SIR STERLING MOSS IS ONE OF THE SURVIVING ICONS OF FORMULA 1 RACING FROM THE 1950′s
A notice came from Sports Car Market:
BBC News: Sir Stirling won 16 F1 Grand Prix races in his illustrious career
SCM has learned that British Formula One racing legend Sir Stirling Moss suffered broken bones and other injuries when he fell down an elevator shaft at his home this past Saturday. Following surgery, the 80-year-old is recovering at the Royal London Hospital.
Moss had been scheduled to appear at the Amelia Island Concours this weekend as part of the seminar “The Three Greats: Petty, Moss, and Garlits.”
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A detailed press release was posted at StirlingMoss.com:
Following an accident at his home in Mayfair on Saturday evening, as a result of a lift malfunction, Sir Stirling Moss suffered two broken ankles, four broken bones to his foot, skin abrasions and four chipped vertebrae. He is now comfortable and recovering in a London hospital after surgery to both ankles.
The family are very relieved that Stirling survived the fall, demonstrating that his body still has the same resilience to injury as it did in his racing days. He is comfortable, following a good night’s rest post surgery, and is well on the road to recovery.
It is expected that it will take up to 6 weeks for him to recover from his injuries.
The family would like to thank everyone, on behalf of Stirling, for their messages of support.
Updates will be posted here: http://twitter.com/StirlingMossCom
Moss at the Nürburgring in 1961 (wikipedia)
PERSONAL EMAIL FROM SIR STERLING MOSS
Recently, a long personal email from Moss was relayed by Sports Car Market. I think this segment would be of interest to our readers:
THE AMBULANCE WAS CALLED AND ARRIVED AT RACING SPEED, WHEREUPON THEY PUT ME ONTO A SERIES OF ABOUT 10 STRETCHERS! HAVING FINALLY SETTLED ON WHAT MUST HAVE SEEMED A GOOD ONE, I WAS TAKEN, ALONG WITH MY FAMILY TO THE ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL IN WHITECHAPEL, WHERE THEY USED ANOTHER BATCH OF SIMILAR STRETCHERS!
THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF HELPING ME, BUT WERE UNABLE TO DO THE REQUISITE SURGERY. SO, ON THE SUNDAY, I WAS MOVED TO THE PRINCESS GRACE, WHERE A FANTASTICALLY EFFICIENT, KIND AND AMUSING STAFF DID ALL THE JOBS.
I AM NOW IN A LOVELY ROOM, NUMBER 222, AND WITH THE HELP OF ELLIOT AND THE PORTER, AM FINALLY ON THE EMAIL. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEND THIS TO YOU, BUT I WILL TRY!
Pretty wired for an 80 year old (wikipedia entry)
Mike “FossilMedic” Ward
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