Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss (17 September 1929 – 12 April 2020) was a Britishracing driver andbroadcaster, who competed inFormula One from1951 to1961. Widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers to never win theFormula One World Drivers' Championship,[c] Moss won a record 212 official races across severalmotorsport disciplines, including 16Formula One Grands Prix. Inendurance racing, Moss won the12 Hours of Sebring in1954, as well as theMille Miglia in1955 withMercedes.
Born and raised in London, Moss was the son of amateur racing driverAlfred Moss and the older brother ofrally driverPat. Aged nine, Alfred bought him anAustin 7, which he raced around the field of the family's country house. Initially anequestrian, Moss used his winnings from horse riding competitions to purchase aCooper 500 in 1948. He was immediately successful in motor racing, taking several wins inFormula Three at national and international levels, prior to his first major victory at theRAC Tourist Trophy in 1950, driving aJaguar XK120. Moss made his Formula One debut at the1951 Swiss Grand Prix withHWM, making several intermittent appearances before moving toMaserati in1954, where he achieved his maiden podium at theBelgian Grand Prix. Moss joinedMercedes in1955, taking his maidenwin at theBritish Grand Prix as he finished runner-up in the championship to career rivalJuan Manuel Fangio.
Moss again finished runner-up to Fangio in1956 and1957 with Maserati andVanwall, winning multiple Grands Prix across both seasons. He took four wins in his1958 campaign, but lost out on the title again toMike Hawthorn by one point. From1959 to1961, Moss competed forWalker, taking multiple wins in each as he finished third in the World Drivers' Championship three times. Moss retired from motor racing in 1962, after an accident at the non-championshipGlover Trophy left him in a coma for a month and temporarily paralysed. He achieved 16wins, 16pole positions, 19fastest laps and 24 podium finishes in Formula One, the former of which remains therecord for a non-World Drivers' Champion. Moss was a three-time winner of theMonaco Grand Prix, four-time winner of theBritish Empire Trophy, and five-time winner of theInternational Gold Cup. He also contested theWorld Sportscar Championship from1953 to1962, winning 12 races with various manufacturers. Inrallying, Moss finished runner-up at theMonte Carlo Rally in 1952. Throughout his career, he brokeseveral land speed records across different categories.
In British popular culture, Moss was a widely recognised public figure, with his name becoming synonymous with speed in the mid-20th century. He madeseveral media appearances, including in theJames Bond filmCasino Royale (1967), and was namedBBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1961. Upon retiring from motor racing, Moss established a career as a commentator and pundit forABC. Moss was inducted into theInternational Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990.
Moss was born in London to amateur racing driversAlfred and Aileen Moss (née Craufurd).[6] His grandfather was Jewish and from a family that changed their surname from Moses to Moss.[7] He was brought up atLong White Cloud house on the south bank of theRiver Thames. His father was an amateur racing driver, who had come 16th in the1924 Indianapolis 500,[6] and his mother had also been involved in motorsport, entering into hillclimbs at the wheel of aSinger Nine.[8] Moss was a gifted horse rider, as was his younger sister,Pat Moss, who went on to become a successfulrally driver.[9]
Moss was educated at several independent schools:Shrewsbury House School, Clewer Manor Junior School, andHaileybury and Imperial Service College.[10] He disliked school and did not get good grades. At Haileybury, he was subjected to bullying due to his Jewish roots.[6] He concealed the bullying from his parents and used it as "motivation to succeed".[7] Moss received his first car, anAustin 7, from his father at the age of nine and drove it on the fields around Long White Cloud. He purchased his own car at age 15 after he obtained a driving licence.[6]
Moss raced from 1948 to 1962, winning 212 of the 529 races he entered, including 16Formula OneGrands Prix.[11] He competed in as many as 62 races in one year and drove 84 different makes of car over the course of his career.[12] He preferred to race British cars, stating: "It is better to lose honourably in a British car than to win in a foreign one."[13] At Vanwall, he was instrumental in breaking the German and Italian stranglehold on F1. He kept his record of the most Formula One Grand Prix victories by an English driver until 1991, whenNigel Mansell overtook him.[14]
