![]() His double, triple and, on one occasion, quad-engined specials were widely judged too powerful, tearing themselves - and Oversteer - to shreds. He was sent to Eton then Oxford then Brooklands, where he found his metier, first as a riding mechanic prized for his lightness, then as the driver of a series of aero-engined specials, prized for his tail-happy technique and fearless stupidity. He was judged a ''non-finisher'' on a technicality relating to the servants' dress code.īorn in Frumley-on-Old Money in 1909, Oversteer was the eldest son of the Third Earl of Berkeley Hunt. In Monaco, 1932, Oversteer famously ran out of fuel on the first lap and had his servants push his car across the line - 52 times. ![]() Sir Laurance Ponceby mused in his Encyclopaedia of Titled Racing Drivers: ''If Stirling Moss was the greatest grand prix pilot never to be world champion, surely Oversteer was the greatest never to finish a race.'' Although best known for giving his surname to the practice of hanging out the tail, Oversteer had a long and fascinating - if not entirely factual - career in motor sport. Lord Stanley Oversteer has died at the age of 101.
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