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Flashback: Germany '61 - Ferrari power no match for Moss

They may have enjoyed a significant horsepower advantage going into the 1961 German Grand Prix, but when it came to negotiating the twists and turns of the Nurburgring’s infamous 22.8-kilometre Nordschleife circuit, Ferrari drivers Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips had no answer to the brilliant Stirling Moss and his nimble Lotus.On the eve of the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2013 at the modern Nurburgring, we remember a Moss master class... Enzo Ferrari always was an engine man, so when Formula One racing switched from a 2.5 to a 1.5-litre formula for the 1961 season, he made sure that his team were equipped with the perfect V6 unit for the occasion. He bolted...
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