Stirling Moss

British · 1951–1961
VS

Karl Kling

German · 1954–1955
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
4
1
Qualifyingahead
4
1
Stirling Moss · Karl Kling
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
5 5
10 shared
Qualifying H2H
9 1
10 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
4
Runner-up
0
7
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P5
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 1
1954 P5 1955 P2
Teammate battle by season
4
1
1955
Career totals
Stirling Moss Karl Kling
Championships
0
0
Wins
15
0
Poles
17
0
Podiums
21
2
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
176.64
16
Starts
67
11
Rate-adjusted · per start
Stirling Moss Karl Kling
Win rate
22.4%
0%
Podium rate
31.3%
18.2%
Pole rate
25.4%
0%
Points / start
2.6
1.5
Avg grid
P4.7
P6.7
Avg finish
P9.4
P8.9
Finish rate
53.7%
45.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Stirling Moss Karl Kling
Mechanical retirements
30
3
Crash retirements
1
3
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1951
Debut season
1954
1955 · aged 25
First win
1952
First pole
First title
P1
Best finish
P2
-4.7
Avg places gained
-2.2
Season points trajectory
1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961
Stirling Moss Karl Kling
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Stirling Moss Karl Kling
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Stirling Moss 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · — Karl Kling
Aintree 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Stirling Moss 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 Karl Kling
Circuit Park Zandvoort 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Stirling Moss 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Karl Kling
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Stirling Moss 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4 Karl Kling
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Stirling Moss 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · — Karl Kling
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Stirling Moss 0 · 2 · P2 0 · 0 · — Karl Kling
Reims-Gueux 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2
Stirling Moss 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P2 Karl Kling
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Stirling Moss 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7 Karl Kling
Circuit Bremgarten 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · —
Stirling Moss 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · — Karl Kling
Circuit de Pedralbes 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Stirling Moss 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 Karl Kling
Team history
Stirling Moss
MAS
HWM 1951ERA 1952HWM 1952Connaught 1952Cooper 1953Connaught 1953Maserati 1954Mercedes 1955Maserati 1956–1957Vanwall 1957Cooper 1958Vanwall 1958BRM 1959Cooper-Climax 1959Team Lotus 1960Cooper-Climax 1960Lotus-Climax 1961
Karl Kling
MER
Mercedes 1954–1955
19511961
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).