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Moss began his career at the wheel of his father's 328 BMW, DPX 653. Moss was one of theCooper Car Company's first customers, using winnings from competing in horse-riding events to pay the deposit on aCooper 500 in 1948. He then persuaded his father, who opposed his son's racing career and wanted him to become a dentist,[15] to let him buy it. He soon demonstrated his natural talent and ability with numerous wins at both the national and international levels, and continued to compete inFormula Three,[16] with Coopers andKiefts, after he had progressed to more senior categories.[6]
His first major international race victory came on the eve of his 21st birthday at the wheel of aJaguar XK120 in the 1950RAC Tourist Trophy in Northern Ireland.[17] He went on to win the race six more times, in 1951 (with aJaguar C-Type), 1955 (with aMercedes-Benz 300 SLR), 1958 and 1959 (with anAston Martin DBR1), and 1960 and 1961 (with aFerrari 250 GT).[18]Enzo Ferrari, the founder ofFerrari, approached Moss and offered him a Formula Two car to drive at the1951 Bari Grand Prix before a full-season in 1952. Moss and his father went toApulia only to find out that the Ferrari car was to be driven byPiero Taruffi and were incensed.[6]
Also a competent rally driver, Moss was one of three people to have won aCoupe d'Or for three consecutive penalty-free runs on theAlpine Rally.[17] He finished second in the 1952Monte Carlo Rally; driving aSunbeam-Talbot 90 with Desmond Scannell and John Cooper as his co-drivers.[19] In 1954, he became the first non-American to win the12 Hours of Sebring, sharing theCunningham team's 1.5-litre O.S.C.A. MT4 with Bill Lloyd.[20]
In 1953, Mercedes-Benz racing bossAlfred Neubauer had spoken to Moss's manager, Ken Gregory, about the possibility of Moss's joining Mercedes. Having seen him do well in a relatively noncompetitive car, and wanting to see how he would perform in a better one, Neubauer suggested that Moss buy a Maserati for the 1954 season. He bought aMaserati 250F, and although the car's unreliability prevented him from scoring high amounts of points in the 1954Drivers' Championship, he qualified alongside the Mercedes front runners several times and performed well in the races.[21] He achieved his first Formula One victory when he won theOulton Park International Gold Cup.[16]
In theItalian Grand Prix, Moss passed both drivers who were regarded as the best in Formula One at the time – Juan Manuel Fangio in his Mercedes andAlberto Ascari in his Ferrari – and took the lead of the race. Ascari retired with engine problems, and Moss led until lap 68, when his engine also failed.[22] Fangio took the victory, and Moss had to push his Maserati to the finish line.[23] Neubauer, already impressed when Moss had tested aMercedes-Benz W196 atHockenheim, promptly signed him for the 1955 season.[24]
Moss's first World Championship victory came at the1955 British Grand Prix, a race he was also the first British driver to win.[25] Leading a 1–2–3–4 finish for Mercedes, it was the first time he had beaten Fangio, his teammate, rival, friend and mentor. It has been suggested that Fangio allowed Moss to win in front of his home crowd. Moss himself asked Fangio this repeatedly, and Fangio would always reply with: "No. You were just better than me that day."[26] The same year, Moss also won the RAC Tourist Trophy,[27] theTarga Florio (withPeter Collins),[28] and theMille Miglia.[29]
In 1955 Moss won Italy's one-thousand-mileMille Miglia road race, an achievement thatDoug Nye described as the "most iconic single day's drive in motor racing history".[30] His co-driver was motor racing journalistDenis Jenkinson, who prepared a set of pace notes for Moss; the two worked out a set of hand signals to be able to communicate over the roar of the engine. They completed the race in ten hours and seven minutes.[6]Motor Trend headlined it as "The Most Epic Drive Ever".[31] Before the race, he had taken a pill given to him by Fangio, and he has commented that although he did not know what was in it: "Dexedrine andBenzedrine were commonly used in rallies. The object was simply to keep awake, like wartime bomber crews." After the win, he spent the night and the following day driving his girlfriend to Cologne.[30]
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Moss won the Nassau Cup at the 1956 and 1957Bahamas Speed Week.[32] Also in 1957 he won on the longest circuit ever to hold a Formula One Grand Prix, the 25 km (16 mi)Pescara Circuit, where, yet again, he demonstrated his mastery in long-distance racing. The event lasted three hours and Moss beat Fangio, who started frompole position, by approximately 3 minutes.[16]
