Title

Stirling Moss, winner of the British Grand Prix, Aintree, 1955. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Stirling Moss, winner of the British Grand Prix, Aintree, 1955. With the winner's laurel wreath, surrounded by wellwishers. Moss began his career in 1947 driving a BMW 328. In 1955 he won his first Grand Prix at Aintree driving a Mercedes, and in 1956 went on to win the Monaco and Italian Grands Prix driving for the Maserati team. In 1957 he was team leader in a British Vanwall, and beat the Maserati and Ferrari teams at Monza in the Italian Grand Prix. He drove Coopers and Lotuses through to 1961, and retired after an accident at Goodwood in 1962.
Beaulieu (England), National Motor Museum

Date

1955

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/National Motor Museum

Reference

HRM19A86_029

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,0Mb (1,7Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5307 x 3554 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male sport crowd man men guy winning century winner gp supporter sportsman concept motor racing B&W Liverpool Merseyside motor sport Grand Prix motor race MONOCHROME fifties 1950s laurel wreath black & white black and white B W 20th century British Grand Prix National Motor Museum Aintree decade motor racing circuit racing driver TGN Stirling Moss photograph Unknown Moss Stirling S Moss photograph