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Perhaps the most beautiful, evocative British Grand Prix car of all time and described by one previous owner as better to drive than a Maserati 250F, the Connaught AL10 is powered by a 2 litre four cylinder engine.
Connaught Engineering made its racing debut during the 1952 season. Amongst the other Formula 2 cars competing in the World Championship, their A-Type chassis would prove to be competitive and capable, but mostly in races taking place somewhere on the British Isles. On the European mainland, Connaught proved to be about as effective as any other British marque of the time.
During the 1952 British Grand Prix, Connaught Engineering managed to have two of its cars finish in the points when Eric Thompson finished 5th and Dennis Poore finished 4th. The team would also end up having three cars finishing inside the top ten when Ken Downing brought his A-Type across the line in 9th place. This was an incredible result for the new team.
Therefore, heading into the 1953 season, Connaught knew they had a good car at home, but also knew it really had to improve to be competitive in other rounds of the World Championship and non-championship races. The year would mark an important moment in the World Championship. Ever since its inaugural year of existence the Indianapolis 500 had counted toward the World Championship but was never really considered an actual part of the series. Therefore 1953 would mark the first time that the World Championship would be a proper 'World' series.
Driven in period by such legends as Roy Salvadori, John Coombs, Kenneth McAlpine, Ron Flockhart and Bill Whitehouse - the latter achieving more success with the car than when in it was in ‘Works' hands.
