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Few drivers have achieved worldwide fame to the point where they transcend their sport and become household names. Juan Manuel Fangio, with his five world championships, managed it; so did Michael Schumacher. Earlier this year we had the privilege of meeting a third member of that exclusive club – Sir Stirling Moss. Famed as the greatest driver never to win the Formula One World Championship, he won numerous races – both open-wheel and sports cars, many of them in Maseratis.
We began by asking him about his most memorable races – it turned out not to be such an easy question. “As a driver, the races which stick in your memory are the ones where something bad happened; there was one occasion when I was racing a car being run by a team I wasn’t very impressed with – and the steering sheared at 175 mph,” Moss told us. “That gets your attention – I’m no fool, I knew something was wrong when my arms crossed! One of my better races was the Monaco Grand Prix in 1956, where I took the lead on the opening lap in my Maserati 250F and led the rest of the race; and there’s a bittersweet memory of the 1954 Italian Grand Prix, where I led the race – but then an oil line cracked and I had to push the car across the line to finish tenth. But leading the Italian Grand Prix, at Monza, in a Maserati – that was special.”
Full Article: Maserati Monthly: Communique - Sir Stirling Moss and Maserati
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