[44][45], At the Autodrome de Montlhéry, a steeply banked oval track near Paris, Moss and Leslie Johnson took turns at the wheel of the latter's Jaguar XK120 to average 107.46 mph (172.94 km/h) for 24 hours, including stops for fuel and tyres. [5], Also a competent rally driver, Moss was one of three people to have won a Coupe d'Or (Gold Cup) for three consecutive penalty-free runs on the Alpine Rally (Coupe des Alpes). Moss narrated the official 1988 Formula One season review along with Tony Jardine. Een Fantastisch Ritje in een Mercedes Benz SLR Mclaren Stirling moss @ Noordwijk! [75], Following Moss' death the Kinrara Trophy race at the Goodwood Revival meeting was renamed in his honour. † Events with 2 races staged for the different classes. [5], In April 1960, Moss was found guilty of dangerous driving. All C-Class News & Media ; C-Class Sedan ; C-Class Coupe ; C 300 Sedan; C 300 4MATIC Sedan; C 350e Plug-in Hybrid Sedan Mercedes-Benz and McLaren are adding the crowning glory to the model family of their highly successful SLR super sports car with a new, uncompromisingly spectacular car. (Races in italics indicate fastest lap), (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.). You were just better than me that day. All Maybach Archive News & Media ; NYC World Premier ; S-Class Cabriolet . [60] For the 1981 season Moss stayed with Audi, as the team moved to Tom Walkinshaw Racing management, driving alongside Martin Brundle. An inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, he won 212 of the 529 races he entered across several categories of competition and has been described as "the greatest driver never to win the World Championship". Although there were complaints to the magazine about the cartoons, Moss rang Private Eye to ask if he could use it as a Christmas card. La SLR Stirling Moss est une édition limitée de 75 véhicules. [5] Motor Trend headlined it as "The Most Epic Drive. British Grand Prix Aintree, George Phillips Photograph Collection, Revs Institute. ! [41] Seriously injured in an accident at the Burnenville curve during practice for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, he missed the next three races but recovered sufficiently to win the final one of the season, the United States Grand Prix at Riverside, California. He soon demonstrated his ability with numerous wins at national and international levels, and continued to compete in Formula Three,[16] with Coopers and Kiefts, after he had progressed to more senior categories. [82] On 12 June the following year he was interviewed by John Freeman on Face to Face; Freeman later said that he had thought before the interview that Moss was a playboy, but in their meeting he showed "cold, precise, clinical judgement... a man who could live so close to the edge of death and danger, and trust entirely to his own judgement. 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To his victories in the Tourist Trophy, the Sebring 12 Hours and the Mille Miglia he added three consecutive wins (1958–1960) in the 1000 km Nürburgring, the first two in an Aston Martin (in which he did most of the driving),[36][37][38][39] and the third in a Tipo 61 "birdcage" Maserati, co-driving with the American Dan Gurney. 722" in which he won the Mille Miglia nearly 50 years earlier. After the win, he spent the night and the following day driving his girlfriend to Cologne, stopping for breakfast in Munich and lunch in Stuttgart. [85] Moss was the subject of a cartoon biography in the magazine Private Eye that said he was interested in cars, women and sex, in that order. [23] Neubauer, already impressed when Moss had tested a Mercedes-Benz W196 at Hockenheim, promptly signed him for 1955. He was 81. The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss Edition entered production between June and December of 2009. Le gabarit n’a pas changé, les grandes lignes non plus, mais le dessin s’inspire de la 300 SLR du pilote anglais. [76][77], In 1957, Moss published an autobiography called In the Track Of Speed, first published by Muller, London. La Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss est un speedster exceptionnel et rare doté d’un V8 5.5 suralimenté de 650 ch. A new version of the SLR was introduced in 2006, called the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition. [62] In 2004, as part of its promotion for the new SLR, Mercedes-Benz reunited Moss with the 300 SLR "No. [79] In 2016, Philip Porter published the first volume of Stirling Moss - The Definitive Biography covering the period from birth up to the end of 1955, one of Moss's greatest years. He eventually left ABC in 1980. Il s'agit d'un modèle de type roadster, voire speedster. The organizers are planning to display the iconic Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR