Three Aston Martin DBR1s were entered for the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans: #4 Stirling Moss (GB)/Jack Fairman (GB), #5 Roy Salvadori (GB)/Carroll Shelby (USA), #6 Maurice Trintignant (F)/Paul Frére (BEL). The 1959 event was the first time that either Salvadori or Shelby had ever ...
A quaint seaside carpark filled with seven impeccable Aston Martins may be a rare and slightly intimidating sight, but for a handful of women it was the starting vision of an adrenaline-infused day. Following a light breakfast atChiosco by Ormeggiooverlooking Middle Harbour, Aston Martin’s ladie...
During that 1955 season the car had been progressively modified with the latest form Frank Feeley-styled bodywork, in concert with its sister chassis DB3S/6, '7 and '8. At the end of the year Roy Salvadori bought the car from Aston Martin Lagonda Limited to be entered by his friend (an...