Lap Ledger1950–2027 · every championship race

Driver · United Kingdom · born

Sir Stirling Moss

Runner-up four consecutive years (1955-58) and third three times. Universally called the greatest driver never to win the championship.

British racing greenUnited Kingdom's international racing colour, under the convention that painted a car for the country that entered it, as it stood when Team Lotus raced in 1961. Not the team's own livery.

Seasons
1951–196111 with an entry
Entries
67
Starts
661 did not start
Wins
16
Podiums
24
Poles
16
Fastest laps
19
Best finish
P1

Where each championship finished

P1P3P6P9P12P1319521954195619581960

Final championship position by season, ringed for a title. No dot: not in the final standings, or excluded. Dots are coloured for each season’s final team: the entrant’s national racing colour, not the team’s.

The numbers behind this chart, Where each championship finished
Where each championship finished
SeasonConstructorPositionPoints
1954Maserati134.14
1955Mercedes223
1956Maserati227
1957Vanwall225
1958Vanwall241
1959Cooper325.5
1960Team Lotus319
1961Team Lotus321

Season by season

Season by season
SeasonConstructorEntriesWinsPodiumsPolesFLBestChampionshipPoints scored
1961Team Lotus82211P1321
1960Team Lotus,Cooper62342P1319
1959Cooper,BRM82344P1325.5
1958Vanwall,Cooper104533P1241
1957Vanwall,Maserati63323P1225
1956Maserati72413P1228
1955Mercedes61312P1223
1954Maserati60101P3134.14
1953Cooper,Connaught40000P6—0
1952HWM,ERA,Connaught50000——0
1951HWM10000P8—0
“Points scored” adds up every point from the races. The championship column is where the season actually finished, which before 1991 could be lower once dropped scores were applied. Open a season for its full table.

