A "champion without crown". Stirling Moss died at the age of 90 from a long illness. It was the wife of the ex-British Formula 1 driver from 1951 to 1961 who announced this Sunday.
“It was too much. […] He just closed his eyes, ”said Susie Moss to the British agency PA. Overshadowed by Fangio, Moss finished second in the world championship four times between 1955 and 1958 without ever winning it, which earned him the nickname "champion without crown".
Sixteen F1 victories, a success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
During his career in the premier motorsport category, between 1951 and 1961, he won 16 Grand Prix victories at the wheel of cars from the Vanwall, Maserati and Mercedes teams. Moss also distinguished himself in the World Sports Car Championship by winning the 1955 edition of the Mille Miglia with Mercedes and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he won in 1956.
He had to end his racing career in 1962 after a violent accident on the British circuit at Goodwood, after which he remained in a coma for a month and partially paralyzed for six months.
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