SIR STIRLING MOSS HONOURED

On Monday this week at the Mallory Park circuit, a life-sized bronze statue of Sir Stirling Moss OBE was unveiled in his presence by the son of Chris Meek, the owner of the circuit, in front of an invited audience.

Among those paying tribute to Sir Stirling at the unveiling were John Surtees, Raymond Baxter, Charles Morgan of Morgan Cars, Chris Meek and Tim Parnell and Roger Lane-Nott of the BRDC.

Also present at the unveiling were 20 race cars representative of those he drove during his racing career including his first, a 2.5-litre Cooper Alta, a number of Lotuses amongst which was his most famous, the Lotus 18 which he drove to victory in the 1961 Monaco GP and examples of Jaguars, Ferraris, Vanwalls and Maseratis.

The afternoon saw Stirling, along with Lady Moss, taking time to talk to as many of his guests as possible, before going on to sign his latest book, the 1961 Stirling Moss Scrapbook, which includes many unseen images from his personal collection.

A sentiment expressed, to which all agreed, was that ‘he continue to compete in historic racing as he inspired others to take part in motor sport’ to which he replied ’I will race for the foreseeable future, so long as Lady Moss does not object!’

Stirling was overwhelmed by the turnout of his close friends and family saying that ‘it is enormously honouring to have a statue unveiled in recognition of your career’ and thanked everyone present for attending.

Few can have done more to bring motorsport to a wider public. Keep it up, Stirling...