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Stirling Moss

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The Resume

    (September 17, 1929-April 12, 2020)
    Born in London, United Kingdom
    Formula One driver
    Won 16 Formula One Grand Prix races
    Inducted into the International Motor Sports Hall of Fame (1990)
    Racing commentator for ABC's Wide World of Sports (1962-80)
    Narrated the animated series 'Roary the Racing Car'
    Knighted for services to motor sports (2000)

Why he might be annoying:

    He never won the Formula One championship.
    He was once pulled over for speeding and asked by the police officer, 'Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?'
    He was fined £50 and had his drivers license suspended for a year after he collided with a van while passing a car (1960).
    Talking about a possible film biography, he said he would not want 'a poofter or anything like that' playing him on screen (2013).
    He declared that women 'lacked the mental aptitude' for Formula One racing (2013).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was an excellent horse rider and jumper and made the down payment on his first race car with money he earned show jumping.
    He is often called the best Formula One driver to never win the championship.
    He lost the 1958 championship to Mike Hawthorn by a single point.
    During that racing season, Moss had successfully defended Hawthorn before officials at the Portuguese Grand Prix, preventing Hawthorn from being disqualified.
    He said, 'To me, the idea of driving for points goes against the whole point of racing.... If you're not trying to win at all costs, what on earth are you doing there?'
    He ended his competitive racing career after a crash at Goodwood Circuit put him in a coma for a month and left the left side of his body partially paralyzed for six months (1962).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 71 Votes: 47.89% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 81 Votes: 50.62% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying