Stirling Moss
British · 1951–1961
VS

Michael May
Swiss · 1961–1961
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
3
1
Qualifyingahead
2
0
Stirling Moss · Michael May
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
3 — 1
4 shared
Qualifying H2H
2 — 0
2 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
4
Runner-up
0
7
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
3
1
1961
Career totals
Stirling Moss Michael May
Championships
0
0
Wins
15
0
Poles
17
0
Podiums
21
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
176.64
0
Starts
67
4
Rate-adjusted · per start
Stirling Moss Michael May
Win rate
22.4%
0%
Podium rate
31.3%
0%
Pole rate
25.4%
0%
Points / start
2.6
0.0
Avg grid
P4.7
P18.0
Avg finish
P9.4
P23.3
Finish rate
53.7%
75%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Stirling Moss Michael May
Mechanical retirements
30
1
Crash retirements
1
0
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
1961
1955 · aged 25
First win
—
1952
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P11
-4.7
Avg places gained
+5.5
Season points trajectory
1951 1953 1955 1957 1959 1961
Stirling Moss Michael May
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Stirling Moss Michael May
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 · — Michael May
Circuit de Monaco 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Stirling Moss 3 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · — Michael May
Nürburgring 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Stirling Moss 1 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · — Michael May
Reims-Gueux 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P11
Stirling Moss 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P11 Michael May
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
Michael May
Lotus-Climax 1961
19511961
Stirling Moss → Michael May → Compare others
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).