Collectors & Aficionados
Moss, many memories except one: the blue Ferrari that remained silent
Stirling Moss was a symbol of British style motoring and his death was celebrated in various classic car magazines. He had an impressive career driving for many different car brands, including Ferrari.
“British style” motoring couldn’t have asked for a more symbolic character than that of a white helmet protecting the clearly recognizable face of Stirling Moss. Moss, who left competitive racing in 1962 after a bloody accident at Goodwood, passed away on Easter Sunday and numerous classic car magazines have celebrated his life in the most diverse ways imaginable: Magneto featured a sequence of images that started from Stirling’s his first taste of competitive driving in the small Cooper Norton. Classic & Sportscar documenting his first Formula 1 victory with Mercedes at Aintree.
On board the Mercedes F1 W196R Stirling Moss won his Home Grand Prix in 1955 at Aintree in England, overtaking the great Juan Manuel Fangio
Petrolicious chose a photo that highlights one component of his career: bad luck. Moss is pictured sitting on the rear wheel of his Maserati 250 at Monza after breaking down, with the forlorn expression of a man whose dreams have just been scuppered, such as the World title that simply never arrived. Ruoteclassiche, like many, exalted his magnificent record at the 1956 1000 Miglia behind the wheel of the Mercedes 300 SLR.
