Drivers/United Kingdom
Stirling Moss
- 1951–1961
- MOS
- Born 17 September 1929 in West Kensington
- Died 12 April 2020
- Stirling Craufurd Moss
- Starts6667 entries
- Wins1624% of starts
- Podiums2436% of starts
- Pole positions1616× started from P1
- Fastest laps19
- Grand Slams1pole, win, fastest lap, every lap led
- Titles0best finish P2
Career numbers
- Avg grid position4.8
- Avg finish3.5
- Retirement rate44%
- Pole-to-win conversion50%
- Positions gained+28
- Points scored186.6
- Longest winning streak3
- Longest podium streak3
- Longest points-scoring streak7
- TeamsHWM (1951–1952) · ERA (1952) · Connaught (1952–1953) · Cooper (1953, 1958–1960) · Maserati (1954, 1956–1957) · Mercedes (1955) · Vanwall (1957–1958) · BRM (1959) · Lotus (1960–1961) · Ferguson (1961)
Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.
The career at a glance
Season by season
Every race
73 entries, 66 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entrySwiss Grand Prix 1951P8 · HWM
- First winBritish Grand Prix 1955P1 · Mercedes
- Last winGerman Grand Prix 1961P1 · Lotus
- Last startUnited States Grand Prix 1961DNF · Lotus
All 73 races, season by season
Against team-mates
Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.
| Team-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Brooks | 1957–1958 | 2:0 | 10:4 | −0.41% | 58 : 35 | Compare |
| Jim Clark | 1960–1961 | 4:1 | 10:1 | −0.99% | 32 : 15 | Compare |
| Stuart Lewis-Evans | 1957–1958 | 2:0 | 9:3 | −0.74% | 51 : 13 | Compare |
| Juan Manuel Fangio | 1954–1957 | 1:4 | 2:6 | +0.21% | 27 : 58 | Compare |
| Innes Ireland | 1960–1961 | 2:1 | 9:1 | −1.29% | 28 : 25 | Compare |
| Harry Schell | 1954–1960 | 1:1 | 8:2 | −3.48% | 14.6 : 6 | Compare |
| Jean Behra | 1956–1957 | 2:1 | 5:3 | −0.59% | 34 : 28 | Compare |
| Jack Brabham | 1956–1960 | 1:0 | 7:1 | −1.07% | 19 : 22 | Compare |
| Maurice Trintignant | 1959–1960 | 2:0 | 7:0 | −3.23% | 18 : 17 | Compare |
| Louis Rosier | 1954–1956 | 1:1 | 7:0 | −7.68% | 15 : 2 | Compare |
| Paco Godia | 1954–1956 | 2:0 | 6:0 | −10.70% | 16 : 6 | Compare |
| Roy Salvadori | 1953–1959 | 1:0 | 7:0 | −2.88% | 16.1 : 0 | Compare |
| Sergio Mantovani | 1954 | 1:1 | 5:0 | −1.89% | 4 : 4 | Compare |
| Luigi Villoresi | 1954–1956 | 0:0 | 7:0 | −2.22% | 16.1 : 2 | Compare |
| Masten Gregory | 1959–1961 | 1:0 | 6:0 | −1.69% | 10 : 10 | Compare |
| Karl Kling | 1955 | 1:0 | 4:1 | −0.89% | 22 : 5 | Compare |
| Bruce McLaren | 1959–1960 | 0:0 | 6:0 | −4.13% | 17 : 18 | Compare |
| Roberto Mieres | 1954 | 0:0 | 6:0 | −1.97% | 4.1 : 6 | Compare |
| Luigi Piotti | 1956–1957 | 2:0 | 3:0 | −11.69% | 10 : 0 | Compare |
| Birabongse Bhanudej | 1954 | 1:0 | 4:0 | −2.71% | 4.1 : 0 | Compare |
| Horace Gould | 1956 | 1:0 | 4:0 | −9.39% | 15 : 2 | Compare |
| Cesare Perdisa | 1956 | 1:0 | 4:0 | −3.66% | 9 : 3 | Compare |
| Ken Wharton | 1953–1954 | 0:0 | 5:0 | −2.69% | 0.1 : 0 | Compare |
| Ian Burgess | 1959–1961 | 1:0 | 4:0 | −6.79% | 8 : 0 | Compare |
| Carlos Menditéguy | 1956–1960 | 0:1 | 2:1 | −2.38% | 1 : 7 | Compare |
| Jo Bonnier | 1956–1959 | 0:1 | 3:0 | −0.50% | 17.5 : 0 | Compare |
| Piero Taruffi | 1955–1956 | 1:0 | 3:0 | −2.91% | 10 : 9 | Compare |
| Gerry Ashmore | 1961 | 1:0 | 3:0 | −7.18% | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Lucien Bianchi | 1961 | 0:0 | 3:0 | −6.32% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Henry Taylor | 1961 | 0:0 | 3:0 | −4.14% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Alan Brown | 1953 | 0:1 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Umberto Maglioli | 1956 | 0:0 | 3:0 | −3.94% | 16 : 0 | Compare |
| Bruce Halford | 1956 | 0:0 | 3:0 | −9.14% | 16 : 0 | Compare |
| Wolfgang Seidel | 1961 | 0:0 | 3:0 | −7.41% | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Tony Maggs | 1961 | 1:0 | 2:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Tony Marsh | 1961 | 1:0 | 2:0 | −6.23% | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Emmanuel de Graffenried | 1954–1956 | 1:0 | 2:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| John Surtees | 1960 | 0:0 | 2:1 | −1.89% | 16 : 0 | Compare |