In 1958, Moss's forward-thinking attitude made waves in the racing world. Moss won the first race of the season in a rear-engined F1 car, which became the common design by 1961. At Monza that year, he raced in theMaserati 420M in theRace of Two Worlds, the first single-seater car in Europe to be sponsored by a non-racing brand – the Eldorado Ice Cream Company. This was the first case in Europe of contemporary sponsorship, with the ice-cream maker's colors replacing the ones assigned by the FIA.[33]
Moss's sporting attitude cost him the 1958 Formula One World Championship. When rivalMike Hawthorn was threatened with a penalty after thePortuguese Grand Prix, Moss defended him.[34] Hawthorn was accused of reversing on the track after spinning and stalling his car on an uphill section. Moss had shouted advice to Hawthorn to steer downhill, against traffic, to bump-start the car. Moss's quick thinking, and his defence of Hawthorn before the stewards, preserved Hawthorn's 6 points for finishing in second place. Hawthorn went on to beat Moss for the championship title by one point, even though he had won only one race that year to Moss's four. Moss's loss in the championship could also be attributed to an error in communication between his pit crew and the driver at one race. A point was given for the fastest lap in each race, and the crew signaled "HAWT REC", meaning that Hawthorn had set a record lap. Moss read this as "HAWT REG" and thought that Hawthorn was making regular laps, so he did not try to set a fast lap. The crew was supposed to signal the time of the lap, so Moss would know what he had to beat.[35]
Moss was as gifted in sports cars as in Grand Prix cars. To his victories in the Tourist Trophy, the Sebring 12 Hours and the Mille Miglia he added three consecutive wins from 1958 to 1960 in the1000 km Nürburgring, the first two in anAston Martin (in which he did most of the driving),[36][37][38][39] and the third in aMaserati Tipo 61, co-driving withDan Gurney. The pair lost time when an oil hose blew off, but despite the wet-weather, they made up the time and took first place.[40]
In the 1960 Formula One season, Moss won theMonaco Grand Prix inRob Walker'sCoventry-Climax-poweredLotus 18.[41] Seriously injured in an accident at the Burnenville curve during practice for theBelgian Grand Prix, he missed the next three races but recovered sufficiently to win the final one of the season, theUnited States Grand Prix.[16]
For the 1961 Formula One season, run under new 1.5-litre rules,Enzo Ferrari fielded theFerrari 156 with an all-newV6 engine.[41] Moss's Climax-enginedLotus was comparatively underpowered, but he won the1961 Monaco Grand Prix by 3.6 seconds, beating the Ferraris ofRichie Ginther,Wolfgang von Trips, andPhil Hill,[41] and he went on to win the1961 German Grand Prix.[6]
In 1962, Moss crashed his Lotus in theGlover Trophy. The accident put him in a coma for a month, and for six months the left side of his body was paralysed.[13][42] He recovered but retired from professional racing after a test session in aLotus 19 the following year, when he lapped a few tenths of a second slower than before. He felt that he had not regained his instinctive command of the car after recovering from the coma. He had been runner-up in the Drivers' Championship four years in a row, from 1955 to 1958, and third from 1959 to 1961.[43][44]
At theAutodrome de Montlhéry, a steeply banked oval track near Paris, Moss andLeslie Johnson took turns at the wheel of the latter'sJaguar XK120 to average 107.46 mph (172.94 km/h) for 24 hours, including stops for fuel and tyres. Changing drivers every three hours, they covered a total of 2,579.16 miles (4,150.76 km). It was the first time a production car had averaged over 100 mph (160.93 km/h) for 24 hours.[45]
Revisiting Montlhéry, Moss was one of a four-driver team, led by Johnson, who drove a factory-owned Jaguar XK120 fixed-head coupé for 7 days and nights at the French track.[46] Moss, Johnson, Bert Hadley, andJack Fairman averaged 100.31 mph (161.43 km/h) to take four World records and five International Class C records, and covered a total of 16,851.73 mi (27,120.23 km).[47]
In August, Moss broke five International Class F records in the purpose-built MG EX181 atBonneville Salt Flats. The streamlined, supercharged car's speed for the flying kilometre was 245.64 mph (395.32 km/h), which was the average of two runs in opposite directions.[48]
Away from driving, in 1962 he acted as acolour commentator forABC'sWide World of Sports for Formula One and NASCAR races. He eventually left ABC in 1980. Moss narrated the official1988 Formula One season review along withTony Jardine.[49][50]
Moss also narrated the popular children's seriesRoary the Racing Car, which starsPeter Kay.[51]
