Stirling Moss facts for kids
Stirling Moss at Copenhagen Airport, 1958
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| Born | 17 September 1929 West Kensington, London, England |
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| Died | 12 April 2020 (aged 90) Mayfair, London, England |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Active years | 1951–1961 |
| Teams | Mercedes-Benz, Maserati, Vanwall, Rob Walker Cooper, Lotus, HWM |
| Entries | 67 (66 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 16 |
| Podiums | 24 |
| Career points | 185 9⁄14 (186 9⁄14) |
| Pole positions | 16 |
| Fastest laps | 19 |
| First entry | 1951 Swiss Grand Prix |
| First win | 1955 British Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1961 German Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1961 United States Grand Prix |
Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss, OBE (17 September 1929 – 12 April 2020) was a British Formula One racing driver. An inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, he won 212 of the 529 races he entered across several categories of competition and has been described as "the greatest driver never to win the World Championship". In a seven-year span between 1955 and 1961 Moss finished as championship runner-up four times and in third place the other three times.
He died in London on 12 April 2020 at the age of 90.
Images for kids
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Moss shared this Vanwall VW5 with Tony Brooks to win the 1957 British Grand Prix.
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Moss (left) with Innes Ireland at the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix.
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Moss racing an Aston Martin DBR1 at the 1958 12 Hours of Sebring
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Moss in his winning Lotus-Climax at the 1961 German Grand Prix.
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Record-breaking 1952 Jaguar XK120, seen in 2008
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Sir Stirling Moss demonstrating his OSCA FS 372 Spider Morelli at the 2011 Bahamas Speed Week
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Sir Stirling Moss demonstrating a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR at the Nürburgring in 1977
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Moss in 2014
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Lister Cars CEO Lawrence Whittaker and Sir Stirling Moss
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