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Stirling Moss: The Legend
"Motion is tranquility" That was the motto by which Stirling Moss always lived. But for most of 1962 everything came…
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Managing with Moss
Ours was a partnership made in heaven. I did what he asked, but I’m my own person and, fortunately, I’m…
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The rise of Sir Stirling
Much of Stirling Moss’s story has been recorded within the pages of this magazine. From boyhood, he was one of…
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Stirling Moss: His defining races
The counts vary, but by any estimation Sir Stirling Moss was an incredibly successful racer. Let’s settle on more than…
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Your Stirling memories
Stirling Moss was the reason I developed an interest in motor sport. It’s June 1955, and I am a bored…
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Stirling Moss: More than Mr Motor Racing
Normally a few pages such as these, if properly written by someone who knew their subject, would be enough to…
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How I got to know the man behind the myth: Damon Hill on Stirling Moss
A few years back, I was approached by a company to see if I wanted to endorse an erectile dysfunction…
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Lunch with... Stirling Moss (reprinted)
Sir Stirling Moss doesn’t eat lunch. At 76 years of age, he’s far too busy. By 7am each day he’s…
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Monte magic: Stirling Moss in the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix
Monaco 1961 has been hailed as perhaps the most brilliant of all of Stirling Moss’s 16 grand prix victories, as…
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Secrets of the Lotus 18
The Lotus 18 – introduced to F1 in 2.5-litre form in 1960 – represented Colin Chapman’s acceptance that the Cooper…
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Tony Brooks on Stirling Moss: We were the happiest Formula 1 team ever
I suppose I first met Stirling at Goodwood in the 1950s, and I raced with or against him for seven…
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Stirling Moss: If it had wheels he'd race it
Lytchett Minster, 1947 Moss in action during one of his very first competitive events, driving his father Alfred’s Frazer-Nash BMW…
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Stirling Moss: The drive of his life
Let us go back to the beginning, for this win was not a fluke on the spur of the moment,…
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Stirling Moss and Motor Sport
He was simply always there. Over eight decades that name, crisp and snappy as the man himself, never stopped figuring…
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The pitfalls of a real deal: Aston Martin DBR1
What price history, originality and rarity? In the case of Aston Martin DBR1 chassis number one, around $22.5m (£17.9m) –…
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Rapide record breaker
When it comes to the most valuable British motorcycles, there is Vincent, Brough Superior, and the rest. So, the appearance…
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Auctions: Is online set to be the new normal?
The global coronavirus pandemic has well and truly put the kybosh on conventional live auctions, with all major sales in…
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Racing car buying guide: Fiat Abarth 131
Back in the 1970s, Fiat was a truly global automotive giant. It employed well north of 100,000 people in Italy,…
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Road car buying guide: Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
Max Hoffman managed to create a rather rare platform in automotive history: an independent car dealer who can claim to…
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You were there: 1971 British Grand Prix
A 14-year-old Graham Nevill managed to get close to his idol Graham Hill at the 1971 British Grand Prix at…
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