It Is Time To Get Your Cheque Books Out Again!

as this Aston Martin DBR1 comes up for sale,

it is the the single most successful racing car ever built by Aston Martin, it has an immaculate pedigree, one of 5 (1 was an updated version of an earlier chassis) DBR1's made - this example has the most successful competition pedigree by some margin:

Race history for the DBR1/2 chassis,

1957
 Winner - Spa Sportscar Race - driven by Brooks
 Winner - 1000km Nürburgring Race - driven by Brooks/Cunningham-Reid
 Retired - 24 Hours of Le Mans Race whilst lying 2nd - driven by Brooks/Cunningham-Reid
 Winner - Spa Grand Prix - driven by Brooks

1958
 Retired - Sebring - driven by Moss/Brooks
 Retired - Nurburgring - driven by Brooks/Lewis-Evans
 Retired - 24 Hours of Le Mans - driven by Brooks/Trintignant
 Winner - Goodwood Tourist Trophy - driven by Moss/Brooks

1959
Winner - 24 Hours of Le Mans - driven by Salvadori/Shelby
Winner - Goodwood Tourist Trophy - driven by Moss/Shelby/Fairman

following Aston Martin's success in 1959, David Brown decided to make an unsuccessful move to Formula One with the DBR4 and DBR5, thus the factory's David Brown Racing Department would no longer compete in Sports cars.

1960
The car was sold to Major Ian Baillie - and as a privateer entrant the following results were achieved:
Winner - Rouen Grand Prix - driven by Jack Fairman
9th - 24 Hours of Le Mans - driven by Baillie/Fairman

this the only DBR1 to have scored a win in privateer hands - and the only Aston Martin to have ever won Le Mans and additionally the only car Carroll Shelby ever won the Le Mans 24 Hour race in, the car is still used Historic Racing so it is not in a museum which is great, but with all of that behind it the car will not be cheap, think may be as much as £20million, would I like it? you bet, but I most probably could not afford the insurance!