Stirling Moss

"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.

Formula One Statistical Overview[]

Career Summary[]

Note: Italics denotes non-championship entries only.

Year	Entrant	Constructor	WDC Pts	WDC Pos.	Report
1949	Stirling Moss	Cooper-JAP	Pre-champ
1950	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	Non-champ only		Report
1951	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	0	NC	Report
1952	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	0	NC	Report
	ERA Ltd	ERA-Bristol ERA
	Connaught Engineering	Connaught-Lea-Francis
	BRM	BRM
1953	Connaught Engineering	Connaught-Lea-Francis	0	NC	Report
	Rob Walker Racing Team	Connaught-Lea-Francis
	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Alta Cooper-JAP
	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta Cooper-JAP
1954	Equipe Moss/AE Moss	Maserati	4¹⁄₇	13th	Report
1954	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	4¹⁄₇	13th	Report
1955	Diamler Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz	23	2nd	Report
	Stirling Moss Ltd	Maserati
	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati
1956	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	27 (28)	2nd	Report
1956	Vandervell Products Ltd	Vanwall	27 (28)	2nd	Report
1957	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	25	2nd	Report
1957	Vandervell Products Ltd	Vanwall	25	2nd	Report
1958	RRC Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	41	2nd	Report
1958	Vandervell Products Ltd	Vanwall	41	2nd	Report
1959	RRC Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax Cooper-BRM	25¹⁄₂	3rd	Report
	British Racing Partnership	BRM
	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM
1960	RRC Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	19	3rd	Report
1960	RRC Walker Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	19	3rd	Report
1961	RRC Walker Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	21	3rd	Report
		Ferguson-Climax
		Cooper-Climax
	British Racing Partnership	Lotus-Climax
1962	RRC Walker Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	Non-champ only		Report
1962	British Racing Partnership	Lotus-Climax	Non-champ only		Report

Statistics[]

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[]

No.	Race
1	1955 British Grand Prix
2	1956 Monaco Grand Prix
3	1956 Italian Grand Prix
4	1957 British Grand Prix
5	1957 Pescara Grand Prix
6	1957 Italian Grand Prix
7	1958 Argentine Grand Prix
8	1958 Dutch Grand Prix
9	1958 Portuguese Grand Prix
10	1958 Moroccan Grand Prix
11	1959 Portuguese Grand Prix
12	1959 Italian Grand Prix
13	1960 Monaco Grand Prix
14	1960 United States Grand Prix
15	1961 Monaco Grand Prix
16	1961 German Grand Prix

Career Results[]

Complete Formula One results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts	Pos
1951												0	NC
1951	8th											0	NC
1952												0	NC
1952	Ret		Ret		Ret		Ret	Ret				0	NC
1953												0	NC
1953			9th		Ret	DNA	6th		13th			0	NC
1954												4.143	13th
1954			3rd		Ret	Ret	Ret	10th	Ret			4.143	13th
1955												23	2nd
1955	4th ^[1]	9th		2nd	2nd	C	1st	C	C	Ret	C	23	2nd
1956												27 (28)	2nd
1956	Ret	1st		3rd Ret^[2]	5th Ret^[2]	Ret	2nd	1st				27 (28)	2nd
1957												25	2nd
1957	8th	Ret			1st Ret^[3]	5th	1st	1st				25	2nd
1958												41	2nd
1958	1st	Ret	1st		Ret	2nd	Ret	Ret	1st	Ret	1st	41	2nd
1959												25.5	3rd
1959	Ret		Ret	DSQ	2nd	Ret	1st	1st	Ret			25.5	3rd
1960												19	3rd
1960	3rd Ret^[4]	1st		4th	DNS	INJ	INJ	DSQ		1st		19	3rd
1961												21	3rd
1961	1st	4th	8th	Ret	DSQ Ret^[5]	1st	Ret	Ret				21	3rd

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish	DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish	TD	Test driver
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap	DNS	Did not start
^†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)	NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
^P	Qualified for pole position	[+] More Symbols

↑ Shared drive with Hans Hermann and Karl Kling
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Shared drive with Cesare Perdisa
↑ Shared drive with Tony Brooks
↑ Shared drive with Maurice Trintignant, no points awarded
↑ Shared drive with Jack Fairman

External links[]

V T E	List of World Drivers' Championship runners-up
1950: Juan Manuel Fangio 1951: Alberto Ascari 1952: Giuseppe Farina 1953: Juan Manuel Fangio 1954: José Froilán González 1955: Stirling Moss 1956: Stirling Moss 1957: Stirling Moss 1958: Stirling Moss 1959: Tony Brooks 1960: Bruce McLaren 1961: Wolfgang von Trips 1962: Jim Clark 1963: Graham Hill 1964: Graham Hill 1965: Graham Hill 1966: John Surtees 1967: Jack Brabham 1968: Jackie Stewart 1969: Jacky Ickx		1970: Jacky Ickx 1971: Ronnie Peterson 1972: Jackie Stewart 1973: Emerson Fittipaldi 1974: Clay Regazzoni 1975: Emerson Fittipaldi 1976: Niki Lauda 1977: Jody Scheckter 1978: Ronnie Peterson 1979: Gilles Villeneuve 1980: Nelson Piquet 1981: Carlos Reutemann 1982: Didier Pironi 1983: Alain Prost 1984: Alain Prost 1985: Michele Alboreto 1986: Nigel Mansell 1987: Nigel Mansell 1988: Alain Prost 1989: Ayrton Senna	1990: Alain Prost 1991: Nigel Mansell 1992: Riccardo Patrese 1993: Ayrton Senna 1994: Damon Hill 1995: Damon Hill 1996: Jacques Villeneuve 1997: Heinz-Harald Frentzen* 1998: Michael Schumacher 1999: Eddie Irvine 2000: Mika Häkkinen 2001: David Coulthard 2002: Rubens Barrichello 2003: Kimi Räikkönen 2004: Rubens Barrichello 2005: Kimi Räikkönen 2006: Michael Schumacher 2007: Lewis Hamilton 2008: Felipe Massa 2009: Sebastian Vettel	2010: Fernando Alonso 2011: Jenson Button 2012: Fernando Alonso 2013: Fernando Alonso 2014: Nico Rosberg 2015: Nico Rosberg 2016: Lewis Hamilton 2017: Sebastian Vettel 2018: Sebastian Vettel 2019: Valtteri Bottas 2020: Valtteri Bottas
* Michael Schumacher was disqualified from the 1997 championship.

V T E	Grand Prix Drivers' Association
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
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[1] Shared drive with Hans Hermann and Karl Kling

[Cesare_Perdisa_shared_drive-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Shared drive with Cesare Perdisa

[3] Shared drive with Tony Brooks

[4] Shared drive with Maurice Trintignant, no points awarded

[5] Shared drive with Jack Fairman

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Persondata
Name	Moss, Stirling
Alternative names
Short description	Racing driver
Date of birth	17 September 1929
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death
Place of death