Mercedes

Moss, Me and the Mille Miglia

Byadmin 19/07/201818/06/2019

It is hard to imagine one motor race having such a big impact on the public. The Jaguar victories at Le Mans were reported in all the papers and there were even comments in the Commons I’m told, but Moss’ record-breaking win in the 1955 Mille Miglia took the country’s attention for weeks. I was…

Mercedes

Rennwagen

Byadmin 19/07/201828/07/2018

The big battle in grand prix motor racing in the late 1930s was between Auto Union and Mercedes. The latter were the first racing team to have dedicated car transporters, complete with workshops, tools and spares. A place for everything, including the race cars. Mercedes-Benz press image After a bit of unpleasantness between some…