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Stirling Moss - My Racing Life (Hardcover)
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Stirling Moss - My Racing Life (Hardcover)
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In this very personal book, Stirling Moss guides the reader through
his motor racing life with a fascinating, insightful and often
amusing commentary to an unrivalled collection of over 300
photographs, many of which will be unfamiliar to even his most
ardent fans. He takes us from his childhood to the height of his
fame as 'Mr Motor Racing' and then to the sudden end of his career
with that crash at Goodwood in 1962. Along the way we dwell on his
finest moments as well as the setbacks, and delight in the sheer
variety of machinery - almost 100 different cars - in which he
competed during his rollercoaster racing life. This is a book that
all motor racing enthusiasts will treasure. Starting in 1948, he
made his name in little 500cc Coopers, moving towards stardom in
HWM, ERA and Cooper F2 cars, then his own F1 Maserati 250F. The
1955 Mercedes season and its twin highlights a winning the Mille
Miglia and the British Grand Prix. His longing to win in British
cars was rewarded with two fine F1 seasons at Vanwall (1957a 58),
with whom he came very close to winning the F1 World Championship,
and sports car successes with Aston Martin.- Rear-engined Cooper
and Lotus F1 cars with Rob Walker (1958a 62), including two
celebrated Monaco GP wins.- Two-seater variety: the amazing range
of sports cars he drove included Jaguars (XK120, C-type and
D-type), Maseratis (150S to 450S), Ferraris (250 GT SWB and Testa
Rossa) and Porsches (550 Spyder to RS61), plus Frazer Nash Le Mans
Replica, Osca, Healey 100S, Cooper 'Bobtail' and more. Ever busy
and versatile: rallying with Sunbeams, trialling a Harford special,
Bonneville record-breaking with MG EX181, saloon car racing in a
humble Standard Ten a and even a kart race. Published to mark the
60th anniversary of Moss' famous win in the 1955 Mille Miglia road
race in a Mercedes 300SLR.Foreword by 2014 Formula One World
Champion Lewis Hamilton."
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