Team-mates

Team-mates
SeasonTeam-mateConstructorRacesQualifyingRacePoints
1961Jim ClarkTeam Lotus87–13–121–11
1961Innes IrelandTeam Lotus76–1none18–12
1961Henry TaylorTeam Lotus54–0none9–0
1961Wolfgang SeidelTeam Lotus54–0none9–0
1961Ian BurgessTeam Lotus44–0none3–0
1961Gerry AshmoreTeam Lotus33–01–09–0
1961Lucien BianchiTeam Lotus33–0none0–0
1961Michael MayTeam Lotus33–0none18–0
1961Tony MarshTeam Lotus33–01–09–0
1961Cliff AllisonTeam Lotus21–01–09–0
1961Masten GregoryTeam Lotus22–0none0–0
1961Tim ParnellTeam Lotus22–0none0–0
1961Tony MaggsTeam Lotus22–01–09–0
1961Willy MairesseTeam Lotus22–0none0–0
1961Gaetano StarrabbaTeam Lotus11–0none0–0
1961Jim HallTeam Lotus11–0none0–0
1961Juan Manuel BordeuTeam Lotus1—none0–0
1961Lloyd RubyTeam Lotus11–0none0–0
1961Olivier GendebienTeam Lotus11–0none0–0
1961Peter RyanTeam Lotus11–0none0–0
1961Trevor TaylorTeam Lotus11–01–03–0
1960Bruce McLarenCooper11–00–10–8
1960Carlos MenditeguyCooper11–01–00–3
1960Harry SchellCooper11–0none0–0
1960Maurice TrintignantCooper11–00–00–0
1960Roberto BonomiCooper11–01–00–0
1960Sir Jack BrabhamCooper11–0none0–0
1960Innes IrelandTeam Lotus55–02–119–13
1960Jim ClarkTeam Lotus44–01–011–6
1960Alan StaceyTeam Lotus33–0none11–0
1960John SurteesTeam Lotus32–1none16–0
1960Jim HallTeam Lotus11–01–08–0
1960Mike TaylorTeam Lotus11–0none0–0
1959Harry SchellBRM21–11–07.5–3
1959Jo BonnierBRM22–0none7.5–0
1959Ron FlockhartBRM22–0none7.5–0
1959Maurice TrintignantCooper66–02–018–17
1959Sir Jack BrabhamCooper65–11–018–22
1959Bruce McLarenCooper55–0none17–10
1959Masten GregoryCooper44–01–010–10
1959Ian BurgessCooper22–01–08–0
1959Roy SalvadoriCooper22–0none0–0
1959Alain de ChangyCooper11–0none0–0
1959Alejandro de TomasoCooper11–0none0–0
1959Colin DavisCooper11–01–08–0
1959George ConstantineCooper11–0none0–0
1959Giorgio ScarlattiCooper11–01–08–0
1959Harry SchellCooper11–0none0–0
1959Ivor BuebCooper11–0none0–0
1959Jack FairmanCooper11–0none8–0
1959Jean LucienbonnetCooper11–0none0–0
1959Lucien BianchiCooper11–0none0–0
1959Mário de Araújo CabralCooper11–01–09–0
1958Tony BrooksVanwall96–3none33–24
1958Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall86–21–032–11
1957Carlos MenditeguyMaserati11–00–11–4
1957Harry SchellMaserati11–00–11–3
1957Jean BehraMaserati11–00–11–6
1957Jo BonnierMaserati11–00–11–0
1957Juan Manuel FangioMaserati11–00–11–8
1957Luigi PiottiMaserati11–01–01–0
1957Tony BrooksVanwall54–12–024–11
1957Stuart Lewis-EvansVanwall43–12–024–2
1956Jean BehraMaserati74–33–128–22
1956Cesare PerdisaMaserati55–01–019–3
1956Louis RosierMaserati55–03–019–2
1956Luigi VilloresiMaserati55–01–020–2
1956Paco GodiaMaserati55–03–020–6
1956Horace GouldMaserati44–01–018–2
1956Bruce HalfordMaserati33–0none16–0
1956Luigi PiottiMaserati33–01–015–0
1956Roy SalvadoriMaserati33–01–016–0
1956Umberto MaglioliMaserati33–0none16–0
1956Gerino GeriniMaserati21–01–09–1.5
1956Mike HawthornMaserati22–0none3–4
1956Alberto UriaMaserati11–0none0–0
1956André SimonMaserati11–0none1–0
1956Carlos MenditeguyMaserati10–1none0–0
1956Chico LandiMaserati11–0none0–1.5
1956Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati11–01–09–0
1956Harry SchellMaserati11–0none6–0
1956Jo BonnierMaserati1—none9–0
1956Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati10–1none0–0
1956Louis ChironMaserati1—none8–0
1956Ottorino VolonterioMaserati11–0none6–0
1956Piero TaruffiMaserati11–0none1–0
1956Sir Jack BrabhamMaserati11–0none1–0
1956Óscar GonzálezMaserati1—none0–0
1955Juan Manuel FangioMercedes61–51–323–41
1955Karl KlingMercedes54–11–023–5
1955Hans HerrmannMercedes21–00–01–1
1955Piero TaruffiMercedes22–01–010–9
1955André SimonMercedes11–0none0–0
1954Roberto MieresMaserati66–0none4.14–6
1954Sergio MantovaniMaserati55–01–14–4
1954Birabongse BhanudejMaserati44–01–04.14–0
1954Harry SchellMaserati43–1none0.14–0
1954Ken WhartonMaserati44–0none0.14–0
1954Luigi VilloresiMaserati33–0none0.14–0
1954Onofre MarimonMaserati32–1none4.14–4.14
1954Louis RosierMaserati22–00–10–0
1954Luigi MussoMaserati22–0none0–6
1954Alberto AscariMaserati11–0none0.14–0.14
1954Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati11–0none0–0
1954Giovanni de RiuMaserati11–0none0–0
1954Jorge DaponteMaserati11–01–00–0
1954Juan Manuel FangioMaserati10–10–14–9
1954Ottorino VolonterioMaserati1—none0–0
1954Paco GodiaMaserati11–0none0–0
1954Ron FlockhartMaserati1—none0.14–0
1954Roy SalvadoriMaserati11–0none0.14–0
1953Johnny ClaesConnaught11–0none0–0
1953Kenneth McAlpineConnaught11–0none0–0
1953Roy SalvadoriConnaught11–0none0–0
1953Alan BrownCooper22–00–10–0
1953Ken WhartonCooper22–0none0–0
1953Bob GerardCooper10–1none0–0
1953Helm GlöcklerCooper11–0none0–0
1953Rodney NuckeyCooper11–01–00–0
1952Dennis PooreConnaught11–0none0–0
1952Kenneth McAlpineConnaught11–0none0–0
1952George AbecassisHWM11–0none0–0
1952Lance MacklinHWM11–0none0–0
1952Peter CollinsHWM10–1none0–0
1951George AbecassisHWM11–0none0–0
Show all 125 team-mate seasonsShow the first 10, Team-mates
A team-mate is anyone entered for the same constructor in the same Grand Prix, and each pair of figures is Sir Stirling Moss’s first. Races counts every Grand Prix both were entered for, started or not. Qualifying counts the races both have a qualifying position in; Race only those both were classified in, so a retirement on either side counts for neither, and reads none where there was no such race; Points are each driver’s own from those Grands Prix, before any dropped scores and without Sprint points. Before the 1980s a constructor’s cars were often entered by private teams as well as its own, so a pairing then can be two drivers who never shared a garage. The figures say who was ahead, not who was better.

