Lotus 19
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The Lotus 19 or Monte Carlo is a mid-engine sports-racing car designed by Colin Chapman of Lotus and built from 1960 until 1962.
Lotus Mk 19 # 952 at Hockenheim Historic 2021
Stirling Moss
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Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss was a British racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1951 to 1961. Widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers to never win the Formula One World
Lotus 19
…was improved in its reliability for the Lotus 18. American-engined examples mostly had a Colotti transaxle. Chapman named the car Monte Carlo to honor Stirling Moss for his win at the 1960 Monaco Grand Prix. Lotus' first F1 victory. This is said to have mimicked and declared competition against the Cooper Monaco…
Moss in 1958
Moss shared this Vanwall VW5 with Tony Brooks to win the 1957 British Grand Prix.
"Stirling Moss" script and a British flag on a 1958 Maserati 420M/58 he raced in the Race of Two Worlds on Monza. The very same script was printed on the Maserati MC20 prototype in honour of the driver.
Moss (left) with Innes Ireland at the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix