Profile: Sterling Moss (Mercedes Enthusiast)

cawimmer430 · 03-08-2007, 04:41 AM

A nice little article about this legendary driver. Enjoy.

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Mr. M · 03-08-2007, 09:15 AM

I saw him in the Mercedes Faithful video...

Habitual Speeder · 03-08-2007, 02:09 PM

I don't have time to read this, now, but I'll get to it later, for sure.

Imhotep Evil · 03-08-2007, 02:17 PM

Sir Stirling Moss was a gentleman and great, perhaps greatest, sport-car/endurance driver of his time but not a Formula 1 WDC.

He could beat, humiliate even, J.M. Fangio in sport cars racing, but couldn't beat him in the F1 championship.

cawimmer430 · 03-09-2007, 04:15 AM

Thanks for checking it out guys.

When the name Sterling Moss is mentioned, you instantly think of Mercedes-Benz and the great racing cars of the 1950s and 1960s. The man is a legend and I recall seeing a video of him where he was interviewed, struck me as a real gentlemen. On the track (yet with a competitive spirit) as well as off the track.

Imhotep Evil · 03-09-2007, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by cawimmer430

Thanks for checking it out guys.

When the name Sterling Moss is mentioned, you instantly think of Mercedes-Benz and the great racing cars of the 1950s and 1960s. The man is a legend and I recall seeing a video of him where he was interviewed, struck me as a real gentlemen. On the track (yet with a competitive spirit) as well as off the track.

Competitive, yes, unfortunately he always had a complex of inferiority to Fangio while driving in Formula 1.
Another unfortunate aspect is, that even having top cars, he was constantly beaten on points in the WDC, even if he could obtain just as many or even more victories than his oponent(s).
His atitude was win the race rather than the championship(s).
Fangio, Hawthorne and Brabham all understood to get the maximum of points
and that's how they defeated Moss.

Ofcourse on a sport cars, nobody could touch him.

cawimmer430 · 03-09-2007, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Imhotep Evil

Competitive, yes, unfortunately he always had a complex of inferiority to Fangio while driving in Formula 1.
Another unfortunate aspect is, that even having top cars, he was constantly beaten on points in the WDC, even if he could obtain just as many or even more victories than his oponent(s).
His atitude was win the race rather than the championship(s).
Fangio, Hawthorne and Brabham all understood to get the maximum of points
and that's how they defeated Moss.

Ofcourse on a sport cars, nobody could touch him.

Kind of sad that Moss never won a championship. I believe he had a nickname that went something like "the greatest racing driver never to win a championship" (something along those lines).

But man, this guy sure drove some awesome cars during his time. I'd love to try a W196! I probably couldn't even drive it properly!

Bruce · 03-09-2007, 02:21 PM

Certainly one of the best drivers of all time. Thanks for the awesome article Wimmer.

Imhotep Evil · 03-09-2007, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by cawimmer430

Kind of sad that Moss never won a championship. I believe he had a nickname that went something like "the greatest racing driver never to win a championship" (something along those lines).

Yes, after Fangio's departure he was the fastest driver on the field of F1 until his accident in 1962, unfortunatley he wasn't consistent and/or suffered from reliability, when he had top cars, and later didn't have top cars anymore.

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But man, this guy sure drove some awesome cars during his time. I'd love to try a W196! I probably couldn't even drive it properly!

Yes, both in Formula 1 and sport cars competition. The 300 SLR, W196, Maserati 250F, the 1959 mid engined Cooper Climax.

cawimmer430 · 03-09-2007, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 7.3 AMG

Certainly one of the best drivers of all time. Thanks for the awesome article Wimmer.

Anytime. Check the E-Class section and enjoy the E60 AMG (W124) scans.

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