Salvadori immediately began to show some promise in the car, posting third fastest time in qualifying, beaten only by fellow Brits Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks, driving a BRP BRM P25 and works Ferrari 246 Dino respectively.
==Dirkaška zgodovina==Aston Martin DBR4/250 je bil javnosti predstavljen šele aprila 1959, debitiral pa je maja na neprvenstveni dirki BRDC International Trophy, kjer sta nastopila oba dirkača tovarniškega moštva, Roy Salvadori in Carroll Shelby.