In that same year, he also won the epic 1,000 mile Mille Miglia road race in the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR at an astonishing average speed of 97.96mph on public roads, the Targa Florio road race, again in the 300 SLR, and the Tourist Trophy at Dundrod.For four years he would finish runner-up in the Formula 1 Drivers World Championship, his sportsmanship at the Portuguese GP allowing Mike Hawthorn to win the 1958 Championship title by half a point at his expense.After Mercedes-Benz retired from motor racing following the 1955 Le Mans tragedy, Stirling led the Maserati and Vanwall teams. Victoires en Grand Prix hors-championnat du monde de Formule 1Victoires en championnat du monde de Voitures de Sport« était simplement fatigué par sa longue maladie, il a juste fermé ses beaux yeux et c'est tout »Victoires en Grand Prix hors-championnat du monde de Formule 1Victoires en championnat du monde de Voitures de SportEndurance - 50 ans d'histoire volume 1 (1953-1963), par Christian Moity - Éditions ETAI 2004Notices dans des dictionnaires ou encyclopédies généralistes Number 8 - Sebastian Vettel. In 2004, Moss was a supporter of the Moss's 80th birthday, on 17 September 2009, fell on the eve of the 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 Italian Grand Prix, Rodolfo Mailander Photograph Collection, Revs Institute, British Grand Prix Aintree, George Phillips Photograph Collection, Revs Institute, ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring, Karl Ludvigsen Photograph Collection, Revs Institute, Nürburgring 1000 km, European Motorsport in the 1950s and 1960s Photograph Collection, Revs Institute, Kettlewell, Mike. Sir Stirling Moss OBE is arguably the greatest all-round racing driver of all time and a true icon of the motor racing world.
Son père Devenu un pilote de plus en en plus sollicité, Stirling Moss est engagé sur tous les fronts lors de la Sans véritable opposition (si ce n'est la prometteuse En 1955, Stirling Moss est également engagé par Mercedes dans les épreuves de type sport, pour le meilleur comme pour le pire. Of the remaining two races, he was disqualified at Sebring because the mechanics put in fuel when in fact the car had come in for brake linings, and in the 1961 Le Mans the radiator hose was cut by a fan blade when he was third overall and leading the GT Class.Stirling drove for Rob Walker from 1958 to 1962, taking part in 93 races, finishing 70 of them with 46 first places, and also drove a Maserati in 72 races, finishing in 50 with 25 first places and 31 lap records. That year saw Stirling shadow the great Argentine in most Grands Prix, famously beating him to win the British Grand Prix at Aintree racing the Mercedes-Benz W196 Monoposto.
Le meilleur lors de sa victoire au Mercedes ayant décidé d'abandonner la compétition à l'issue de la saison 1955, Stirling Moss retourne chez Maserati pour le championnat du monde de F1 L'émergence d'une équipe britannique de qualité (en l'occurrence Usé par des problèmes de santé et très marqué par la mort de Dépité, Stirling Moss quitte Rob Walker pour rejoindre l'équipe Fidèle à Rob Walker malgré les ennuis à répétition de la saison 1959, Stirling Moss attaque la Alors qu'ils entretiennent des relations délicates depuis 1951 et un transfert avorté, Enzo Ferrari et Stirling Moss renouent contact lors de l'hiver 1961/1962.
Moss raced from 1948 to 1962, winning 212 of the 529 races he entered, including 16 Moss began his career at the wheel of his father Alfred's 328 BMW, DPX 653. In 1954, Mercedes had returned to motor sport for the first time since the war and with Juan Manuel Fangio as its lead driver, it was building a team to dominate Formula One.The relationship between Fangio and Moss blossomed from the off, taking on a master-and-apprentice dynamic. He also designed his home in Mayfair which incorporated home comforts and gadgets which were ahead of their time in the 1960s, including an automated system for running a bath at a pre-set temperature, which could be triggered by pushing a button on one of many control panels located around the house. In 2009 the Stirling Moss brand was created, see above, which has led to the brand being licensed.