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3 unusual facts about Stirling Moss


Albatross Marine

Names of owners included Stirling Moss, Bridget Bardot, George Formby, Prince Rainier of Monaco (owner of six craft), Prince Philip and Jon Pertwee.

Holyport

Stirling Moss, the famous racing driver, lived in the village, and was a member of the Bray and Holyport Scout Group.

Shrewsbury House School

Sir Stirling Moss the famous racing driver 'never to win the drivers championship'


Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race

The first civilian competitor to leave London was Anne Alcock the niece of Sir John Alcock, she was followed by a number of other runners including Stirling Moss, Mary Rand and Sheila Scott, who used her own private aircraft.

Jaguar C-Type

The factory entered three, whose driver pairings were Stirling Moss and Jack Fairman, Leslie Johnson and 3-times Mille Miglia winner Clemente Biondetti, and the eventual winners, Peter Walker and Peter Whitehead.

Stuart Lewis-Evans

Principal drivers Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks took three victories each, and Lewis-Evans added to the team's points haul with podium finishes in the Belgian and Portuguese events.

Team orders

In 1955 the Mercedes team asked Juan Manuel Fangio to let his teammate Stirling Moss win his home grand prix at Silverstone.

Valerio Colotti

Stirling Moss, who failed in his racing with Cooper T51, fitted with Colottis, unfortunately rather unreliable, gearboxes.


see also

Harold Radford

Harold Radford (Coachbuilders) were to build the Cortina-Ogle GT which was presented at the 1963 Earls Court Motor Show by Stirling Moss.

Jaguar C-Type

The Peter Whitehead/Ian Stewart and Tony Rolt/Duncan Hamilton cars blew head gaskets, and the Stirling Moss/Peter Walker car, the only one not overheating having had a full-sized radiator hurriedly fitted, lost oil pressure after a mechanical breakage.