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  This first works HWM-Jaguar proved to be lighter and better handling than the C-type Jaguars.

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HWM took Jaguar engine XK to F1 racing.

When Jaguar started becoming successful with the XK Engine, the HWM Motor Company took the engine and created a car that ran in Formula One from 1951 to 1955.

For 1951, the works HWMs grew up into proper F2 single-seaters, and the team’s European exploits continued over the next three seasons.

Other young drivers to cut their teeth in the green cars included Peter Collins, Harry Schell and Paul Frère.

But the beautifully built HWMs tended to be heavier than their opposition, and the Alta engine, ever more highly tuned to try to stay competitive with newer machinery, was becoming less reliable.

So HWM then turned its thoughts to the sports-racing class, and in 1953 fitted a modified F2 chassis with a Jaguar engine and an all-enveloping two-seat body.

Registered HWM 1 (later YPG 3), this first works HWM-Jaguar proved to be lighter and better handling than the C-type Jaguars. In the hands of Abecassis and others, it was very successful in British racing