More than 2,000 people are expected to gather at the Abbey to celebrate the racing career of Sir Stirling Moss that included landmark wins at the Monaco Grand Prix, the Mille Miglia, and the Targa Florio, each solidifying the Englishman’s status as a legend of motorsport. Often regarded as the greatest driver to never win the F1 world championship, he finished as runner-up for four consecutive seasons from 1955 to 1958.
A crash at Goodwood in 1962 ended his full-time professional racing career, but he remained active in motorsport for many decades as a popular and hugely respected figure. A regular attendee of the Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard and the Goodwood Revival, he announced his official retirement from racing in 2011 at the age of 81.
Moss’ son, Stirling Elliot Moss, and daughter-in-law, Helen Jane Moss, have planned a send-off that wasn’t possible at the time of the racing hero’s death during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.