Aston Butterworth was a Formula One constructor from the United Kingdom. They participated in 4 grands prix, entering a total of 4 cars. The team was created by racers Archie Butterworth and Bill Aston, who decided to build a car for Formula 2; they did so and raced it in April, 1952 in the Lavant Cup at Goodwood, where they arrived in eighth position, with Aston at the wheel. In May a second car was added, driven by Robert Montgomerie-Charrington and driven at Chimay in June, where Montgomerie-Charrington achieved the team's best finish: third place. Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Bill Aston was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... While Formula One has generally been regarded as the pinnacle of open-wheeled auto racing, the high performance nature of the cars and the expense involved in the series has always meant that there has needed to be a path to reach this peak. ...
Aston continued to appear in races throughout the 1953 season but there was never enough money to develop the program properly and when the new F1 regulations came in in 1954 the story of Aston-Butterworth came to an end.
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