Pat Moss
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Patricia Ann Moss-Carlsson (mostly Pat Moss ; born December 27, 1934 in Thames Ditton , Surrey , † October 14, 2008 in Tring ) was a British rally driver .
Life
Pat Moss was born to Alfred and Aileen Moss (nee Craufurd). She was the younger sister of the Formula 1 driver Stirling Moss . Before her motorsport career, she was successful as a show jumper. At a Royal Windsor Show in August 1945, King George gave Pat Moss the Victor Ludorum Prize for best performance of the day. In 1950, Moss was even a member of the Olympic show jumping team in her country.
She was married to the Swedish rally driver Erik Carlsson from 1963 . Moss wrote the autobiography The Story So Far (1967) and co-authored the book The Art and Technique of Driving (1965) with her husband . This book was published under the title Master School for Automobile Drivers in Germany and published several times from 1966 to 1972.
Pat Moss died of cancer in 2008.
Motorsport career
In 1953 Moss started the first club rallies. One year later, Moss tried to build on initial successes with his own Triumph TR2 . A request for a share in the costs of Standard-Triumph for the RAC Rally was however brusquely rejected according to own statement.
MG offered Moss on the other hand a factory-owned MG TF 1500 . This relationship would last for seven years and, in addition to three championships, bring the British Motor Corporation valuable advertising. Moss had her breakthrough as a BMC works driver in 1958 when she finished fourth in the RAC Rally with her Morris Minor . In addition, he came fourth in the Liège - Rome- Liège rally in an Austin-Healey 100/6 and won the European Women's Championship for the first time.
In 1959 she came second in the European Women's Cup after Ewy Rosqvist .
Moss achieved overall victory in the Liège-Rome-Liège Rally in 1960 in an Austin-Healey 3000, as well as second place in the Coupe des Alpes . In 1961 she finished second in the RAC Rally.
In the following year, Moss won third place at the East Africa rally in a Saab 96 and at the RAC rally with an Austin-Healey. Her greatest success, however, was winning the Dutch tulip rally in a Mini Cooper . Despite their criticism of this vehicle ("twitchy, and pretty unruly on the limit"), this victory should be the first of other international rally successes of this vehicle.
In 1963, Moss joined Ford and took sixth place in the Acropolis Rally in a Ford Cortina prepared by Lotus . Contrary to Ford's efforts to poach Erik Carlsson from Saab, Pat Moss moved to the Saab factory team in 1964 to support the team together with her husband. Together they took part in 11 international rallies. Moss was third in the Acropolis rally and fourth in the Liège- Sofia- Liège rally and the RAC rally. At the Rallye Monte Carlo she finished fifth in 1964 and third in 1965.
In 1968 Moss went to Lancia and drove the new Fulvia there . Although she criticized the severe understeer of this car, she finished 14th in the Monte Carlo Rally and second in the San Remo Rally when she was only defeated by Pauli Toivonen in a Porsche 911 . Other highlights of this season were winning the Rally Sestriere , eighth place in the Acropolis rally and seventh place in the Tour de Corse .
At the 1969 Monte Carlo Rally, Moss achieved sixth place with the Fulvia.
After the birth of their daughter in December 1969, Moss restricted her activities somewhat. As part of the Renault-Alpine team, she achieved tenth place in the Monte Carlo Rally in 1972 with an Alpine A110 . After a last move to Toyota, she finally retired from active rallying in 1974.
Trivia
In the first few years in the BMC factory team, Pat Moss continued her career as a show jumper. As additional compensation from BMC, she negotiated a horse truck, making her the first and only international rally driver to be paid for with a truck.
In order to honor Moss as "Driver of the Year 1960", the Royal English Automobile Club had to change its statutes from time to time, as women were actually not allowed to enter the club's banquet hall.
statistics
Victories and successes
- Liège-Rome-Liège Rally 1960 (Austin-Healey 3000)
- Tulip Rally 1962 (Mini Cooper)
- Rallye Sestriere 1968 (Lancia Fulvia)
- another seven podium places
- European rally champion for women in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1965
Individual results in the sports car world championship
| season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Lancia | Lancia Fulvia |
 DAY
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SEB
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 BRH
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 MON
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TAR
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 ONLY
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 SPA
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WAT
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 ZEL
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 LEM
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| 19th |
literature
- Stuart Turner, Harnessing Horsepower: The Pat Moss Carlsson Story , Poundbury: Veloce Publishing 2011.
Web links
- Pat Moss, 1934-2008 on Autosport.com.
- Phillip Young: Pat Moss: 1934-2008, October 20, 2008.
- Pat Moss at Racing Sports Cars
Individual evidence
- ^ Guardian obituary
- ↑ Hemel Gazette: Top female rally driver dies
- ^ Pat Moss - Obituary . In: Daily Telegraph , October 17, 2008. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ↑ Der Spiegel, Pat Moss , January 18, 1961 edition.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moss, Pat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moss-Carlsson, Patricia Ann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British rally driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thames Ditton |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 2008 |
| Place of death | Tring |