Doing some detective work

I have signed autograph of Stirling Moss that I knew had been shot at Monaco in the early 1960’s. At the bottom of this blog note.

I did some research as the authentication certificate was a not clear. It turns out this race was Lotus’s first ever Grand Prix win on 29 May 1960. But, it was a privately entered Rob Walker car a Lotus 18 Cooper with Stirling driving in his number 28 car. It was on pole…ahead of the three Lotus team cars.

He fell back at the start to third and then to second an on lap 17 overtook Jo Bonnier in his BRM (number 2) at the Loewes’ corner (at the time called Station) and I have photo on the overtake as his waves his customary hand to thank the driver he has just passed.

Below the edited highlights of this race and to add a bit more context some of the rushes from Grand Prix the 1966 film with James Garner as the lead I remember as a 10 year old.

Historic motorsport legend Sir Stirling Moss at Race Retro Stoneleigh Park. He won again in 1961 in the Rob Walker Lotus Cooper. This time as number 20. Tragically his career cut short in 1962 at the well documented crash at Goodwood.