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'I allow myself whatever I want but I would have to say my indulgences are that Susie and I drink one bottle of wine each day, white certainly, Chardonnay. And chocolate. I'm trying to cut that down but not that successfully.'
He made the revelations after a new documentary reunited the father-of-two with the Austin-Healey Sprite he used as a training car before the 1962 Sebring three-hour race.
The race took place a month before the crash at Goodwood on Easter Monday that ended his career. He had to be cut out of his Lotus and was unconscious for six weeks.
He returned to the cockpit a year later but decided against competing professionally as he felt he was no longer driving instinctively.
The Austin-Healey Sprite was also used by the rest of his team, including Hollywood star Steve McQueen and racing legends Innes Ireland and Pedro Rodriguez.
Car SOS, which broadcasts on the National Geographic Channel on Thursday, sees the rusty Sprite rescued from a suburban garage and carefully renovated before Sir Stirling puts it through its paces once again.
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