Mark Skaife announces retirement as an enduro driver

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Originally Posted by BlueMax

Stirling Moss has just retired from Historic Racing in Europe, I think Sir Stirling is about 82-83. The reason- Racing at Lemans this year in Historics he says that to win he had to push himself harder and drive faster if he wanted to be up the front.
He wasn't prepared to drive that fast anymore.

What was the injury that ended Sir Stirling's F1 career?

I'd hazard a guess that he's earnt a lot more by not racing in F1, given that fact that he has such an amazingly long career. Must be some serious dollars there somewhere to have made it all happen, but you can't argue that Sir Stirling and Sir Jack aren't true icons of the sport.

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Originally Posted by Just Do It!

What was the injury that ended Sir Stirling's F1 career?

"In 1962, Moss was badly injured in a crash at Goodwood in a Lotus in the Glover Trophy. The accident put him in a coma for one month and partially paralyzed the left side of his body for six months. He recovered but decided to retire from racing after a private test session in a Lotus 19 the next year. During this session, he lapped a few tenths slower than before, and did not feel he had the command of the car to which he was accustomed."


LINK:wiki/Stirling_Moss