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|August 2025
A secret Mercedes commemoration of its 1955 British GP win at Aintree gave modern F1 hero George Russell a chance to ride in honour of Moss and Fangio
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Seventy years on from its first postwar grand prix win, Mercedes-Benz hasn't forgotten the significance of Stirling Moss's landmark Aintree victory in the summer of 1955. That's why the German carmaker wheeled out one of its glorious W196s, took it back to the Liverpool race course and gave its current Formula 1 star George Russell a golden chance to briefly slip into Moss's racing shoes.
Or more accurately Juan Manuel Fangio's. For this was chassis 000 13/55 in which - as Mike Doodson has already covered - the 'Maestro' was either beaten or displayed generous discretion, depending on what you choose to believe of that July 16, 1955 race.
This story is from the August 2025 edition of Motor Sport Magazine.
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