Sir Stirling Moss helped Mercedes-Benz to truly leave its mark on the world of motorsports. — AFP pic
The 35-year-old Hamilton, a six-time world champion, became a friend of Moss despite the pair’s age difference and contrasting backgrounds. “Two people from massively different times and backgrounds but we clicked and ultimately found that the love for racing we both shared made us comrades.Meanwhile, three-time world champion Jackie Stewart, who came into Grand Prix racing shortly after Moss’s injury-enforced retirement in the early 1960s, told the BBC: “I think he’s probably the best example of a racing driver there’s ever been.
Moss won 212 of the 529 races he entered across all motor sport events, with 1996 Formula One world champion Damon Hill saying that was a staggering achievement.