| Jim Hall | 1960–1961 | 1:0 | 2:0 | – | 8 : 0 | Compare |
| Gerino Gerini | 1956 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 1.5 | Compare |
| Onofre Marimón | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:1 | – | 4.1 : 4.1 | Compare |
| Willy Mairesse | 1961 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| André Simon | 1955–1956 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ron Flockhart | 1954–1959 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 7.6 : 0 | Compare |
| Michael May | 1961 | 0:0 | 2:0 | −6.52% | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Rodney Nuckey | 1953 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Tim Parnell | 1961 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Kenneth McAlpine | 1952–1953 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Luigi Musso | 1954 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 6 | Compare |
| Jorge Daponte | 1954 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Colin Davis | 1959 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 8 : 0 | Compare |
| Giorgio Scarlatti | 1959 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 8 : 0 | Compare |
| Alan Stacey | 1960 | 0:0 | 2:0 | −2.63% | 11 : 0 | Compare |
| Cliff Allison | 1961 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Trevor Taylor | 1961 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Mário de Araújo Cabral | 1959 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| George Abecassis | 1951–1952 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Hans Herrmann | 1955 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 1 | Compare |
| José Froilán González | 1956 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Mike Hawthorn | 1956 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 4 | Compare |
| Chico Landi | 1956 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 1.5 | Compare |
| Alberto Uria | 1956 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Roberto Bonomi | 1960 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Bob Gerard | 1953 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ottorino Volonterio | 1954–1956 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Alberto Ascari | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0.3 : 0.1 | Compare |
| Jack Fairman | 1959–1961 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 8 : 0 | Compare |
| Dennis Poore | 1952 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Gaetano Starrabba | 1961 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Johnny Claes | 1953 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Lance Macklin | 1952 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Peter Collins | 1952 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Alejandro de Tomaso | 1959 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| George Constantine | 1959 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Lloyd Ruby | 1961 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Peter Ryan | 1961 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Olivier Gendebien | 1961 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Óscar González | 1956 | 0:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Stirling Moss came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.
Strongest circuits
Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.
| Circuit | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monza | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5.2 |
| Monaco | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Aintree | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Zandvoort | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Nürburgring | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3.5 |
| Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Boavista | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Spa-Francorchamps | 6 | 3 | 4 | |
| Reims-Gueux | 5 | 1 | 3.5 | |
| Silverstone | 4 | – | ||
| Bremgarten | 3 | 8 |