Although not a success in the Formula One World Championship, it became the first British car since 1924 to win a Continental European motor race when Tony Brooks won the non-championship 1955 Syracuse Grand Prix.

All had a conventional space frame body on a tubular chassis independent suspension with wishbones and torsion bars at the front and a de Dion axle at the rear.

[2] The Type B made its debut at the 1955 Glover Trophy, where Tony Rolt qualified fifth but retired after eight laps with a faulty fuel pump.

Disheartened, owner Kenneth McAlpine considered winding up the team, but the lure of substantial starting money from the organisers of the 1955 Syracuse Grand Prix led to two cars being entered, to be driven by Tony Brooks and Les Leston.

[3] However, the Syracuse result proved to be the exception rather than the rule, with the cash-strapped team generally struggling to compete against the Maserati 250F and Vanwall opposition.