MotorsportMemorabilia 1958 Grand Prix commemorative cover signed Jack FAIRMAN

Cover No 9 features the first British World Champion, Mike Hawthorn in his Ferrari D246 (No 4), winning the French Grand Prix at Reims from Stirling Moss (No 8). On the track, Moss had led for most of the season and only his gentlemanly gesture towards Hawthorn regarding potential disqualification for pushing his Ferrari, prevented Moss from taking the title. Hawthorn went on to take the 1957 drivers title by a single point from Moss. Vanwall took the constructors trophy, the first time it had been awarded, with fine performances from Moss and Tony Brooks; the latter is shown on the cover (No 12). Them cover bears the stamp label featuring the Ferrari and Vanwall, denoting the shared honours for the season. This cover truly marks the arrival of British drivers and cars on the F1 scene to challenge the Italian domination of the sport more than just briefly as Mercedes had done in the 1954 & 55 seasons.

JACK FAIRMAN has signed the second special; having had a distinguished career in the Army, rising to the rank of major, Jack Fairman was a little older than his fellow drivers; nevertheless, he made many presentable performances. In 1952, Jaguar set out to publicise their sports cars by driving an XK120 at an average speed of 100 mph for 7 days and 7 nights. At the Montlhery circuit, near Paris, Jack Fairman, Stirling Moss, Bert Hadley and Leslie Johnson drove 'LWK 707' for 16,852 miles in 168 hours, at an average speed of 100.31 mph. Aged 40 when staring his F1 career, Fairman took part in 12 races, mostly British and Italian GPs. His best season was 1956 when he finished 4th and 5th in a Connaught. In 1959, he won the Goodwood Tourist Trophy with Stirling Moss and Carroll Shelby sharing the driving of the Aston Martin.

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