Berkeley Square Urban Myth

[josvandeperre]

Last night I was told Ayrton Senna holds the unofficial lap record for Berkeley Square (London as in a Nightingale sang...) - allegedly this was achieved in an A40 van

Any comments from any know-it-alls out there - I was wondering if this is a variation of a story in James Hunt's autobiography or something similar as I recall he drove an A35 van

ANy other urban myths - did a Buckingham Palace official really say to Stirling Moss 'who do you think you are then STirling Moss' - did he really reply ' SIR Stirling Moss actually'?

I hope this is in the best formu - only urban myths about F1 drivers allowed perhaps

[Craig]

There was the time that Ayrton Senna, his plane late into Heathrow, leapt into his hire car and hit the M25 on his way to McLaren's in Woking. Apparently doing way over the ton he was pulled by the police and was rather displeased to be greeted with the words, "Who do you think you are, Nigel Mansell ?"

However that's true, but I thought i'd post it as it makes me chuckle to think of the poor old traffic plod's face when it was explained it wasn't Our Nige, but his arch rival

[Liz]

Prost quotes two of these on himself in his first autobiography (in French):

Stopped on his way home from an Italian Grand Prix, somewhere in France, by a cop who inquired "Who do you think you are, Alain Prost?" He doesn't record what he answered....

Stopped for petrol after a race in which he had been turfed by a rival, the man filling up his car told him, "Excellent race, M. _________ (can't remember who) I'm glad you stuffed that little **** Prost, who does he think he is anyway?" Prost remarks that after that he paid with cash, as he was too embarrassed to use his credit card!

[R]

I think the story about Stirling Moss is true as well, I definitely remember hearing about it before.