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Stirling Moss - exceptional talent and fighter to the end

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Created on April 14, 2020

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Hartmut Lehbrink (1974), bearbeitet/ergänzt durch Daniel Reinhard (2020)

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Mercedes-Benz W196 R (1955) - Winner Stirling Moss at the 1955 British GP in Aintree

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Sir Stirling Moss signs his traffic circle. A gift for the 70th birthday of the municipality of Gröbming!

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Stirling Moss in the Aston Martin DB3S Sports-Racing Two-Seater (1953) at Goodwood

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Jaguar C-Type (1953) - Le Mans 1953, Stirling Moss at the pit stop

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Stirling Moss (#1) in DBR1, Dan Gurney (#5) in Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, Edgar Barth (#14) in Porsche 718 RSK, Tony Brooks (#3) in Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa at the 1000km race of the Nürburgring 1959 - Motorsport Classic 2014 Calendar by McKlein

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Jaguar D Type (1954) - Stirling Moss in the D-Type - followed by the C-Type

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Osca MT4 1450 (1954) - Overall winner Stirling Moss in the OSCA MT4 with number #56 came off the track briefly here... (12 Hours of Sebring 1954)

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MG EX 181 (1957) - Stirling Moss treats himself to something cool during record drives

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Mercedes Benz 300 SLR (1954) - Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss with the W 196 R and W 196 S racing cars

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André Simon, Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss at the 1955 Monaco GP

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Rudolf Uhlenhaut in conversation with Stirling Moss and John Fitch at the Hockenheimring during test drives for the 1955 Mille Miglia

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Stirling Moss prepares for the 1955 Mille Miglia during test drives at the Hockenheimring

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (1955) - Stirling Moss and Denis Jenksinson at the start of the 1955 Mille Migla

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Mercedes Benz 300 SLR (1955) - the team of Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win the 1955 Mille Miglia with a new record time despite damage to the car

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Mercedes Benz 300 SLR (1955) - only from this perspective did the opponents see the victorious car with the number 722 of Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson

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Mercedes Benz 300 SLR (1955) - Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win the 1955 Mille Miglia

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Mercedes 300 SLR (1955) - Mille Miglia winner Stirling Moss together with Denis Jenkinson in the famous number 722

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Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson preparing for the start of the 1955 Mille Miglia

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The happy but tired winners of the 1955 Mille Miglia - Stirlng Moss and Denis Jenkinson

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Stirling Moss and Luigi Musso after the 1955 Dutch GP in Zandvoort

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Mercedes Benz 300 SLR (1955) - Stirling Moss in the pits to change tires at the 1955 Targa Florio

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Stirling Moss and Peter Collins, the winning team of the 1955 Targa Florio in the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR

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Use of the air brake by Stirling Moss in the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (24 Hours of Le Mans in 1955)

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Mercedes Benz 300 SLR (1955) - 18th International ADAC Eifel Race at the Nürburging on May 29, 1955 - three Mercedes in front - Juan Manuel Fantio (1), Karl Kling (2), Stirling Moss (3)

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (1955) - Swedish GP in Kristianstad - Juan Manuel Fangio won ahead of Stirling Moss

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Mercedes Benz 300 SLR (1955) - 18th International ADAC Eifel Race at the Nürburging on May 29, 1955 - Karl Kling ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (1955) - Start of the Tourist Trophy on the Dundrod Circuit in Northern Ireland on September 17, 1955 - Fangio (9), alongside Stirling Moss (10) and Trips (11)

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Mercedes-Benz W196 R (1955) - Stirling Moss at the 1955 Belgian GP in Spa

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Monaco Grand Prix (Europe) on May 22, 1955: Juan Manuel Fangio followed by Stirling Moss in the Mercedes-Benz W 196 R

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Monaco Grand Prix (Europe) on May 22, 1955 - Juan Manuel Fangio ahead of Stirling Moss - both on Mercedes-Benz W 196 R

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Monaco Grand Prix (Europe) on May 22, 1955 - Stirling Moss in a Mercedes-Benz W 196 R

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Mercedes Benz W 196 R (1955) - Stirling Moss finishes second at the Dutch GP in Zandvoort

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Stirling Moss and Alfred Neubauer - Mille Miglia 1955

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Alfred Neubauer and Stirling Moss - Italian Grand Prix (1955)

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Alexander von Korff, Stirling Moss and Alfred Neubauer - Mille Miglia (1955)

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Stirling Moss kisses a female beauty at the 1955 Monaco GP

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Stirling Moss prepares for the 1955 Mille Miglia

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Stirling Moss signs autograph cards on the occasion of the 1955 Italian GP

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Dutch GP winner Juan Manuel Fangio congratulates runner-up Stirling Moss on second place

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Victorious Mercedes team at the British GP in Aintree on July 16, 1955 - Rudolf Uhlenhaut, Juan Manuel Fangio, Piero Taruffi, Stirling Moss, Karl Kling and Alferd Neubauer

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (1955) - Approach to the Swedish GP - Stirling Moss, Juan Manuel Fangio

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Stirling Moss in the Maserati Tipo 63 chassis #63006

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12 Hours of Sebring 1961: Maserati Tipo 61 1959 Driven by Stirling Moss and Graham Hill : Chassis #2472

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Enzmann 506 (1960) - Stirling Moss leans on the sports car from Switzerland

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Stirling Moss brings "his" beer to the people in Montlhéry

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Heinkel Kabine (1961) - Stirling Moss with his fiancée Katie Molson in the Kabine scooter

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BMW Isetta (1957) - a gallant Stirling Moss helps the young lady out of the motor coupé

