George Harrison located the start of his enthusiasm for car and motorbike racing to his attending local events in Liverpool as a boy. He especially recalled the 1955 British Grand Prix, held at Aintree, and the dominance of Mercedes teammates Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss. He said that when the Beatles achieved fame in the 1960s, he was conscious of other celebrities, like Formula 1 driver Jackie Stewart, who had long hair; he was also drawn to reading Stewart say that amid his international racing commitments, he would search out the latest Beatles record. Along with his bandmates, Harrison attended the Monaco Grand Prix in May 1966 and met Stewart. He was also present for the 1971 event, a year after the Beatles' break-up, by which time Stewart had become a dominant competitor, soon to win his second world championship.