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Mercedes pays tribute to Stirling Moss at Silverstone

©Mercedes Mercedes' cars will carry a special tribute emblem on their front nose for this weekend's 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, a badge honoring the memory of the great Stirling Moss who passed away earlier this year at 90. Moss - who drove for Mercedes in F1 in 1955 and finished runner-up in the world championship behind teammate Juan Manuel Fangio - often raced with a horseshoe logo on his cars. The image includes seven holes, a lucky number for the Moss family which took a keen interest in horse riding. According to the team, the tribute was suggested by F1 historian Doug Nye. "Sir Stirling was a larger-than-life figure in our sport and one of the survivors of an age when motor...
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