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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 48863" data-attributes="member: 13">John Surtees: Former F1 world champion was a 'towering figure'<img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64200000/jpg/_64200050_bbcsport'schieff1writerandrewbenson.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />By Andrew BensonChief F1 writer<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">48 minutes ago</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">From the section <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1" target="_blank">Formula 1</a></li> </ul>Share this with<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F35126201&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20John%20Surtees%3A%20Former%20F1%20world%20champion%20was%20a%20%27towering%20figure%27&bodytext=&" target="_blank"> Digg </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=58567469885&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fmodules%2Fshare%2Fclose&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F35126201&picture=&name=BBC%20Sport%20-%20John%20Surtees%3A%20Former%20F1%20world%20champion%20was%20a%20%27towering%20figure%27&description=&caption=&display=popup&" target="_blank"> Facebook </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F35126201&" target="_blank"> Google </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F35126201&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20John%20Surtees%3A%20Former%20F1%20world%20champion%20was%20a%20%27towering%20figure%27&summary=&" target="_blank"> LinkedIn </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F35126201&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20John%20Surtees%3A%20Former%20F1%20world%20champion%20was%20a%20%27towering%20figure%27&" target="_blank"> Reddit </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F35126201&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20John%20Surtees%3A%20Former%20F1%20world%20champion%20was%20a%20%27towering%20figure%27&" target="_blank"> StumbleUpon </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=BBC%20Sport%20-%20John%20Surtees%3A%20Former%20F1%20world%20champion%20was%20a%20%27towering%20figure%27&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F35126201&=&" target="_blank"> Twitter </a></li> </ul>Copy this link<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35126201" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35126201</a><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/questions/bbc_online/sharing" target="_blank">Read more about sharing.</a><img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/7A86/production/_87266313_john_surtees_red.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />John Surtees earned the nickname 'figlio del vento' for his blistering speedJohn 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 the late 1950s, Surtees moved on to cars and immediately <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/33400665" target="_blank">established himself as a leading figure,</a> winning the Formula 1 championship for Ferrari in 1964.Through the mid-1960s he was one of the towering figures in F1 along with Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart and Dan Gurney.The son of a south London motorbike dealer, Surtees was a teenage prodigy on racing bikes and, after making his name in national races, he took the world championship by storm when he was given a factory MV Agusta ride in 1955.His blistering speed earned him the nickname 'figlio del vento' - son of the wind - and he won the world title in 1956 and again from 1958-60.Surtees had already made a name for himself while still competing on two wheels. He finished second in only his second Formula 1 race, the 1960 Monaco Grand Prix while driving for Lotus, and at the end of the season he switched to cars full time after winning his fourth bike title.Two years in privateer teams followed, in which he did enough to catch the eye of Enzo Ferrari, who drafted him into his team in 1963. Immediately Surtees became a major contender.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39235608" target="_blank">Former F1 world champion Surtees dies</a></li> </ul>Jump media player<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/online/mp_accessibility_help" target="_blank">Media player help</a><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35126201#afterFlash" target="_blank">Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue.</a><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-33541787" target="_blank">stayed involved in motor racing,</a> competing in classic events for cars and bikes, and in 2005-7 was chairman of the British team in the now-defunct A1 Grand Prix series.After that, he helped guide the nascent career of <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8158445.stm" target="_blank">his son Henry,</a> who was killed aged 18 in an accident in a Formula Two race at Brands Hatch in 2009.In the wake of his son's death, John set up the Henry Surtees Foundation to help people recovering from brain and physical injuries return to society and to support motorsport-related educational programmes.He was widely admired as a warm character who was generous with his time, and many will echo the words of Damon Hill, who has known him well since childhood. "Such a lovely man. We have lost a true motorsport legend," said the 1996 world champion.Swami</blockquote>

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