Although ostensibly retired from racing since 1962, Moss did make a number of one-off appearances in professional motorsport events in the following two decades. He also competed in the1974 London-Sahara-Munich World Cup Rally in a Mercedes-Benz but retired from the event in the Algerian Sahara.[54] TheHolden Torana he shared withJack Brabham in the 1976Bathurst 1000 was hit from behind on the grid and eventually retired with engine failure. Moss, at the wheel of the Torana when theHolden V8 engine let go, was criticised by other drivers for staying on the racing line for over 2/3 of the 6.172 km long circuit while returning to the pits as the car was dropping large amounts of oil onto the road.[55] He also shared aVolkswagen Golf GTI withDenny Hulme in the 1979Benson & Hedges 500 atPukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand.[56][57]
In 1980 he made a comeback to regular competition, in theBritish Saloon Car Championship with the works-backed GTi EngineeringAudi team.[58] For the 1980 season Moss was the team's number-two driver to team co-ownerRichard Lloyd.[59] For the 1981 season Moss stayed with Audi, as the team moved toTom Walkinshaw Racing management, driving alongsideMartin Brundle.[60]
Throughout his retirement he raced in events for historic cars, driving on behalf of and at the invitation of others, as well as campaigning his ownOSCA FS 372 and other vehicles.[61] In 2004, as part of its promotion for the new SLR, Mercedes-Benz reunited Moss with the 300 SLR "No. 722" in which he won the Mille Miglia nearly 50 years earlier. One reporter who rode with Moss that day noted that the 75-year-old driver was "so good ... that even old and crippled [he was] still better than nearly everyone else".[62] On 9 June 2011 during qualifying for theLe Mans Legends race, Moss announced onRadio Le Mans that he had finally retired from racing, saying that he had scared himself that afternoon. He was 81.[63]
Lister Cars announced the building for sale of the Lister Knobbly Stirling Moss at the Royal Automobile Club in London in June 2016.[64] The magnesium car is built to the exact specification of the 1958 model, and is the only car that was ever endorsed by Moss.[65] Brian Lister invited Moss to drive for Lister on three separate occasions, atGoodwood in 1954,Silverstone in 1958 and atSebring in 1959,[66] and to celebrate these races, 10 special-edition lightweight Lister Knobbly cars are being built. The company announced that the cars will be available for both road and race use, and Moss would personally be handing over each car.[67][68]
In 1990, Moss was inducted into theInternational Motorsports Hall of Fame.[69] In theNew Year Honours 2000 List, Moss was made aKnight Bachelor for services to motor racing. On 21 March 2000, he was knighted byPrince Charles, standing in for the Queen, who was on an official visit to Australia.[70] He received the 2005Segrave Trophy.[71]
In 2006, Moss was awarded the FIA gold medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to motorsport.[72] In December 2008,McLaren-Mercedes unveiled their final model of theMercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The model was named in honour of Moss, hence,Mercedes McLaren SLR Stirling Moss, which has a top speed of 217 mph (349 km/h) with wind deflectors instead of awindscreen.[73]
In 2016, in an academic paper that reported a mathematical modelling study that assessed the relative influence of driver and machine, Moss was ranked the 29th best Formula One driver of all time.[74] Following Moss's death, the Kinrara Trophy race at theGoodwood Revival meeting was renamed in his honour. It is a race for GT cars that competed before 1963.[75][76]
In 1957, Moss published an autobiography calledIn the Track Of Speed, first published by Muller, London.[24]In 1963,motorsport author and commentatorKen Purdy published a biographical book entitledAll But My Life about Moss (first published by William Kimber & Co, London), based on material gathered through interviews with Moss.[77]In 2015, when he was aged 85, Moss published a second autobiography, entitledMy Racing Life, written with motor sports writer Simon Taylor.[78] In 2016, Philip Porter published the first volume ofStirling Moss – The Definitive Biography covering the period from birth up to the end of 1955, one of Moss's greatest years.[79]
During his driving career, Moss was one of the most recognised celebrities in Britain, leading to many media appearances. In March 1958, Moss was a guest challenger on the TV panel showWhat's My Line? (episode withAnita Ekberg).[80] In 1959 he was the subject of the TV programmeThis Is Your Life.[citation needed] On 12 June the following year he was interviewed byJohn Freeman onFace to Face; Freeman later said that he had thought before the interview that Moss was a playboy, but in their meeting he showed "cold, precise, clinical judgement ... a man who could live so close to the edge of death and danger, and trust entirely to his own judgement. This appealed to me".[81] Moss also appeared as himself in the 1964 filmThe Beauty Jungle and was one of several celebrities with cameo appearances in the 1967 version of theJames Bond filmCasino Royale. He played Evelyn Tremble's (Peter Sellers) driver.[82]
