The Aston Martin DBR4, formally the DBR4/250, was the marque's first Formula One car, designed by Ted Cutting after the company's sports car successes of the late 1950s, which ended with victory at Le Mans and the World Sportscar Championship in 1959. It was a spaceframe car closely related to the DB3S sports car, with a de Dion rear axle, disc brakes and a straight-six engine sleeved down to 2.5 litres. Tested from 1957 but not raced in the World Championship until the 1959 Dutch Grand Prix, it arrived with much of its design already outdated and scored no points, its best results being two sixth places for Roy Salvadori. Four were built, three of which survive.
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is a Formula One racing car, designed by Ted Cutting for the sports car manufacturer Aston Martin
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is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers
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A total of four Aston Martin DBR4/250s were built between 1957 and 1959, with three surviving to date.
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is a Formula One racing car, designed by Ted Cutting for the sports car manufacturer Aston Martin
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A total of four Aston Martin DBR4/250s were built between 1957 and 1959, with three surviving to date.
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A total of four Aston Martin DBR4/250s were built between 1957 and 1959, with three surviving to date.
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Aston Martin claimed a 280 bhp (210 kW) output for the DBR4's engine.
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but sleeved to reduce its capacity to 2.5-litres.
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is a Formula One racing car, designed by Ted Cutting for the sports car manufacturer Aston Martin
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is a Formula One racing car, designed by Ted Cutting for the sports car manufacturer Aston Martin
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is a Formula One racing car, designed by Ted Cutting for the sports car manufacturer Aston Martin
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is a Formula One racing car, designed by Ted Cutting for the sports car manufacturer Aston Martin
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