1959 Le Mans winning Aston Martin DBR1
In June 1959 the factory entered #4 Aston Martin DBR1, driven by Sterling Moss and Jack Fairman, retired from the Le Mans 24HR after 70 laps and six hours with a broken engine. As part of a planned race strategy by Aston Martin’s team manager Reg Parnell this allowed the #5 Aston Martin DBR1, driven by Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby, to to cross the finish line in 1st place.
You can read the full story of number #5’s great day at Le Mans in the excellent feature article by Tom Stewart in Nicholas Mee & Co’s Issue 27 of FullBore magazine here.
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Size A2 (420 × 594 mm).
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Original DBR1 photograph © Tim Scott.