Autosport magazine celebrate the career of Stirling, or as he was known at the height of his career, "Mr Motor Racing", in this week’s edition, dated 5th January 2012. The four feature articles, across sixteen pages, focus on his Maserati years, which established him as a serious Formula One contender, his career stats, on what could have been an epic rivalry with Jim Clark and the Vanwall race car, which took him to his second British Grand Prix win in 1957 alongside Tony Brooks.

Moss makes his mark in a Masser

The article covers Stirling's early races in what he considered was a proper "F1 car", the Maserati 250F, purchased by his father and his then manager, Ken Gregory, unbeknown to Stirling, for £5,500, the same cost as a Supermarine Spitfire fighter plane some ten years earlier.

Stirling Silverware

Racing fans love their stats, Stirling's career though wasn't just about Formula One, he is not recognised as one of the greatest all-round racing drivers just because of his single seater prowess, this article looks at his sportscar, touring car and rallying successes.

Glimpse of the battle that never was

Jim Clark was making the Lotus team his own and Stirling, despite a spate a number of years earlier, had made his peace with Enzo and was going to race Ferrari's on his terms. 1962 and beyond could have sparked an epic rivalry, Stirling certainly thinks so.

Great Car: Vanwall

The car that finally gave Stirling, a great British patriot, the win he so dearly wanted, the British Grand Prix in a British car in 1957. The article looks at the Vanwall Formula One race car in detail.