at the Goodwood Festival of Speed from 8 to 11 July. Since then it has covered just over 500 km and remains in virtually new condition. [42] Moss's Climax-engined Lotus was comparatively underpowered, but he won the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix by 3.6 seconds, beating the Ferraris of Richie Ginther, Wolfgang von Trips, and Phil Hill,[42] and went on to win the partially wet 1961 German Grand Prix. [70], In the New Year Honours 2000 List, Moss was made a Knight Bachelor for services to motor racing. [84], For many years during and after his career, the rhetorical phrase "Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?" “As a tribute to a great man and racing driver, Sir Stirling Moss, Mercedes-Benz Classic will take the original 300 SLR ‘722’ to the UK again this year,” says Christian Boucke, Head of Mercedes-Benz Classic. ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring, Karl Ludvigsen Photograph Collection, Revs Institute. Hawthorn went on to beat Moss for the championship title by one point, even though he had won only one race that year to Moss's four. [24] Moss and his father went to Apulia only to find out that the Ferrari car was to be driven by experienced driver Piero Taruffi and were incensed. [5] After the Second World War, Moss was ruled exempt from doing the mandatory two-year national service for men his age because he had nephritis. MT4 with American Bill Lloyd. Their daughter Allison was born in 1967. [32] Also in 1957 he won on the longest circuit ever to hold a World Championship Grand Prix, the 25 km (16 mi) Pescara Circuit, where he again demonstrated his mastery of long-distance racing. Introduced in December 2008, the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss is a breathtaking interpretation of the 300 SLR legend. “The SLR Stirling Moss unites the character of the SLR models with the fascination of the SLR of 1955,” said Mercedes. In 2015, when he was aged 85, Moss published a second autobiography, entitled My Racing Life, written with motor sports writer Simon Taylor. Solamente los poseedores de un Mercedes-Benz SLR pueden comprar el Stirling Moss, que cuesta 750000 € y su producción está limitada a 75 unidades. All SLS Archive News & Media ; SLS AMG Coupe ; SLS AMG GT ; SLS AMG Roadster ; Maybach . He remained the English driver with the most Formula One victories until 1991 when Nigel Mansell overtook him after competing in more races. In March 1958, Moss was a guest challenger on the TV panel show What's My Line? A point was given for the fastest lap in each race, and the crew signaled "HAWT REC" meaning Hawthorn had set a record lap. His second wife was the American public relations executive Elaine Barbarino. [66] Brian Lister invited Moss to drive for Lister on three separate occasions, at Goodwood in 1954, Silverstone in 1958 and at Sebring in 1959,[67] and to celebrate these races, 10 special edition lightweight Lister Knobbly cars are being built. Having seen him do well in a relatively uncompetitive car, and wanting to see how he would perform in a better one, Neubauer suggested Moss buy a Maserati for the 1954 season. [52], Although ostensibly retired from racing since 1962, Moss did make a number of one-off appearances in professional motorsport events in the following two decades. Their son Elliot was born in 1980. 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Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss OBE (17 September 1929 – 12 April 2020) was a British Formula One racing driver. [40], In the 1960 Formula One season, Moss won the Monaco Grand Prix in Rob Walker's Coventry-Climax-powered Lotus 18. !Top TOP ! (episode with Anita Ekberg). On 21 March 2000, he was knighted by Prince Charles, standing in for the Queen, who was on an official visit to Australia. The streamlined, supercharged car's speed for the flying kilometer was 245.64 mph, which was the average of two runs in opposite directions. [34] Hawthorn was accused of reversing on the track after spinning and stalling his car on an uphill section. [57][58], In 1980 he made a comeback to regular competition, in the British Saloon Car Championship with the works-backed GTi Engineering Audi team. It is a race for GT cars that competed before 1963. [10], Moss raced from 1948 to 1962, winning 212 of the 529 races he entered, including 16 Formula One Grands Prix. The crew was supposed to signal the time of the lap, so Moss would know what he had to beat. that even old and crippled [he was] still better than nearly everyone else". [86], He was one of the few drivers of his era to create a brand from his name for licensing purposes, which was launched when his website was revamped in 2009 with improved content. Moss had shouted advice