- "Moss" redirects here. For other uses, see Moss (disambiguation).
Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss, OBE (born 17 September 1929, died April 12 2020) was a British Formula One driver. He is often known as 'the greatest driver not to win the world championship', having come second in the championship in 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958. He was also third in the championship in 1959, 1960 and 1961, before retiring after entering a coma due to an accident in 1962.
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Formula One Statistical Overview[edit | edit source]
Career Summary[edit | edit source]
Note: Italics denotes non-championship entries only.
Statistics[edit | edit source]
| Entries | 68 |
| Starts | 66 |
| Shared drives | 7 |
| Pole Positions | 16 |
| Front Row Starts | 37 |
| Race Wins | 16 |
| Podiums | 24 |
| Fastest laps | 19 |
| Points | 186.643 |
| Laps Raced | 3346 |
| Distance Raced | 19915 km (12375 mi) |
| Races Led | 31 |
| Laps Led | 1181 |
| Distance Led | 6369 km (3958 mi) |
| Doubles | 7 |
| Hat-Tricks | 3 |
| Grand Chelems | 1 |
Wins[edit | edit source]
Career Results[edit | edit source]
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| 1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | ||
| 2nd | Podium finish | DSQ | Disqualified | ||
| 3rd | DNQ | Did not qualify | |||
| 5th | Points finish | DNPQ | Did not pre-qualify | ||
| 14th | Non-points finish | TD | Test driver | ||
| NC | Non-classified finish (<90% race distance) | DNS | Did not start | ||
| Italics | Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap | [+] More Symbols | |||
- ↑ Shared drive with Hans Hermann and Karl Kling
- ↑ Shared drive with Tony Brooks
- ↑ Shared drive with Maurice Trintignant, no points awarded
- ↑ Shared drive with Jack Fairman
External links[edit | edit source]
| V T E | Grand Prix Drivers' Association | |
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| Chairman Moss • Bonnier • Stewart • Scheckter • Pironi • Senna • M. Schumacher • Coulthard • R. Schumacher • De la Rosa • Heidfeld • Barrichello • Wurz | ||
| Directors M. Schumacher • Berger • Brundle • D. Hill • Coulthard • Wurz • Trulli • Webber • R. Schumacher • Alonso • De la Rosa • Heidfeld • Massa • Vettel • Barrichello • Button • Grosjean | ||
| Affected races 1969 Belgian Grand Prix • 1970 German Grand Prix • 1982 South African Grand Prix • 1994 San Marino Grand Prix | ||
| Related Professional Racing Drivers Assocation | ||
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