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Also known as Stirling Craufurd Moss, Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss, Sir Stirling Moss

British motor racing driver (1929-2020)

Person · Open Library

Works
22

Top works

  • Cuba's Car Culture
  • Aston Martin 100
  • All but my life
  • 50 Cars to Drive
  • Stirling Moss Scrapbook, 1956-1960

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · West Kensington, London, England, UK

Known for

  • Maserati: A Hundred Years Against All Odds — Stirling Moss2020
  • Brabham — Self2020
  • The Racers That Stopped The World — Self2020
  • Stirling Moss: The Uncrowned King of F1 — Self2020
  • Aston Martin: Sophistication on Wheels — Self2019
  • The Green Hell — Self2017
  • Ferrari: Race to Immortality — Self (archive footage)2017
  • Legends of Speed — Self2015
  • Car S.O.S.2013
  • Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car2012

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,047
Total plays
8,983

Tags

technoacid technotranceAcidhard house

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via Last.fm · Sterling Moss

Key facts

Born
Stirling Craufurd Moss , ( 1929-09-17 ) 17 September 1929, West Kensington , London, England
Died
12 April 2020 (2020-04-12) (aged 90), Mayfair , London, England
Spouses
Katie Molson ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1960 ) ​ Elaine Barbarino ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1968 ) ​ Susie Paine ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 ) ​
Parent
Alfred Moss (father)
Relatives
Pat Moss (sister) Erik Carlsson (brother-in-law)
Nationality
British
Active years
1951 – 1961
Teams
HWM , ERA , Connaught , Cooper , privateer Maserati , Maserati , Mercedes , Vanwall , Walker , BRP
Entries
67 (66 starts)
Career points
185 9 ⁄ 14 (186 9 ⁄ 14 )
First entry
1951 Swiss Grand Prix
First win
1955 British Grand Prix
Last win
1961 German Grand Prix
Last entry
1961 United States Grand Prix
Years active
1953 – 1962
Participating years span years
1951 – 1959 , 1961
Best finish
2nd ( 1953 , 1956 )
Class wins
1 ( 1956 )

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Stirling Moss – Motion is tranquility

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Encyclopedic overview

Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss (17 September 1929 – 12 April 2020) was a British racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1951 to 1961. Widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers to never win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, Moss won a record 212 official races across several motorsport disciplines, including 16 Formula One Grands Prix. In endurance racing, Moss won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1954, as well as the Mille Miglia in 1955 with Mercedes.

Born and raised in London, Moss was the son of amateur racing driver Alfred Moss and the older brother of rally driver Pat. Aged nine, Alfred bought him an Austin 7, which he raced around the field of the family's country house. Initially an equestrian, Moss used his winnings from horse riding competitions to purchase a Cooper 500 in 1948. He was immediately successful in motor racing, taking several wins in Formula Three at national and international levels, prior to his first major victory at the RAC Tourist Trophy in 1950, driving a Jaguar XK120. Moss made his Formula One debut at the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix with HWM, making several intermittent appearances before moving to Maserati in 1954, where he achieved his maiden podium at the Belgian Grand Prix. Moss joined Mercedes in 1955, taking his maiden win at the British Grand Prix as he finished runner-up in the championship to career rival Juan Manuel Fangio.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stirling Moss” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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