Sterling Moss RIP

[jolyb]

Linked article reports on the death of British racing driver Sterling Moss at age 90.  Reading the article brings back memories of October at Watkins Glen, NY for the Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix in the very early 60's, when Moss would compete against Ferraris driven by Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips and Porsches driven by Dan Gurney.  Never saw a driver who could get as much performance out of a race car as Moss could.

www.msn.com/en-us/sports/motorsports/motor-racing-british-racing-great-stirling-moss-dies-aged-90/ar-BB12vKCS?ocid=DELLDHP

 

[shoes]

I think that Moss was the first F1 driver I became aware of, likely from ABC's Wide World of Sports. For a talented driver of his generation it almost seems like he beat the odds to live to age 90. Safety was so much less for a driver in his heyday and so many of the greats were lost to the sport. I remember reading a biography of Phil Hill way back when, and Gurney was also a favorite.

[cherokeescot]

One of my heroes growing up as a kid along with Jim Clark and Graham Hill. Quite an achievement for a racing driver of that era to survive until he was in his nineties. The other two guys are sadly long gone.

[jolyb]

Apr 12, 2020 21:44:24 GMT -5 cherokeescot said:

One of my heroes growing up as a kid along with Jim Clark and Graham Hill. Quite an achievement for a racing driver of that era to survive until he was in his nineties. The other two guys are sadly long gone.

Clark and Graham Hill had a number of memorable duels during the years that Clark was driving for Lotus and Hill was in a BRM. It was always very easy to recognize Hill from the very distinctive design on his helmet, the colors of what I think was his rowing club.  It is a terrible irony that for someone who drove for so long at such dangerous speeds, Hill died at the controls of an airplane.