For many years during and after his career, the rhetorical phrase "Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?" was supposedly the standard question all British policemen asked speeding motorists. Moss relates he himself was once stopped for speeding and asked just that; he reports the traffic officer had some difficulty believing him.[83] Moss was the subject of a cartoon biography in the magazinePrivate Eye that said he was interested in cars, women and sex, in that order. The cartoon, drawn byWillie Rushton, showed him continually crashing, having his driving licence revoked and finally "hosting television programmes on subjects he knows nothing about". It also made reference to the amnesia Moss suffered from as a result of head injuries sustained in the crash at Goodwood in 1962. Although there were complaints to the magazine about the cartoons, Moss telephonedPrivate Eye to ask whether he could use it as a Christmas card.[84]
Moss was one of the few drivers of his era to create a brand from his name for licensing purposes, which was launched when his website was revamped in 2009 with improved content. In 2004, Moss was a supporter of theUK Independence Party.[85] He was also aMercedes-Benz Brand Ambassador, having kept a close relationship with the brand, and remained an enthusiast and collector of the brand, which includes theMercedes-Benz W113,Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss among others.[86]
Moss was married three times.[87] His first wife was Katie Molson, an heir to the Canadian brewerMolson.[6] They were married on 7 October 1957 and separated three years later. His second wife was the American public-relations executive Elaine Barbarino. They were married on 25 June 1964 and divorced in 1968. Their daughter Allison was born in late 1966.[88] His third wife was the secretary Susie Paine, the daughter of an old friend. They were married from 1980 until his death in 2020.[89] Their son Elliot was born in 1980.[6] Paine died in March 2023, aged 69.[90]
In April 1960, Moss was found guilty ofdangerous driving. He was fined £50 and banned from driving for one year after an incident nearChetwynd, Shropshire, when he was test-driving aMini.[91] Moss was an accomplished woodworker and craftsman, and participated in the design and construction of several of his own homes.[92]
In 2013, Moss said that if a biopic were made about his life, he would want to be portrayed by “someone masculine – not apoofter or anything like that”.[93] He stood by this comment, saying that he would have to be played by a heterosexual as he had spent his life "chasing crumpet and racing cars".[94] Moss also believed that women lack the "mental aptitude" for Formula One.[93][95]
Moss's 80th birthday, on 17 September 2009, fell on the eve of theGoodwood Revival andLord March celebrated with an 80-car parade on each of the three days. Moss drove a different car each day: aMercedes-Benz W196 (anopen-wheel variant), theLotus 18 in which he had won the 1961 Monaco GP, and anAston Martin DBR1.[96] On 7 March 2010, Moss broke both ankles and four bones in a foot, and also chipped four vertebrae and suffered skin lesions, when he plunged down alift shaft at his home.[97][98] In December 2016, he was admitted to hospital in Singapore with a serious chest infection.[99] As a result of this illness and a subsequent lengthy recovery period, Moss announced his retirement from public life in January 2018.[100]
Moss died of cardio-respiratory failure at his home inMayfair, London, on 12 April 2020, aged 90, after a long illness.[101][34][89]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
* Shared drive withHans Herrmann andKarl Kling.
† Shared drive withCesare Perdisa.
‡ Shared drive withTony Brooks.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  Stirling Moss | Jack Fairman | Jaguar C-Type | S5.0 | 92 | DNF | DNF |
| 1952 | Peter Walker | Peter Walker | Jaguar C-Type | S5.0 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1953 | Jaguar Cars Ltd. | Peter Walker | Jaguar C-Type | S5.0 | 300 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 1954 | Jaguar Cars Ltd. | Peter Walker | Jaguar D-Type | S5.0 | 92 | DNF | DNF |
| 1955 |  Daimler-Benz AG |  Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR | S3.0 | 134 | DNF | DNF |
