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F1 legend Sir Stirling Moss dies, aged 90
FiA ^ | 12 April 20

Posted on 04/12/2020 8:56:41 AM PDT by Bruiser 10

One of the true greats of Formula 1, Sir Stirling Moss, has died at the age of 90.

Often referred to as the greatest driver never to win the world championship, Moss contested 66 Grands Prix from 1951 to 1961, driving for the likes of Vanwall, Maserati and Mercedes, where he famously formed a contented and ruthlessly effective partnership with lead driver Juan Manuel Fangio.

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One of my heroes as a kid.
1 posted on 04/12/2020 8:56:41 AM PDT by Bruiser 10
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Our condolences go out to his beloved Lady Suzie!

What a grand gentleman full of the joys of life.

May he rest in God’s peace.

2 posted on 04/12/2020 9:11:47 AM PDT by zerosix (native sunflower)
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To: Bruiser 10

Coronavirus strikes again. Gone too soon.


3 posted on 04/12/2020 9:17:44 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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4 posted on 04/12/2020 9:23:25 AM PDT by Bob434
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i think those are all Sterling- got them off yahoo images- captions said they were-


5 posted on 04/12/2020 9:24:13 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Chode

Heads up ping.


6 posted on 04/12/2020 9:27:28 AM PDT by jps098
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To: Bruiser 10

One of the greats pre-1990, along with Fangio, Clark, Stewart, Lauda.


7 posted on 04/12/2020 9:29:15 AM PDT by PAR35
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Moss's victory on the 1955 Mille Miglia has been hailed one of the all-time great drives in motorsport history. (Photo by Klemantaski Collection/Getty Images)

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8 posted on 04/12/2020 9:32:46 AM PDT by Bob434
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Our condolences go out to his beloved Lady Suzie!
What a grand gentleman full of the joys of life.
May he rest in God’s peace.

I would echo all that.

9 posted on 04/12/2020 9:39:31 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Bruiser 10

Maybe some of our British members can chime in, but I read that for years (decades?) the British cops would stop speeders and ask ‘who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?’.


10 posted on 04/12/2020 9:47:39 AM PDT by Stevenc131
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Stirling Moss, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark. The Golden Age of Brit Formula one drivers, now joined by Louis Hamilton who may turn out to be the most talented of the pack.


11 posted on 04/12/2020 10:16:13 AM PDT by laconic
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Stirling Moss, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark. The Golden Age of Brit Formula one drivers,

Yes. They are all great men.

now joined by Louis Hamilton who may turn out to be the most talented of the pack.

Hamilton may well end up as the greatest F1 driver ever at the rate he is going.

12 posted on 04/12/2020 10:22:35 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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Perfectly true. In fact, Stirling Moss said it even happened to him, with the policeman not at first believing his identity.

It also happened to a later British Formula One great, when stopped by the traffic police:

“Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?”
“No, officer. Nigel Mansell.”


13 posted on 04/12/2020 10:26:21 AM PDT by Savrola
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To: Bruiser 10

RIP.


14 posted on 04/12/2020 11:20:45 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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Patrick Stewart's "Racing Legends -Stirling Moss">

Wonderful biography of Stirling Moss beginning with a tour with Moss driving the vintage family Austin in which he learned to drive at age six on the family farm. Moss takes Stewart on road tour of what the 1955 Mille Miglia looked like from street level, Stirling Moss and Mercedes Team member the legendary Juan Fangio taking first and second. Culminating in Stewart taking Moss's Vanwall through the Greenwood course.

Motorsports Legends Celebrates Sir Stirling Moss' 90th birthday at Goodwood

Stirring tribute at Goodwood with five cars representative of Moss' career, culminating by the Duke of Richmond chauffeuring Suzie Moss in the Aston-Martin DB-1 as the lead car in memorial lap.

Just six months ago with Sir Stirling unable to attend due to his ill health.

Enjoy...

15 posted on 04/12/2020 11:37:53 AM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Bruiser 10

I had the chance to meet him and get his autograph back in 2007. Very nice person with a good sense of humor as well. He was really personable and down to earth.


16 posted on 04/12/2020 11:40:39 AM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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My father would tell me stories about him other great drivers as he was a amateur driver of the east coast tracks especially Lime Rock. He would travel the US to see the F1 races and loved to go to Sebring in the 60s. My mother still gets up at 2 and 3 in the morning to watch the races from Europe and the Middle East. I just can’t keep the kids interested in the sport. My dad even had the car sounds on 33 records of the great races of the day.


17 posted on 04/12/2020 11:41:41 AM PDT by Liaison (TANSTAAFL)
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I remember in the old Can Am days some thought Mosport Park was named after him depending on how one pronounced it. It wasn’t as it was a contraction of motorsport. He was retired by then but was sort of the ambassador for the Can Am series showing up at many of the races.


18 posted on 04/12/2020 11:43:39 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Covenantor

Thank you.


19 posted on 04/12/2020 11:44:17 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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Hamilton may well end up as the greatest F1 driver ever at the rate he is going.

Put him in a Williams and see how great he truly is.

Sir Stirling, Sir Jackie, Jim Clark, and Graham Hill all raced when the sport was extraordinarily dangerous. Hamilton is practically spoon-fed his wins and the sport has become snoozeville because of it.

20 posted on 04/12/2020 11:51:16 AM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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