The decision of the sport's governing body in 1958 to reduce the maximum cubic capacity for prototypes of the DBR1's caliber to three liters seemed like a gift for Aston Martin. However, it resulted in just two victories that season. The first came when Stirling Moss shared a borrowed DBR1 he had wheedled out of John Wyer with Jack Brabham, the pair winning with absurd ease at the Nürburgring by a margin of over four minutes. The second was added in the tourist Trophy at Goodwood when the three DBR1 drivers Stirling Moss, Roy Salvadori and Caroll Shelby occupied places one to three. Moss was also the man behind the 1959 constructors' championship. At Le Mans the quick Briton ground down his rivals, only to eventually retire himself, leaving the path clear for a double victory by the two
Aston Martin teams Shelby/Salvadori and Maurice Trintignant/Paul Frére.
