His Maserati victory-record in total (GP and Sports car races): 1,000 km on the Nürburgring in 1956 and 1960 1,000 km Buenos Aires in 1956 Nassau 1956 Monaco 1956 Melbourne 1956 Bari 1956 Italian GP 1956 Vila Real 1958 Karlsgoga 1958 Silverstone 1960 Rouen 1960
I had the great pleasure of spending around an hour with Stirling Moss many years ago. A true gentleman and a true racer, he had a fountain of insight and engaging anecdotes. The dangerous-era racers are a different breed and he enjoyed a very full life. RIP Sir !
That may have been the case most of the time, but he also raced Ferraris, and the 250 GT SWB Competizione was the "best GT car ever", and that was according to him, where the prowess of both the man and the machine complemented each other and stood out.
If it wasn’t for This pandemic this would have been a much bigger news. Great gentleman, great life, may he Rest In Peace. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Absolutely brilliant production, one of the best I have ever seen, truly worthy of him. I spent a lot of time in Mayfair back when I was racing in the UK 86-89 at a much more humble level and always wondered where exactly he was, now I have an idea. Patrick Stewart did an excellent job. RIP Sir Stirling, I will post my humble Moss encounter anecdotes tomorrow.
No problem, no harm done. The important is that we all appreciate together the life and time of a racing legend: Sir Stirling Moss.
Thank you for sharing these wonderful encounters, which demonstrates the lovely nature of both Sir Stirling and Lady Susie. Brought tears to me eyes!
Not surprising; Stirling Moss raced a Cooper 500 for several years before stepping up to F1. Interestingly, Moss was the first one to win a WDC GP on a private Cooper, and also on a private Lotus, before the factory teams ! If not prevented by contract, he could have been factory driver at Cooper in place of Jack Brabham perhaps? or at Lotus instead of Jim Clark ?
he was a giant, in the era when men were men. makes some of the younger set look paltry. met him several times, and was always in awe. charming guy. he even flirted with my mother the last time i spoke with him at amelia in 2015 - always the crumpet hunter !
It's a bit unfortunate that the 1958 Vanwall was so unreliable that, for both Moss and Brooks, it was largely either win or break. Hawthorn won the driver's title despite winning only one race; it was his six second-places (usually to a Vanwall) that made the difference. With just slightly better reliability, Moss should have won the title easily.
In his later years Sir Stirling always wore the coolest suspenders. Every time I see a pic I can't wait to see what he has on next.
I met Stirling Moss at Goodwood during the Revival banquet. I saw Jackie Stewart's son Mark, who I kind of know a bit, and started to talk and eventually his father showed up we said hello again and then Stirling came over and Jackie and he started to "muck about" .... talking etc.. so I asked them both to sign my champagne bottle ( Moet ) and they did ... I had one of those silver pens which was tied to the bottle at each table.... Sir Stirling was so nice - I introduced my wife - who told him a story of when her mother met him back in the 50's ... he pretended to remember the dinner RAC dinner ... she showed him an old pic on her phone - and classic Stirling says "wow now that's what I call a crumpet! don't show my wife.." said good by and he moved over to another table.
Suspenders ? We call them braces here. Suspensers are what women wear to hold their tights (you call them pantyhoses !!)
When I lived in the UK I can't tell you the number of times I got into trouble for referring to my trousers as pants.
Garters are something different; elasticated bands around the legs. Suspenders were attached to a belt women wore under their garnments.