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Ferrari 275 P (1964) - Overall winner Mike Parkes and Umberto Maglioli are interviewed by Stirling Moss (12 Hours of Sebring 1964)

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Stirling Moss congratulates the winners of Sebring Parkes/Maglioli (Ferrari 275P) as a television reporter in the presence of Miss Floria in 1964

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Stirling Moss and Linda Weldon Feldhorn at Riverside Raceway 1965

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At the Miss Airport competition, Stirling Moss was allowed to lift Carol Marshall, the winner, into the Formula 2 car

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Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow (1967) - Stirling Moss takes a closer look at the car at the Londn Motor Show 1967

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Delahaye Type 135 CS Sport (1939) at the veteran race before Le Mans 1973 - Stirling Moss is driving the Delahaye that his former team boss Rob Walker drove to 8th place at Le Mans in 1939.

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Maserati 450 S (1957) at the veteran race before Le Mans 1973 - Maserati never achieved great success at Le Mans - here the 1957 Maserati driven by Stirling Moss

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Stirling Moss at the opening race of the Nürburgring on May 12, 1984 in the Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16

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David Brabham and Sir Stirling Moss - Silverstone Classic 2014

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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2014 - Mercedes-Benz W196 (1954) - Sir Stirling Moss in the fast Mercedes Monoposto

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Sir Stirling Moss on board the Mercedes-Benz - Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015

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Sir Stirling Moss in the cockpit of the Mercedes Benz 300 SLR - Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015

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Stirling Moss in the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR '722' at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015

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Sir Stirling Moss at the Silverstone Classic between fame and grid girls

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Sir Stirling Moss with Lord March - Goodwood Festival of Speed 2014

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Impressions from the 2014 Grand Prix Historique de Monaco - Stirling and Susie Moss

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Helmut Zwickl with Moss and Mansell at the photo session ...

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Sir Stirling Moss at the Goodwood Revival 2015

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Stirling Moss with Nico Rosberg at the 2014 Singapore GP

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Mercedes-Benz W196 (1954) - Lewis Hamilton - where are the seat belts?

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Mercedes-Benz W196 (1954) - Stirling Moss in a joking mood - I don't fit into the new Formula 1 at all

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Stirling Moss im Aston Martin DB3S Sports-Racing Two-Seater (1953) in Goodwood

Jaguar C-Type (1953) - Le Mans 1953, Stirling Moss beim Boxenstopp

Stirling Moss (#1) im DBR1, Dan Gurney (#5) auf Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, Edgar Barth (#14) auf Porsche 718 RSK, Tony Brooks (#3) auf Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa am 1000km Rennen vom Nürburgring 1959 – Motorsport Classic 2014 Kalender von McKlein

Jaguar D Type (1954) - Stirling Moss im D-Type - gefolgt von C-Type

Osca MT4 1450 (1954) - Gesamtsieger Stirling Moss im OSCA MT4 mit Nummer #56 kam hier kurz ab der Strecke... (12 Stunden von Sebring 1954)

MG EX 181 (1957) - Stirling Moss genehmigt sich bei Rekordfahrten etwas Kühles

Summary

Although he never won a world championship title, a Le Mans or an Indy 500 victory, Sir Stirling Moss is still one of the greatest racing drivers in history. When an accident suddenly ended his career in 1962, the Englishman, who died on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020 at the age of 90, made his way as a businessman and Mercedes-Benz ambassador. This racing driver portrait tells the story of a very special racing driver.

This article contains the following chapters

Moss in 1974
16 victories, 18 fastest laps
Accident leads to the end of his career
With the Isetta on the roof
The first Lotus GP victory
Attentive observer
From racing driver to jack of all trades
On public transport
Interest in modern technology
Petrol in the blood
Number 2 behind Fangio
Almost world champion
In the fragile Lotus
Sports car option
Active in historic racing
Once again in the Grand Prix car

Estimated reading time: 15min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Although he never won a world championship title, a Le Mans or an Indy 500 victory, Sir Stirling Moss (September 17, 1929 - April 12, 2020) is still one of the greatest racing drivers in history. When an accident suddenly ended his career in 1962, the Englishman, who died on Easter Sunday 2020 at the age of 90, made his way as a businessman and Mercedes-Benz ambassador. The façade betrays prosperity filtered through good taste: clean lines, unobtrusive, but somewhere expensive. This neighborhood in London's feudal Mayfair district is a little disreputable, red lanterns with four asterisks. The house next door is for sale. Perhaps the two residents, two high-class, posh spinsters, have sunk into the great pool of London's demimonde, perhaps they have realized the eternal dream of their profession and are now leading a life of bourgeois respectability.

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Stirling Moss im Aston Martin DB3S Sports-Racing Two-Seater (1953) in Goodwood

Jaguar C-Type (1953) - Le Mans 1953, Stirling Moss beim Boxenstopp

Stirling Moss (#1) im DBR1, Dan Gurney (#5) auf Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, Edgar Barth (#14) auf Porsche 718 RSK, Tony Brooks (#3) auf Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa am 1000km Rennen vom Nürburgring 1959 – Motorsport Classic 2014 Kalender von McKlein

Jaguar D Type (1954) - Stirling Moss im D-Type - gefolgt von C-Type

Osca MT4 1450 (1954) - Gesamtsieger Stirling Moss im OSCA MT4 mit Nummer #56 kam hier kurz ab der Strecke... (12 Stunden von Sebring 1954)

MG EX 181 (1957) - Stirling Moss genehmigt sich bei Rekordfahrten etwas Kühles

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