Stirling Moss

:"Moss" redirects here. For other uses, see Moss (disambiguation).
Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss, OBE (born 17 September 1929, died April 12 2020) was a British Formula One driver. He is regarded by many as 'the greatest driver not to win the world championship', having come second in the championship in , , and . He was also third in the championship in , and , before retiring after entering a coma due to an accident in 1962.
== Personality ==
Moss was a real gentleman and a good sport. In 1958, at the last race in Portugal he would even point out a rule to the stewards who initially disqualified his rival Mike Hawthorne for having gone against the right direction of the circuit after restarting his car when he had spun and stalled, but Moss argued he hadn't done anything wrong, since Hawthorne jumped back in his car at an escape path, that was not part of the circuit, so his well-earned second place was re-installed after Moss’ kind gesture, which cost him the championship win.
He was also known to be fearless and more daring than his other great rival and alos a legend of the motorsport: Juan Manuel Fangio.
Moss was a ladies’ man. He enjoyed watching the smiles of the beautiful women that were gathered around the Monaco GP course.
== Records ==
Stirling Moss has the record of the biggest gap between a winner and a second-place finisher during a Formula One GP race. He was in a class of his own in the 1958 Portuguese GP, finishing 5 minutes and 12 seconds in front of the runner-up.
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==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Career Summary===
Note: Italics denotes non-championship entries only.
Year	Entrant 	Constructor	WDC Pts 	WDC Pos. 	Report
 	Stirling Moss 	 	Pre-champ 	Pre-champ 	Pre-champ
 	HW Motors 	 	Non-champ only	Non-champ only	Report
 	HW Motors 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	HW Motors 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	ERA Ltd 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Connaught Engineering 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	BRM 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Connaught Engineering 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Rob Walker Racing Team 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Cooper Car Company 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Stirling Moss 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Equipe Moss/AE Moss 	 	 	13th 	Report
 	Officine Alfieri Maserati 	 	 	13th 	Report
 	Diamler Benz AG 	 	23 	rowspan=3 	Report
 	Stirling Moss Ltd 	 	23 	 	Report
 	Officine Alfieri Maserati 	 	23 	 	Report
 	Officine Alfieri Maserati 	 	27 (28) 	rowspan=2 	Report
 	Vandervell Products Ltd 	 	27 (28) 	 	Report
 	Officine Alfieri Maserati 	 	25 	rowspan=2 	Report
 	Vandervell Products Ltd 	 	25 	 	Report
 	RRC Walker Racing Team 	 	41 	rowspan=2 	Report
 	Vandervell Products Ltd 	 	41 	 	Report
 	RRC Walker Racing Team 	 	 	rowspan=3 	Report
 	British Racing Partnership	 	 	 	Report
 	Owen Racing Organisation 	 	 	 	Report
 	RRC Walker Racing Team 	 	19 	rowspan=2 	Report
 	RRC Walker Racing Team 	 	19 	 	Report
 	RRC Walker Racing Team 	 	21 	rowspan=4 	Report
 	RRC Walker Racing Team 	 	21 	 	Report
 	RRC Walker Racing Team 	 	21 	 	Report
 	British Racing Partnership	 	21 	 	Report
 	RRC Walker Racing Team 	 	Non-champ only	Non-champ only	Report
 	British Racing Partnership	 	Non-champ only	Non-champ only	Report
===Statistics===
===Wins===
No.	Race
1 	1955 British Grand Prix
2 	1956 Monaco Grand Prix
3 	1956 Italian Grand Prix
4 	1957 British Grand Prix
5 	1957 Pescara Grand Prix
6 	1957 Italian Grand Prix
7 	1958 Argentine Grand Prix
8 	1958 Dutch Grand Prix
9 	1958 Portuguese Grand Prix
10 	1958 Moroccan Grand Prix
11 	1959 Portuguese Grand Prix
12 	1959 Italian Grand Prix
13 	1960 Monaco Grand Prix
14 	1960 United States Grand Prix
15 	1961 Monaco Grand Prix
16 	1961 German Grand Prix
===Career Results===
==External links==
* Personal website
* Wikipedia Article
* Page on Manipe F1
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