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Sir Stirling Moss back in action
After his horrific elevator accident in March this year, in which he broke both ankles, four bones in a foot and also left him with four chipped vertebrae, Sir Stirling Moss is back on his feet again, and as expected, back in a racing car. After his accident the 80-year old racing legend underwent surgery in a London hospital and made a speedy recovery, according to his friends a few days after his surgery he was already 'chasing' the nurses at the hospital. Moss was earlier this month present at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 9, where he apologized to his fans for not being able to drive the Lotus 16 during the hill climb competition. Instead he drove a Mercedes-Benz AMG SLC despite not being fully recovered from his injuries.
Last weekend the Briton was back at Silverstone for the annual Silverstone Classic Racing Festival, on Friday he was behind the wheel of his 1956 OSCA FS 327 to qualify for the RAC Woodcote Trophy on Saturday. Moss jokingly said before the event, "It will be good to get back to racing a car again, a wheel chair is not as fast." After qualifying Moss was very optimistic about his race return, "I feel great and I'm absolutely ready to go racing again. The Silverstone Classic is a lovely meeting to make my comeback event." Moss was aiming to beat British musician Chris Rea, who had qualified just in front of him in his1955 Lotus 6. Rea is also a fan of the Silverstone Classic, "I've done the event many times before and it is my favorite weekend of the year," he said.
Moss, who will drive the OSCA together with his co-driver Ian Nutall, said just before he left the circuit on Friday to prepare for the race on Saturday, "We must beat Rea, that's what we need to do tomorrow." On Saturday during the race he was in front of Rea, as promised. Unfortunately for him, his OSCA ran into problems just ten minutes before the end of the one hour race. He pulled into the pit lane and his crew found there was a problem with the gearbox. A disappointed Moss about his retirement, "She [the car] was stuck in fourth gear and I couldn't get it to come out. That's a bit too high a gear to become jammed in. Third I could have coped with. But we were flying and I've really enjoyed it." His retirement meant that Rea and co-driver Richard Hodson in the Lotus 6 won RAC Woodcote Trophy for Pre 1956 Sports Cars.
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