Sir Stirling Moss was among the famous motor racing drivers at the 1981 Dubai Grand Prix. Action Images / Sporting Pictures
Also racing at Dubai 1981 was the Australian Jack Brabham, pictured here at the French Formula 2 Grand Prix on September 11, 1966 which he won, covering the 257 kilometres in 1 hour 35 minutes and 12 seconds. AFP
Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio, five times Formula One world champion, sits in the Mercedes Benz w-196-R, in which he won the Belgium Grand Prix in 1955. Fangio went on to compete in Dubai 1981. Reuters
British driver John Surtees during a Formula Two competition at Rouen, 1972. Nine years later he was involved in the Dubai race. AFP
Denny Hulme of New Zealand. Daily Express/Getty Images
JPS Lotus British racing driver Nigel Mansell in Monaco in 1982 talking to a technician. Mansell was one of the drivers invited to the 1981 Dubai Grand Prix. AFP
