Racing History

I suppose I first met Stirling at Goodwood in the 1950s, and I raced with or against him for seven years on and off. Although we were both forced to…

The Lotus 18 – introduced to F1 in 2.5-litre form in 1960 – represented Colin Chapman’s acceptance that the Cooper format of placing the engine behind the driver was the…

Monaco 1961 has been hailed as perhaps the most brilliant of all of Stirling Moss’s 16 grand prix victories, as he triumphed over the crack Scuderia Ferrari squad and its…

Sir Stirling Moss doesn’t eat lunch. At 76 years of age, he’s far too busy. By 7am each day he’s at his desk in his self-designed, high-tech house in Shepherd…

A few years back, I was approached by a company to see if I wanted to endorse an erectile dysfunction product (designed to improve one’s prowess, not cause dysfunction!). Greatly…

Normally a few pages such as these, if properly written by someone who knew their subject, would be enough to provide some meaningful insight into a life, even one as…

Stirling Moss was the reason I developed an interest in motor sport. It’s June 1955, and I am a bored 10-year-old at a family gathering at my grandparents’ house. One…

The counts vary, but by any estimation Sir Stirling Moss was an incredibly successful racer. Let’s settle on more than 200 victories from almost 600 starts in his career. Yet…

Much of Stirling Moss’s story has been recorded within the pages of this magazine. From boyhood, he was one of its avid readers, a supporter and sometime critic. At 25,…

Ours was a partnership made in heaven. I did what he asked, but I’m my own person and, fortunately, I’m quick-witted enough to keep up with him. But if I…

One of the most influential of early racing car constructors was the multi-national but Spanish-originated, and later French-based, Hispano-Suiza marque. Under the technical direction of Swiss engineer Marc Birkigt, the…

"Motion is tranquility" That was the motto by which Stirling Moss always lived. But for most of 1962 everything came to an abrupt halt for the-then 32-year-old, when he hit…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INr583dw4MM&feature=youtu.be Stirling Moss recorded two podcasts with Motor Sport and, much like his career, they were fast-paced, thoroughly entertaining and packed with variety. In 90 minutes of recordings, Moss recounts…

Being a three-time Formula 1 world champion puts you in a select band. Only 10 have done it. And, of the 10, one stands apart, but for the wrong reasons.…

The lack of live racing has left a vacuum in the weekend of motor sport fans and plugging the gap will be a serious undertaking. Up steps Amazon Prime’s The…

Making tracks: Always in control, Fred Craner inspects the latest development of the Donington circuit in 1937 In early 1931 and just as he was coming to realise the enormity…

In May 1969, Tim Marshall witnessed one of the all-time great Le Mans 24 Hours, featuring Jacky Ickx’s safety protest and a Ford victory by mere feet after a fierce…