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

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rowspan="2"| {{F1|1960}}

|rowspan="2"| Vanwall VW 11

|rowspan="2"| Vanwall L4

|rowspan="2"| {{Dunlop}}

|

| ARG

| MON

| 500

| NED

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| POR

| ITA

| USA

|

|rowspan="2" |0

|rowspan="2" |NC

align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Brooks

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

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=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

! 25

rowspan="5"| {{F1|1954}}

| 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

| SAC

| JOE

| CAD

| BER

| GOO

| DTT

align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alberto Ascari

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| DNA

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Brown

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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Collins

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| DNA

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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hawthorn

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

rowspan="5"| {{F1|1955}}

| 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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hawthorn

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|

| DNA

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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ken Wharton

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

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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Harry Schell

|

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

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

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

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| {{F1 race position|1|p|f}}

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Desmond Titterington

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

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rowspan="3"| {{F1|1956}}

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

| rowspan="3"| Vanwall L4

|

| BUE

| GLV

| SYR

| AIN

| INT

| NAP

| 100

| VNW

| CAE

| SUS

| BRH

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align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Harry Schell

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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stirling Moss

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|

| DNA

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| {{F1 race position|1|p|f}}

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rowspan="5"| {{F1|1957}}

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

| rowspan="5"| Vanwall L4

|

| BUE

| SYR

| PAU

| GLV

| NAP

| RMS

| CAE

| INT

| MOD

| MOR

|

|

|

|

|

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stirling Moss

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| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| {{F1 race position|3|f}}

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| {{F1 race position|Ret|p}}

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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Brooks

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

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| {{F1 race position|6|f}}

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| DNA

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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stuart Lewis-Evans

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

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

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Salvadori

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

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rowspan="3"| {{F1|1960}}

| rowspan="2"| Vanwall VW 5

| rowspan="3"| Vanwall L4

|

| GLV

| INT

| SIL

| LOM

| OUL

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align="left" rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Brooks

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

| DNA

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Lotus 18

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Notes

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References

{{Reflist}}

{{F1 cars 1954}}

{{F1 cars 1955}}

{{F1 cars 1956}}

{{F1 cars 1957}}

{{F1 cars 1958}}

{{F1 cars 1959}}

{{F1 cars 1960}}

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