The son of a London cycle dealer,
John Surtees is the only person to win a Grand Prix World Championship on 2 and 4 wheels. A four-time GP Motorcycle Champion 1956, 1958, 1959 and 1960 racing the
Mv Agusta brand . . . he then went on to drive Formula One cars and captured the World Championship in 1964 driving a
Ferrari. The Italians had a name for him which translated to;
Son-of-the-Wind. Surtees was known as a fast (but very calculated) racer. The best kind I feel. I'm sure his racing performance helped bring about the saying, "Don't (expletive) with British road racers."
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