to Hawthorn to steer downhill, against traffic, to bump-start the car. [59] For the 1980 season Moss was the team's number two driver to team co-owner Richard Lloyd. He had been runner-up in the Drivers' Championship four years in succession, from 1955 to 1958, and third in each of the next three years. [46], Revisiting Montlhéry, Moss was one of a four-driver team, led by Johnson, who drove a factory-owned Jaguar XK120 fixed-head coupé for 7 days and nights at the French track. A Boot Full of Right Arms, Cassell Australia, 1975. [9] He disliked school and did not attain a good academic performance. Complete Formula One World Championship results, Complete British Saloon Car Championship results. [2][3][4] In a seven-year span between 1955 and 1961 Moss finished as championship runner-up four times and in third place the other three times. [87], Moss was a Mercedes-Benz Brand Ambassador, having kept a close relationship with the brand, and remained an enthusiast and collector of the brand, which includes the Mercedes-Benz W113, Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss among others. [91], On 7 March 2010, Moss broke both ankles and four bones in a foot, and also chipped four vertebrae and suffered skin lesions, when he plunged down a lift shaft at his home. SLRMOSS.COM is currently being developed as a showcase for the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss road car that was produced in 2009. The "722" refers to the victory by Stirling Moss and his co-driver Denis Jenkinson in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR with the starting number 722 (indicating a start time of 7:22 a.m.) at the Mille Miglia in 1955. [88], Moss was married three times. His third wife was Susie Paine, the daughter of an old friend. [63] On 9 June 2011 during qualifying for the Le Mans Legends race, Moss announced on Radio Le Mans that he had finally retired from racing, saying that he had scared himself that afternoon. Le pilote de course britannique Sir Stirling Moss s’est éteint ce 12 avril 2020 à l’âge de 90 ans. Another 75 roadsters were built as the SLR Stirling Moss. When Mercedes revealed the SLR McLaren Stirling Moss back in 2009, they also announced that it would be limited to only 75 units. "[30] He was paired with motor racing journalist Denis Jenkinson, who prepared pace note for Moss, and the two completed the race in ten hours and seven minutes. [96][34], (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap), (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) The model was named in honour of Moss, hence, Mercedes McLaren SLR Stirling Moss, which has a top speed of 217 mph (349 km/h) with wind deflectors instead of a windscreen. The event lasted three hours and Moss beat Fangio, who started from pole position, by a little over 3 minutes. "[31] Before the race, he had taken a "magic pill" given to him by Fangio, and he has commented that although he did not know what was in it, "Dexedrine and Benzedrine were commonly used in rallies. However, it also features a progressive web application (PWA) core with an integrated mobile-touch interface for easy access from anywhere, on any device — Online or offline. [13][43] He recovered, but retired from professional racing after a private test session in a Lotus 19 the following year, when he lapped a few tenths of a second slower than before. At Monza that year, he raced in the "Eldorado" Maserati in the Race of Two Worlds, the first single-seater car in Europe to be sponsored by a non-racing brand—the Eldorado Ice Cream Company. [16], In the Italian Grand Prix at Monza he passed both drivers who were regarded as the best in Formula One at the time—Juan Manuel Fangio in a Mercedes and Alberto Ascari in a Ferrari—and took the lead. [33], Moss's sporting attitude cost him the 1958 Formula One World Championship. Brian Lister invited Moss to drive for Lister on three separate occasions, at Goodwood in 1954, Silverstone in 1958 and at Sebringin 1959, and to celebrate these races, 10 special edition lightweight Lister Knobbly cars are bei… [5] He concealed the bullying from his parents and used it as "motivation to succeed". [6] He was brought up at Long White Cloud house on the south bank of the River Thames. [25] Leading a 1–2–3–4 finish for Mercedes, it was the first time he beat Fangio, his teammate and arch rival, who was also his friend and mentor. [94] As a result of this illness and a subsequent lengthy recovery period, Moss announced his retirement from public life in January 2018. [73], In December 2008, McLaren-Mercedes unveiled their final model of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. To appeal to collectors, the site was designed specifically for widescreen desktop displays. The exclusive SLR Stirling Moss