Rain drenched the windscreens of the tiny open top sports cars and their gentlemen drivers, turning the 1956 Le Mans 24-hour race into a treacherous battle between man, the elements and their engines. Legendary driver Stirling Moss was behind the wheel of his racing green Aston Martin DB3S, white helmet bobbing up and down as he peered through the raindrops and tried to focus on the road ahead. In front of him, however, was not the clear run for the chequered flag that he may have hoped for. Instead, a metallic blue Jaguar D-type emblazoned with the saltire, took the flag a good lap ahead of Moss and his fellow driver, one of just 14 vehicles out of the 49 which started the gruelling endurance race to come home safely.