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Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss
Born:
September 17, 1929, London, England
Died:
April 12, 2020, London (aged 90)
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Sir Stirling Moss sits in a vintage silver Mercedes race car with a red number 8, smiling at the camera, with a crowd of spectators in the background at Goodwood House.
Stirling Moss Legendary English racing car driver Stirling Moss in his Mercedes at Goodwood Motor Circuit in England in 2015.

Stirling Moss

British race-car driver
Also known as: Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss
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Stirling Moss
Stirling MossStirling Moss (left) talks with driver Innes Ireland during the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix.

Stirling Moss (born September 17, 1929, London, Englandā€”died April 12, 2020, London) was a British Formula One Grand Prix racing driver who was considered by many to have been the greatest driver who never won a world championship.

Moss won his first event in 1950 in England and went on to win scores of races, including the British Grand Prix (twice) and the Monaco Grand Prix (three times). In all he won 16 Grand Prix events before an accident in 1962 ended his career. Moss was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990 and was knighted in 2000.

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