John Surtees...A Legend Passes RIP
Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 8:18AM Formula 1 and motorcycle world champion and racing legend John Surtees has died, March 10.
Formula 1 and motorcycle world champion and racing legend John Surtees has died, March 10.
It is with great sadness to report that 83-year-old British motorsport icon John Surtees has passed away following a short illness.
Surtees is the only person to have won world championships on both two and four wheels.
He is a four-time 500cc motorcycle world champion — 1956, 1958, 1959 and 1960. He then became a Formula One World Champion in 1964.
He began his racing career off-road in his early teens before going on to become a true legend of motor racing.
In a statement issued on formula1.com his family report Surtees was admitted to a London hospital with an existing respiratory condition
“We deeply mourn the loss of such an incredible, kind and loving man as well as celebrate his amazing life,” they said in a statement. “He has set a very real example of someone who kept pushing himself at his peak and one who continued fighting until the very end.”
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