Compare Sir Stirling Moss with any other driver

Every entry 67 entries

Every entry
SeasonGrand PrixConstructorChassisGridResultOutLapsPoints
1961United States Grand PrixTeam Lotus—3DNFEngine580
1961Italian Grand PrixTeam Lotus—11DNFWheel bearing360
1961German Grand PrixTeam Lotus—31Finished159
1961British Grand PrixTeam Lotus—5DNFBrakes440
1961French Grand PrixTeam Lotus—4DNFBrakes310
1961Belgian Grand PrixTeam Lotus—88Finished300
1961Dutch Grand PrixTeam Lotus—44Finished753
1961Monaco Grand PrixTeam Lotus—11Finished1009
1960United States Grand PrixTeam Lotus1811Finished758
1960Portuguese Grand PrixTeam Lotus184DSQDSQ500
1960Belgian Grand PrixTeam Lotus18—DNSInjury in practice—0
1960Dutch Grand PrixTeam Lotus1814Finished753
1960Monaco Grand PrixTeam Lotus1811Finished1008
1960Argentine Grand PrixCooperT5113Suspension400
1959United States Grand PrixCooperT511DNFTransmission50
1959Italian Grand PrixCooperT5111Finished728
1959Portuguese Grand PrixCooperT5111Finished629
1959German Grand PrixCooperT512DNFTransmission10
1959British Grand PrixBRMP2572Finished756.5
1959French Grand PrixBRMP254DSQPush start421
1959Dutch Grand PrixCooperT513DNFGearbox631
1959Monaco Grand PrixCooperT511DNFTransmission810
1958Moroccan Grand PrixVanwallVW 521Finished539
1958Italian Grand PrixVanwallVW 51DNFGearbox170
1958Portuguese Grand PrixVanwallVW 511Finished508
1958German Grand PrixVanwallVW 53DNFMagneto31
1958British Grand PrixVanwallVW 51DNFEngine250
1958French Grand PrixVanwallVW 562Finished506
1958Belgian Grand PrixVanwallVW 53DNFEngine00
1958Dutch Grand PrixVanwallVW 521Finished759
1958Monaco Grand PrixVanwallVW 58DNFEngine380
1958Argentine Grand PrixCooper—71Finished808
1957Italian Grand PrixVanwallVW 521Finished878
1957Pescara Grand PrixVanwallVW 521Finished189
1957German Grand PrixVanwallVW 575Finished222
1957British Grand PrixVanwallVW 511Engine515
1957Monaco Grand PrixVanwallVW 53DNFAccident40
1957Argentine Grand PrixMaserati250F18Finished931
1956Italian Grand PrixMaserati250F61Finished509
1956German Grand PrixMaserati250F42Finished226
1956British Grand PrixMaserati250F1DNFAxle941
1956French Grand PrixMaserati250F85Gearbox121
1956Belgian Grand PrixMaserati250F23Wheel103
1956Monaco Grand PrixMaserati250F21Finished1008
1956Argentine Grand PrixMaserati250F7DNFEngine810
1955Italian Grand PrixMercedesW1962DNFEngine271
1955British Grand PrixMercedesW19611Finished909
1955Dutch Grand PrixMercedesW19622Finished1006
1955Belgian Grand PrixMercedesW19632Finished366
1955Monaco Grand PrixMercedesW19639Finished810
1955Argentine Grand PrixMercedesW19684Fuel system291
1954Spanish Grand PrixMaserati—6DNFOil pump200
1954Italian Grand PrixMaserati—310Finished710
1954Swiss Grand PrixMaserati—3DNFOil pump210
1954German Grand PrixMaserati250F3DNFWheel bearing10
1954British Grand PrixMaserati250F4DNFAxle800.14
1954Belgian Grand PrixMaserati250F93Finished354
1953Italian Grand PrixCooper—1013Finished700
1953German Grand PrixCooper—126Finished170
1953French Grand PrixCooper—13DNFClutch380
1953Dutch Grand PrixConnaughtA99Finished830
1952Italian Grand PrixConnaughtA9DNFSuspension600
1952Dutch Grand PrixERAG18DNFEngine730
1952British Grand PrixERAG16DNFEngine360
1952Belgian Grand PrixERAG10DNFEngine00
1952Swiss Grand PrixHWM—9DNFWithdrew240
1951Swiss Grand PrixHWM51148Finished400
Show all 67 entriesShow the first 10, Every entry

Where this comes from

Born
Died
Nationality
United Kingdom
Status
deceased
Wins
16 derived · 16 published
Poles
16 derived · 16 published
Fastest laps
19 derived
External source
F1DB career totals, v2026.18.0
Confidence
high
Source
https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers

Entries is counted here from the race records, one for every race a driver was entered for, and wins, podiums and poles are counted the same way and checked against the published totals on every build. Starts is counted from those records too: an entry is a start unless the result the source printed says it never was - did not qualify, pre-qualify, start or practise, or excluded before the start - so a pit-lane start counts and so does a retirement on the first lap. The published entry and start figures are a separate count kept for the few drivers who have one, reached by rules this database does not hold. Where a published figure and the counted one disagree, both are shown and neither is corrected.