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Sir Stirling Moss was widely regarded as the greatest F1 driver never to have won the title.

Moss finished second in the championship in four consecutive years from 1955 to 1958. In the first three of those the title was claimed by Juan Manuel Fangio, whom Moss partnered at Mercedes in 1955.

The pair often ran at the front of the field, Fangio lading, Moss observing, studying the style of the man revered as ‘Maestro’.

At Aintree that year Moss narrowly edged Fangio to the line, claiming his first world championship race win, but was left to whether Fangio had graced him a victory on home ground.

After three wins for Vanwall in 1957 – including a shared victory at Aintree with team mate Tony Brooks – Moss headed into 1958 as a strong contender for the title.

Fangio retired early in the year and Moss won four times.

But reliability problems left him trailing Ferrari’s Mike Hawthorn, who had won just one race. Moss did not help his cause – but sh