‘Safe and Sound’  Endorsee – Sir. Stirling Moss OBE

“I often get approached to put my name to products and services but when I was introduced to ‘Safe and Sound’ I knew this was something that was valuable for the consumer… a car warranty product that goes further and adds value – a product that is good for the car buyer and good for the industry. We all know buying a car is a big decision and this product brings with it peace of mind – removing those niggling doubts about safety, car history, real mileage and even if you’re paying a fair price. I am pleased to have my name associated with ‘Safe and Sound’; it’s a winning product for motorists in the UK.”

Sir Stirling Moss OBE is arguably the greatest motor racing driver of all time, a true icon and a household name. His name is synonymous with winning, and so the WMS Group were delighted when Stirling agreed to personally endorse the ‘Safe and Sound’ scheme.

Known during his career as ‘Mr Motor Racing’, Stirling became a professional driver in 1948, at the age of 18, racing a Cooper 500. His early career was meteoric, 1955 was a seminal year; he was signed by Mercedes-Benz, the famed “Silver Arrows”, to partner the legendary World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio. That year saw Stirling shadow the great Argentine in most of the Grand Prix races, famously beating him to win the British Grand Prix at Aintree racing the Mercedes-Benz W196 Monoposto.  In 1955 he finished runner-up to Juan Manuel Fangio in the drivers’ standings for the first of three times, while in 1958 he finished just a point behind champion Mike Hawthorn – Moss even helping Hawthorn avoid a potentially decisive points penalty in Portugal.

Sir Stirling led the changeover to rear-engine Formula 1 cars with the Cooper-Climax, achieving the first victory for such a car at the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix. The 1961 Monaco Grand Prix was later to become his third Formula 1 victory around Principality and is still regarded as one of the best Formula 1 races to date after he raced a Lotus 18 against the more powerful Ferrari’s.

During his remarkable career he raced to victory in 212 historic races out of the 529 entered and drove 107 different types of car across all classes of motor sport.  Stirling continued to compete until 1962 when a near-fatal accident in the Glover Trophy at Goodwood left him in a coma for a month and paralysed the left side of his body. This accident led to a sad decision to retire from the top echelons of the sport.

Once the decision to retire from competitive motoring racing was made, Stirling expanded his commercial interests with the same vigour that he employed when racing, chief amongst these being his property business, which he runs to this day with his family.  Despite his retirement from competitive motor racing Stirling continued to race in historic cars and legends events, however on the 9th June 2011 Sir Stirling Moss decided to officially retire from motor racing at the age of 81, after “scaring” himself trying to qualify at Le Mans for the Legends race in his restored Porsche RS61.

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