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- John Norman Surtees, CBE (11 February 1934 – 10 March 2017) [ 1 ] was a British racing driver and motorcycle road racer, who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1952 to 1960 and in Formula One from 1960 to 1972.
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Surtees was a seven-time Grand Prix motorcycle World Champion, with four titles in the premier 500cc class with MV Agusta. Surtees won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1964 with Ferrari, and remains the only driver to win World Championships on both two- and four-wheels.
John Surtees (born February 11, 1934, Tatsfield, Surrey, England—died March 10, 2017, London) was a British motorsport racer who was the only competitor to have won world championships while racing motorcycles and automobiles, with seven motorcycle-racing world championships in two classes (1956–60) and one Formula One drivers ...
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Mar 10, 2017 · Former Formula 1 and motorcycling world champion John Surtees has died at the age of 83. Surtees is the only man to have won the grand prix world championship on both two wheels and four. He...
John Surtees, who died today with his wife Jane and daughters Leonora and Edwina by his bedside, was a fearless, tough but impeccably fair competitor, as quick as the best without being wild....
Mar 10, 2017 · John Surtees, who has died aged 83, is the only man to have won a grand prix world championship on two and four wheels. A brilliant motorcyclist who dominated the top 500cc class for much of...
John Surtees, CBE, OBE and MBE, is survived by his wife Jane and his beloved daughters Edwina and Leonora - and bequeaths a colossal legacy to motorsport that will never be forgotten.
John Surtees, famously the only man to win world championships on both two and four wheels, has died at the age of 83. Surtees took the F1 drivers’ title with Ferrari in 1964 and won a total of six Grands Prix in an F1 career spanning 12 years.
