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Aston Martin DBR1 - The best from Aston

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Created on August 7, 2023

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Karl Ludvigsen (Übersetzung: Paul Krüger)

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Aston Martin DBR1/300 (1958) - Stirling Moss drives to victory in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring in 1958

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Aston Martin DBR1/300 (1959) - Stirling Moss in the pits at the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring in 1959

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1957) - The new aluminum cylinder blocks were heavily ribbed. Before that, a cylinder head with an 80-degree valve angle

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1957) - The racing engine with three Weber carburetors and 80-degree cylinder head

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1957) - The racing engine with three Weber carburetors and 80-degree cylinder head

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - Early sectional drawing still with the two water hoses to the radiator

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - at Le Mans 1956, still with the original front section

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - Reg Parnell (at the wheel) and Tony Brooks dropped out of Le Mans in 1956 with three hours to go and no oil pressure

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - The engineers can be proud of their work. The special Dunlop wheels are clearly visible here

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - The chassis without engine. The oil tank of the dry sump lubrication system can be seen on the passenger side

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - The front axle

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - The pads of the Girling disc brakes could be changed in 45 seconds. The brake caliper was made of aluminum

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - A thin stabilizer bar connects the front suspensions. By and large, the front axle was taken over from the DB3S

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - View of the rear axle with gearbox. Top left: the associated oil cooler. Hard to recognize: the axle drive "piled up" at the top

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - There was still space above the tank and differential for the spare wheel required by the regulations

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - The open gearbox

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - View drawings

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1957) - Sectional drawing

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1957) - colored sectional drawing of the version with 80-degree head

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - The workplace with externally illuminated instruments and open gearshift gate with complicated auxiliary linkage

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1956) - Seats with houndstooth upholstery, but otherwise not a very comfortable cockpit

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1957) - attracts attention at the Sussex Trophy on April 22, 1957 in Goodwood

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1957) - Tony Brooks starts his race car at Silverstone. He was the constant in the team and took four victories in 1957 and '58

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1957) - The two works cars in front of the Hotel de France in Le Mans, the team's traditional base at the 24-hour race

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1957) - Sectional drawing of the six-cylinder engine with the new 95-degree head

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1959) - comparison of crankshafts: the new one with seven bearings on the right, the old four-bearing shaft on the left

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Aston Martin DBR1/300 (1959) - with the new 95-degree head by Willie Watson. The exhaust is now on the passenger side

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1958) - Goodwood, September 13, 1958: Jack Brabham gets out of the car. Roy Salvadori takes over

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Aston Martin DBR1/300 (1959) - restored works car

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Aston Martin DBR1/300 (1959) - Stirling Moss at Goodwood on September 5, 1959

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1959) - Wind tunnel tests with a 1:4 scale model

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Aston Martin DBR1 (1958) - Starting grid for the 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans, with both works cars dropping out

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Aston Martin DBR1/300 (1959) - Carroll Shelby at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1959

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Aston Martin DBR1/300 (1959) - Carroll Shelby at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1959

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Aston Martin DBR1/300 (1959) - Roy Salvadori at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1959

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Aston Martin DBR1/300 (1959) - A glass of bubbly: Carroll Shelby (left) and David Brown celebrate victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Summary

In the 1950s, the sports car world championship up to three liters in displacement was one of the most fiercely contested motorsport classes. Slowly but steadily, Aston Martin worked its way up from the midfield to finally reach the top at the end of the decade. This article tells the story of the development of the Aston Martin DBR1, with which the British company not only won the World Sports Car Championship, but also the world's biggest endurance race.

This article contains the following chapters

Cheese and waffles
Dry sump and wet bushings
Development aid from Germany
The gearbox
The brakes
Another new cylinder head
Quitting when it's at its best

Estimated reading time: 20min

Preview (beginning of the article)

On May 26, 1957, British automobiles and a gentleman from Huddersfield named David Brown achieved a long-awaited goal. Since the end of the war, the small, bespectacled industrialist had spent hundreds of thousands of pounds to keep the Aston Martin name alive. On that Sunday, he had the pleasure of watching his latest racing car smash the crème de la crème of Italian sports cars on one of the most demanding racetracks in the world: the Nürburgring. The drivers were the experienced Tony Brooks and newcomer Noel Cunningham-Reid - young men chosen by team boss John Wyer for the Aston Martin racing program.

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