is limited to 75 units. [56] He also shared a Volkswagen Golf GTI with Denny Hulme in the 1979 Benson & Hedges 500 at Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand. He bought a Maserati 250F, and although the car's unreliability prevented his scoring high points in the 1954 Drivers' Championship he qualified alongside the Mercedes front runners several times and performed well in the races. Moss himself asked Fangio repeatedly, and Fangio always replied: "No. Nürburgring 1000 km, European Motorsport in the 1950s and 1960s Photograph Collection, Revs Institute. The Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss is one of the rarest road cars ever made, not to mention one of the most expensive considering you don't even get a … Green, Evan. [19], In 1954, he became the first non-American to win the 12 Hours of Sebring, sharing the Cunningham team's 1.5-liter O.S.C.A. They were married in 1964 and divorced in 1968. And while the regular SLR… He then persuaded his father, who opposed his racing and wanted him to be a dentist,[15] to let him buy it. Basically, what … Moss and Jenkinson had prepared a revolutionary set of pace notes on a long roll of paper inside an alloy and Perspex case. The SLR McLaren Stirling Moss was created to as an homage to the 300 SLR that Sir Moss drove to victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia road rally. He felt he had not regained his previously instinctive command of the car. The Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss sports an exciting, pronounced arrow-shaped form and is characterised by an elongated bonnet and a compact, muscular rear. [68][69], In 1990, Moss was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. At Haileybury, he was subjected to antisemitic bullying because of his Jewish roots. Moss's quick thinking, and his defence of Hawthorn before the stewards, preserved Hawthorn's 6 points for finishing second behind Moss. It was the first time a production car had averaged over 100 mph (160.93 km/h) for 24 hours. [65] The car is built to the exact specification of the 1958 model, is the only magnesium-bodied car in the world, and is the only car that was ever endorsed by Moss. [61], Throughout his retirement he raced in events for historic cars, driving on behalf of and at the invitation of others, as well as campaigning his own OSCA FS 372 and other vehicles. The company announced that the cars will be available for both road and race use, and Moss would personally be handing over each car. Italian Grand Prix, Rodolfo Mailander Photograph Collection, Revs Institute. The object was simply to keep awake, like wartime bomber crews." Moss, at the wheel of the Torana when the V8 engine let go, was criticised by other drivers for staying on the racing line for over ⅔ of the 6.172 km long circuit while returning to the pits as the car was dropping large amounts of oil onto the road. The Mercedes McLaren SLR Stirling Moss edition is a tribute to the late Stirling Moss, who is considered one of the greatest Formula One drivers to ever have existed. “As a tribute to a great man and racing driver, Sir Stirling Moss, Mercedes-Benz Classic will take the original 300 SLR ‘722’ to the UK again this year,” says Christian Boucke, Head of Mercedes-Benz Classic. Sir Stirling Moss was the first British driver to win a home grand prix. Stirling Moss (né le 17 septembre 1929 à West Kensington, un quartier de Londres, dans le borough de Hammersmith et Fulham) est The bonnet also stretches from its striking tip right down into the interior, giving the vehicle body a distinctly sleek air. [24], Moss's first World Championship victory was in the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, a race he was also the first British driver to win. [14], Moss began his career at the wheel of his father Alfred's 328 BMW, DPX 653. [18] Enzo Ferrari, the founder of Ferrari, approached Moss and offered him a Formula Two car to drive at the 1951 Bari Grand Prix before a full Its design was inspired by the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SLR racing car and became the last SLR model to be produced by McLaren with Mercedes-Benz. [6] Moss received his first car, an Austin 7, from his father at the age of nine, and drove it on the fields around Long White Cloud. Moss's loss in the championship could also be attributed to an error in communication between his pit crew and the driver at one race. [50][51], Moss also narrated the popular children's series Roary the Racing Car, which stars Peter Kay. The cartoon, drawn by Willie Rushton, showed him continually crashing, having his driving licence revoked and finally "hosting television programmes on subjects he knows nothing about".
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