Aston Martin Returns To Formula 1 After Six Decades With Mercedes-Benz Engines 2 Jan 2021, 12:53 UTC ·
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The British carmaker had to decide in 1957 if it would continue its program in the sports car championship or storm the F1 doors and try to get noticed. It didn t have enough money to win both series. Its main goal was to beat Ferrari, which shouldn t have been a tough problem. Aston Martin already had a great 3.0-liter inline-six engine to compete with, and it had a great experience with chassis-building. But the management postponed the F1 entry for 1958 and stored the already built F1 racer in a shed.
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Decades ago, Jose Antonio Magalhaes, a Portuguese fabric manufacturer, started to collect cars. He loved them, cared for them, and gathered them together into a small collection. Then, the Portuguese Revolution came at the beginning of the 70s, and some of its collection vanished.
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Some of the cars were smuggled across the border in Spain and kept safe in a secret location. After things calmed down, he started to gain back what he lost, and even more. But life hit the car collection again, and the fabric manufacturer passed away.
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Back in the fifties, Ferrari was beginning to dominate the motorsport world, building some of the greatest race cars to ever grace the tarmac. One of those was the 250 Testa Rossa, which won the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times in four years of service.
The Fantastic Racing History of the Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 11 Dec 2020, 9:56 UTC ·
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The year was 1957, Ferrari was in fierce competition with Maserati and Jaguar and was about to win the World Championship for Sports Cars for the fourth time in the last five years.
But talk around the paddock focused on rumors that FIA was about to enforce a three-liter engine displacement limit for the upcoming season in response to the increasing number of major accidents.