"I can remember going along a fast straight and overtaking a twin-engined aircraft that was flat-out at 140mph. I was doing roughly 190mph. That made me think, 'crikey, this really is a quick car'."
Some things are hard to forget. Fifty-seven years after his famous round trip from Brescia to Rome and back again, Sir Stirling Moss still got excited about the 1955 Mille Miglia as we sat down for an interview in his office on the ground floor of his Mayfair home. Surrounded by memorabilia from his remarkable career, he regarded that race as the finest of his 197 professional victories.