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The 80-year-old is recovering in a London hospital after surgery on both his feet following the accident at his Mayfair home on Saturday, a statement on his website said. Lady Moss, Stirling’s wife, stated “this was a very unfortunate accident; it could have just as easily been another member of the family stepping into where the lift should have been”. Racing legend Sir Stirling Moss has been injured in a bizarre accident at his home. The cars stayed on in Australia having been bought by locals after the race series.

Stirling Moss taking part in the Pescara Grand Prix in a British Vanwall car, 1957. I know, I've been there. A true hero of many on the forum and elsewhere. A most unfortunate accident, I wish him a speedy recovery. That's the reality.

I hope he makes a full and rapid recovery. Accidents stirling moss Sir Stirling Moss Stirling ... Bungee jumping in a lift shaft at the age of 80.

He is truly one of the very greatest ever.Sir Stirling had much worse in his racing career, though, but I hope he gets well soon. His recovery will be painful and at a normal rate for a man of his years.

Its incredible that he escaped with so few injuries at his age. Motor racing veteran Sir Stirling Moss is in hospital today after breaking both ankles when he fell three floors down a lift shaft.

Sir Stirling Moss, 80, fell three floors, when the lift opened at the wrong level.

Just too young to have seen him race but have read about his exploits, i wish him a speedy recovery, maybe in time for the Britsh GP.Unfortunately I'm of the too young generation to have seen him race, but he's always a true gent when interviewed. I also watched him come from last in the field driving a 250F Maserati at the Classic 1978 Le Mans race which he won!I wish Sir Stirling a speedy and full recovery after this bizarre accident. If there was any doubt as to how tough a guy Sir Stirling Moss really is, then this should absolutely quell all the scepticism.

Stirling fell, breaking both ankles, some bones in his feet and chipping four vertebrae.Lady Moss, Stirling’s wife, said “This was a very unfortunate accident; it could have just as easily been another member of the family stepping into where the lift should have been.”Said to be in good spirits, Sir Stirling is currently resting in hospital following surgery.Are you a collector of car brochures, magazines and memorabilia? Visit our I saw him race a Maserati 300S at the old Albert Park circuit in Melbourne in 1956. Motorworld Car Brochures has a collection of almost 100,000 different pieces of literature and has a large number of items for sale, many of them super rare or no longer available. He was taken to the London Hospital and then moved to the Princess Grace hospital, where he is expected to leave intensive care later today.Doctors say his life is not in danger, and his wife Lady Moss says the veteran - often called the best driver to never win the F1 world title - is in good spirits. I remember watching Stirling outpace everyone in torrential rain during the first lap of the NZ Grand Prix back in 1962 driving a Cooper. Racing legend Sir Stirling Moss has been injured in a bizarre accident at his home.The 80-year old fell down three floors of a lift shaft in his house in west London after a problem with the lift doors, which are said to have opened one floor below the lift itself.Moss broke both ankles and four bones in his feet in the accident, and suffered injuries to his vertebrae. Sir Stirling Moss, 80, fell three floors, when the lift opened at the wrong level. Stirling Moss, the British racing driver who ranked as an all-time Formula One great despite never winning the world championship, died on Sunday at the age of 90 after a long illness. I'm sure we all wish Sir Stirling a very swift and full recovery. He still holds the lap record for the old circuit set in 1958 in a Cooper Climax.

Stirling fell, breaking both ankles, some bones in his feet and chipping four vertebrae.