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[GrumpyYoungMan]

Sir Stirling Moss has died - RIP

Edited by GrumpyYoungMan, 12 April 2020 - 09:55.

[Ellios]

RIP ! 

[Henri Greuter]

Oh!

 

We knew we got closer and closer to this day to happen. But now it is there, it hits hard.

 

Rest in peace Sir

 

Henri

[balmybaldwin]

Not a good start to the day hearing this. I hope it was peaceful and not related to this foul disease.  RIP A true Gentleman and Legend

[SophieB]

Lady Moss was at his bedside as he died, having nursed him through a long illness, at their Mayfair house. She told the Daily Mail: 'He died as he lived, looking wonderful.

 'He simply tired in the end and he just closed his beautiful eyes and that was that.'

 

 

https://www.dailymai...ng-tribute.html

 

[jonpollak]

God Bless that man.
He was a joy to behold.
Jp

[Ben1445]

90 years is pretty good going.

 

Time to celebrate a life well lived. 

[Ali_G]

RIP. Another one of the absolute greats from the early days of the WDC. An utter gentleman both on and off the track.

[klyster]

RIP Sir Moss  

[Ali_G]

90 years is pretty good going.

Time to celebrate a life well lived.

Incredible given just how many of his compatriots perished on the track.

[Coral]

Ohhh no, just heard this on the news. So sad.

 

RIP Sir Stirling...you will always be remembered!

[milestone 11]

RIP Sir Stirling. One of the true greats.

[Pete_f1]

RIP to a British sporting legend

[Beri]

Oh!

We knew we got closer and closer to this day to happen. But now it is there, it hits hard.

Rest in peace Sir

Henri

Can't agree more than to this. RIP to the last true hero of his era.

[HuddersfieldTerrier1986]

RIP to one of the few racers where the word 'legend' is not misplaced.

[ArchieTech]

RIP to a legend of the sport.

[midgrid]

Not unexpected given his age and health, but always sad when such a significant figure and link to the past is lost.

Denis Jenkinson's report on their victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia is one of the great pieces of motorsport reporting and is worth reading at this time.



Driving to victory at the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix.

[pRy]

RIP. What a life.

 

[Risil]

It's odd to think of a time when Britain's Grand Prix racers weren't implicitly assumed to have a place among the world's best. But that's where Moss came in. We'll all miss him.

[P123]

Doesn't seem so long ago that he was driving his old Mercs at Monza with Hamilton.  Almost an ever present in motor racing.  Farewell to a giant of the sport, and 90 is quite an age given the risks he faced, and other non-sport related scrapes!

 

Just a shame that in these times he'll not get the send-off he otherwise would have had.

[TomNokoe]

True racer. RIP.

[PlayboyRacer]

He was and is absolutely iconic. RIP Sir Stirling.

[Clrnc]

What a legend. RIP Sir Stirling. 

Edited by Clrnc, 12 April 2020 - 10:24.

[PayasYouRace]

Rest in peace, Legend.

 

This one has a personal tinge to it. My late grandfather once told me about a chance enounter with Sir Stirling in a London hotel bar in the 1950s, and he regretted not asking the great man for an autograph.

 

When he died three years ago, I'd hoped that one day I'd get to meet Moss and make up for that fact. Sadly, I didn't get the chance.

[Loosenut]

Farewell to a legend and a true sportsman. Cheers, Sir Stirling.

[JHSingo]

Briefly met him, and Murray, at the Silverstone Classic quite a few years ago. A nicer gentleman you could not wish to meet.

 

Even to this day, he still has to be up there on the lists of "greatest ever". RIP, Sir.

[cpbell]

Oh!

 

We knew we got closer and closer to this day to happen. But now it is there, it hits hard.

 

Rest in peace Sir

 

Henri

Indeed - I actually thought of him a few days ago in relation to Coronavirus and was worried that he might contract it.  Awful news, especially given the sombre atmosphere at present, and sad that his passing won't be given the attention it deserves.

[jondon]

Sad sad news. A true gentleman and legend.
RIP.

