Cars, crashes and crumpet - the original British boy-racer

Brian Viner Interviews: Fifty years after he became the first home-grown driver to win the British Grand Prix in a British car, the epitome of fast living talks Hamilton, Fangio and three-wheel scooters

Published: 06 July 2007

Moss with a picture of his former team-mate and 'hero' Juan Manuel Fangio whom he admired

Sir Stirling Moss has a big weekend ahead of him. His son is getting married tomorrow, and on Sunday he plans to be at Silverstone to see if Lewis Hamilton can win on home Tarmac. Moss considers Hamilton to be a racing driver just as prodigiously gifted as his hero, Juan Manuel Fangio, which is some endorsement, because he rates Fangio better than Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, or anyone else who has ever taken the chequered flag.

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