Showing posts with label W196. Show all posts
Showing posts with label W196. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Sir Moss�s Gift

In the past year or so, I�ve been lucky enough to become friends with a gentleman from Scotland named John.

We share the same passion for motorsports history, and it�s heroes. One of our shared heroes is Sir Stirling Moss, who happens to be an acquaintance of John�s.

John had the great idea of asking Sir Moss to autograph one of my limited editions, namely my triptych of him winning the 1955 British Grand Prix in a Mercedes W196.



The signed print has just arrived, and I�m thrilled to the bone!

A huge THANK YOU to my friend John, and to his friend Sir Stirling Moss!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

British Grand Prix 1955

1955 was a very big year for racer Sir Stirling Moss.

The Mercedes-Benz racing team had recruited him because of his strong placings in previous years in all classes of racing cars.

That year, he had won the grueling Targa Florio sports car race with teammate Peter Collins, and the very long and dangerous Mille Miglia with navigator/journalist Denis Jenkinson.


He was also driving the Mercedes-Benz Formula 1 cars in which he won his first Grand Prix race, the British GP at Aintree on July 16th, ahead of his illustrious teammate Juan Manuel Fangio.

He would finish in second place in the season, and also in the following three seasons.

The above new 22�x 7� limited edition archival Giclee print is available to celebrate Sir Moss� first Formula 1 win; you can order it by emailing me at paul.chenard@hotmail.com