Midweek Espresso by Peter Windsor - Week 41
In this week's Midweek Espresso vid, Peter Windsor reflects further on the recent Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes penalty outbreak; re-visits the heart of the Nurburgring with memories..
Name | Stirling Moss |
Country | ![]() |
Place of Birth | London |
Date of Birth | Sep 17th 1929 |
Date of Death | Apr 12th 2020 - 90 years old |
Season Entries | 11 |
First Race | 1951 Swiss Grand Prix |
Last Race | 1961 USA Grand Prix |
First Pole | 1955 British Grand Prix |
Last Pole | 1961 Monaco Grand Prix |
First Win | 1955 British Grand Prix |
Last Win | 1961 German Grand Prix |
First Podium | 1954 Belgian Grand Prix |
Last Podium | 1961 German Grand Prix |
Stirling Moss F1 Stats |
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Race Entries | 67 |
Race Starts | 66 |
Race Wins | 16 (23,9%) |
Pole Positions | 16 (23,9%) |
Fastest Laps | 19 (28,4%) |
Podiums | 24 (35,8%) |
Points Finishes | 35 (52,2%) |
Retirements | 35 (52,2%) |
Hat-tricks | 3 |
Wins from pole | 7 |
Front Row Starts | 25 |
Total Points | 187 |
Total Laps | 3.560 |
This British race legend is called the greatest driver that never won a world championship. Moss drove 7 seasons in Formula 1 and won 16 races.
Stirling is a son of a dentist who was an amateur race driver and finished P16 in the 1924 Indianapolis 500. When he told his father he wanted to be a racing driver he told him that he only was allowed to race if he wear a crash helmet. In those days racers used cloth helmets.
Moss was educated well by several schools.
1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
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25th | 23th | 25th | 14th | 2th | 2th | 2th | 2th | 3th | 3th | 4th |
Year | Team | Engine | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | Laps | FL | Avg Pts | Points |
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1961 |
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Climax Climax |
9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 445 | 1 | 2.33 | 21 |
1960 |
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Climax Climax |
6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 421 | 2 | 3.17 | 19 |
1959 |
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BRM Climax |
8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 400 | 4 | 3.19 | 25.5 |
1958 |
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Climax Vanwall |
10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 391 | 3 | 4.10 | 41 |
1957 |
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Maserati Vanwall |
7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 313 | 3 | 3.57 | 25 |
1956 |
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Maserati | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 464 | 3 | 3.11 | 28 |
1955 |
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Mercedes | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 457 | 2 | 3.29 | 23 |
1954 |
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Maserati | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 228 | 1 | 0.69 | 4.14 |
1953 |
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Lea-Francis Alta |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
1952 |
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Lea-Francis Bristol ERA Alta |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
1951 |
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Alta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
1th | 16 Times |
2th | 5 Times |
3th | 3 Times |
4th | 3 Times |
5th | 2 Times |
6th | 1 Time |
8th | 3 Times |
9th | 2 Times |
10th | 1 Time |
13th | 1 Time |
DNF | 31 Times |
DSQ | 3 Times |
WD | 1 Time |
DNS | 1 Time |
Season | Team | Team Mate | Best Pos | Points | Wins | Poles | Position | Qualifying | ||||||
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1951 | HWM | George Abecassis | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1952 | Connaught | Dennis Poore | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Kenneth McAlpine | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
HWM | George Abecassis | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Lance Macklin | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Peter Collins | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1953 | Connaught | Johnny Claes | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kenneth McAlpine | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Roy Salvadori | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Cooper-Climax | Alan Brown | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Bob Gerard | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ken Wharton | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Rodney Nuckey | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1954 | Maserati | Alberto Ascari | 16 | 21 | 0.28 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Giovanni de Riu | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Harry Schell | 13 | 7 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
Jorge Daponte | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Juan Manuel Fangio | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ken Wharton | 13 | 6 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
Louis Rosier | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Luigi Musso | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Luigi Villoresi | 10 | 13 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Onofre Marimón | 3 | 3 | 4.14 | 4.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Ottorino Volonterio | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Paco Godia | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Prince Bira | 3 | 6 | 4.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
Roberto Mieres | 3 | 4 | 4.14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
Ron Flockhart | 16 | 20 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Roy Salvadori | 16 | 19 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Sergio Mantovani | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
Toulo de Graffenried | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1955 | Mercedes | André Simon | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hans Herrmann | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Juan Manuel Fangio | 1 | 1 | 23 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
Karl Kling | 1 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
Piero Taruffi | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
1956 | Maserati | Alberto Uria | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
André Simon | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bruce Halford | 1 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Carlos Menditeguy | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Cesare Perdisa | 1 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
Chico Landi | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gerino Gerini | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Harry Schell | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Horace Gould | 1 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
Jack Brabham | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jean Behra | 1 | 2 | 37 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
Jo Bonnier | 1 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
José Froilán González | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Louis Chiron | 1 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Louis Rosier | 1 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
Luigi Piotti | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Luigi Villoresi | 1 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
Mike Hawthorn | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Oscar González | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ottorino Volonterio | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Paco Godia | 1 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
Piero Taruffi | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Roy Salvadori | 1 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Toulo de Graffenried | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Umberto Maglioli | 1 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
1957 | Maserati | Carlos Menditeguy | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Harry Schell | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jean Behra | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jo Bonnier | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Juan Manuel Fangio | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Luigi Piotti | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Vanwall | Stuart Lewis-Evans | 1 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
Tony Brooks | 1 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
1958 | Vanwall | Stuart Lewis-Evans | 1 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Tony Brooks | 1 | 1 | 39 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
1959 | BRM | Harry Schell | 2 | 4 | 7.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Jo Bonnier | 2 | 18 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Ron Flockhart | 2 | 6 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Cooper-Climax | Alain de Changy | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Alessandro de Tomaso | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bruce McLaren | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
Colin Davis | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
George Constantine | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Giorgio Scarlatti | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Harry Schell | 2 | 4 | 7.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Ian Burgess | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Ivor Bueb | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jack Brabham | 1 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
Jack Fairman | 1 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jean Lucienbonnet | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Lucien Bianchi | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Mario de Araujo Cabral | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Masten Gregory | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
Maurice Trintignant | 1 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
Roy Salvadori | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
1960 | Cooper-Climax | Bruce McLaren | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Harry Schell | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Jack Brabham | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Maurice Trintignant | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Roberto Bonomi | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Team Lotus | Alan Stacey | 1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Innes Ireland | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
Jim Clark | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
Jim Hall | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
John Surtees | 1 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Mike Taylor | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1961 | Ferguson | Jack Fairman | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Lotus | Cliff Allison | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Ernesto Prinoth | 13 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gaetano Starrabba | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gerry Ashmore | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Henry Taylor | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
Ian Burgess | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
Innes Ireland | 1 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
Jim Clark | 1 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||
Jim Hall | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Juan Manuel Bordeu | 16 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ken Miles | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Lloyd Ruby | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Lucien Bianchi | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
Masten Gregory | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Michael May | 1 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
Olivier Gendebien | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Peter Ryan | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tim Parnell | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Tony Maggs | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Tony Marsh | 1 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Trevor Taylor | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Willy Mairesse | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Wolfgang Seidel | 1 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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