Forty-two years after he retired from competitive motor racing Sir Stirling Moss remains Britain’s best-known racing driver. Speeding motorists are still likely to be pulled up and greeted by traffic policemen with the cheery words “Who do you think you are? Stirling Moss?” Though Moss never won the Formula 1 World Championship, he was British champion ten times and won the fastest Mille Miglia. His career ended after an unexplained crash at Goodwood on Easter Day 1962. He has co-authored 16 books on motor racing and been the subject of two biographies. He continues to make public appearances at motor-racing events such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed. He lives in Mayfair and he also owns a town house in Florida. He has been married to his third wife Susie for almost 25 years. Knighted by the Queen when he was 70, Sir Stirling Moss is 75 today.
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