| 1956 | David Brown | Peter Collins | Aston Martin DB3S | S3.0 | 299 | 2nd | 1st |
| 1957 |  Officine Alfieri Maserati |  Harry Schell | Maserati 450S Zagato Coupe | S5.0 | 32 | DNF | DNF |
| 1958 | David Brown Racing Dept. |  Jack Brabham | Aston Martin DBR1/300 | S3.0 | 30 | DNF | DNF |
| 1959 | David Brown Racing Dept. | Jack Fairman | Aston Martin DBR1/300 | S3.0 | 70 | DNF | DNF |
| 1961 | North American Racing Team | Graham Hill | Ferrari 250 GT SWB | GT3.0 | 121 | DNF | DNF |
Source:[288] | |||||||
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | B.S. Cunningham | Bill Loyd | Osca MT4 1450 | S1.5 | 168 | 1st | 1st |
| 1955 | Donald Healey Motor Co. | Lance Macklin | Austin-Healey 100 S | S3.0 | 176 | 6th | 5th |
| 1956 | David Brown & Sons, Ltd. | Peter Collins | Aston Martin DB3S | S3.0 | 51 | DNF | DNF |
| 1957 | Maserati Factory | Harry Schell | Maserati 300S | S3.0 | 195 | 2nd | 1st |
| 1958 | David Brown | Tony Brooks | Aston Martin DBR1/300 | S3.0 | 90 | DNF | DNF |
| 1959 | B.S. Cunningham | Briggs CunninghamLake UnderwoodRuss Boss | Lister-Jaguar | S3.0 | 164 | 15th | 6th |
| The Lister Corp. | Ivor Bueb | Lister-Jaguar | S3.0 | 98 | DSQ | DSQ | |
| 1960 | Camoradi USA | Dan Gurney | Maserati Tipo 61 | S3.0 | 136 | DNF | DNF |
| 1961 | Camoradi International | Graham Hill | Maserati Tipo 61 | S3.0 | DNF | DNF | |
| Camoradi USA | Masten GregoryLloyd Casner | Maserati Tipo 63 | S3.0 | DNF | DNF | ||
| 1962 | North American Racing Team | Innes IrelandJohn Fulp Fernand Tavano | Ferrari 250 TRI/61 | S3.0 | 128 | DSQ | DSQ |
Source:[288] | |||||||
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Peter Whitehead | P.N. Whitehead | Jaguar C-Type | S+2.0 | 243 | 1st | 1st |
| 1954 | Jaguar Cars Ltd. | Peter Walker | Jaguar C-Type | DNF | DNF | ||
| 1956 | Stirling Moss | Phil Hill | Cooper-Climax T39 | DNF | DNF | ||
Source:[288] | |||||||
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Pos. | Class Pos. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Jaguar | Frank Rainbow | Jaguar XK120 | S/GT+2.0 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1952 | Jaguar Cars Ltd. | Norman Dewis | Jaguar C-Type | S+2.0 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1953 | Jaguar Cars Ltd. | Mortimer Morris-Goodall | Jaguar C-Type | S+2.0 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1955 | Daimler Benz AG | Denis Jenkinson | Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR | S+2.0 | 1st | 1st | |
| 1956 | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Denis Jenkinson | Maserati 350S | S+2.0 | DNF | DNF | |
| 1957 | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Denis Jenkinson | Maserati 450S | S+2.0 | DNF | DNF | |
Source:[288] | |||||||
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Sunbeam-Talbot | Desmond ScannellJohn A. Cooper | Sunbeam-Talbot 90 | 2nd |
| 1953 | Sunbeam-Talbot | Desmond ScannellJohn A. Cooper | Sunbeam-Talbot 90 | 6th |
| 1954 | Sunbeam-Talbot | Desmond ScannellJohn A. Cooper | Sunbeam-Talbot 90 | 15th |
Source:[289] | ||||
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Esmonds Motors | Jack Brabham | Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 | 3001cc – 6000cc | 37 | DNF | |
Source:[290] | |||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Pts | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | GTI Engineering | Audi 80 GLE | B | MAL Ret† | OUL 9† | THR 21 | SIL Ret | SIL 13 | BRH ? | MAL 2† | BRH 11 | THR 10 | SIL 18 | 16th | 24 | ? | |
| 1981 | TWR Team BP | Audi 80 GLE | B | MAL 3† | SIL 22 | OUL 2† | THR Ret | BRH Ret† | SIL 15 | SIL 22 | DON 9† | BRH DNS† | THR ? | SIL 14 | 19th | 20 | 6th |
Source:[291] | |||||||||||||||||
† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Inaugural | Monaco Formula Three Race Winner 1950 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Winner of the Mille Miglia 1955 With:Denis Jenkinson | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | BRDC International Trophy Winner 1956 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | BRDC International Trophy Winner 1961 | Succeeded by |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by | BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1961 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Hawthorn Memorial Trophy 1961 | Succeeded by |
| Records | ||
| Preceded by | Youngest driver to set fastest lap in Formula One 24 years, 303 days (1954 British Grand Prix) | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Most Grand Prix entries 67 entries, 66 starts (1951 –1961), 57th at the1960 Portuguese GP | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Youngest Formula One World Drivers' Championship runner-up 25 years, 302 days (1955 season) | Succeeded by |
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