Published: Today 11:13 ► Expert analysis of his highs and lows ► Insights into the man behind the legend Plenty of people have never won the Formula 1 world championship, but few have done so well out of not quite managing to claim the sport’s biggest crown. Stirling Moss, who died a year ago (on 12 April 2020), was that great rarity: a sportsman who was a household name well beyond followers of his sport. There’s no denying that his racing career was great, but how he conducted himself in his retirement from top-flight racing, following a horrendous crash in 1962, was itself a glittering and well sustained post-career career.