[thefinalapex]

Stirling moss was was before my time but i read a lot about this great man. Very sad, Rest in Peace and give um hell upstairs around infinite bends and straights..

[pdac]

R.I.P.

[RekF1]

RIP. When things get back to normal I'm sure he'll get a befitting tribute from the world of F1.

[GlenWatkins]

Godspeed Sir Moss!   

 

I was in the UK on business at Ford HQ in Dunton in the mid 90's and was staying at the hotel adjacent to Brands Hatch.  There just so happened to be a Bugatti event going on over the weekend and i was fortunate to have a chance encounter with Sir Stirling.  I was still fairly new to following F1 back then and knew he was an ex-F1 driver but it was not until many years later that I learned of his racing prowess.

  

 

[Yamamoto]

Rest in Peace. There will never be another quite like him.

[H0R]

Oh man, that's sad, as expected it might have been. Cheers, Stirling, and thanks for all the memories!

[PLAYLIFE]

Rest In Peace Sir Stirling Moss.

[Spillage]

Really terrible news. He seemed such a friendly man with a great sense of humour. RIP, my thoughts are with his family.

[messy]

Saw this in the nostalgia thread this morning before it was a announced and really didn’t want to believe it. He was way, way before my era, having retired from F1 25 years before I was even born - but he was probably the first racing driver I ever knew about because my Grandma adored him - him and Mike Hawthorn anyway - and I heard all these stories about the Mille Miglia mainly and saw the pictures and tried to imagine what it would be like - all the spectators lining the side of the track, The whole atmosphere, the adventure element (which Motorsport sorely lacks these days doesn’t it). So as I’ve grown up and way into adulthood I’ve held Sir Stirling up as THE living legend, really.

Such sad news, RIP.

Edited by messy, 12 April 2020 - 12:15.

[Astandahl]

Godspeed Champ.

[Jovanotti]

One of the great figures of F1. Sad to see him go, but what an amazing and long life he's lived. May he rest in peace.

[derstatic]

Rest in peace Sir! True legend of Motor Racing. 

[BuddyHolly]

One of the greats, RIP Sir.

[owenmahamilton]

Very sad news, rest in peace Sir Stirling, I hope I'm wrong but I have a feeling Murray Walker may well be the next to pass away.

[Bloggsworth]

Our heroes die, we should not regret, but celebrate the pleasure they gave us. RIP the world's most versatile driver.

[jjcale]

Way before my time watching racing but obviously we all know his reputation - never met him either - but from TV etc he came across as a thoroughly nice man. .... and I never heard a bad word about him - even in (post) modern times when his frequent references in many of his stories to "chasing crumpet", were less well received no one ever did more than slightly grumble.... and if that is the worst anyone ever said about him, he must have been as wonderful a fellow as he seemed on TV etc. 

 

RIP

[RogerStone]

RIP Sir Stirling.  A truer gentleman you will not find... 

[Makarias]

RIP

[potmotr]

A real legend. 

[noikeee]

Let's hope up there they give him the world champion trophy he deserved. Rest in peace.

[Ivanhoe]

Remembering him for maybe his biggest achievement. In a super strong field with factory Maserati’s, Aston Martins and Ferrari’s, he won the 1955 Mille Miglia with navigator Denis Jenkinson in the Mercedes 300 SLR, putting his more experienced team mate Fangio on more than 30 minutes. 
 

RIP Sir Legend.

 

This is how he looked post race

 

And this is the winning car, which started at 7:22 am (probably won’t get the chance to post it in the count up thread due to the high number)

Edited by Ivanhoe, 12 April 2020 - 20:55.

[GlenWatkins]

Way before my time watching racing but obviously we all know his reputation - never met him either - but from TV etc he came across as a thoroughly nice man. .... and I never heard a bad word about him - even in (post) modern times when his frequent references in many of his stories to "chasing crumpet", were less well received no one ever did more than slightly grumble.... and if that is the worst anyone ever said about him, he must have been as wonderful a fellow as he seemed on TV etc. 

 

RIP

 

I have found that Brits and Americans (me!) are often times separated by their common language.  Does chasing crumpets mean what I think it means?