TRD 196 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Only man to have won both F1 and Motor Bike World Championships, John Surtees has died aged 83 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,514 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 How sad, my son has met him several times when working on his go-kart track last year. Said he was a lovely man. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 A sad loss. A sporting great without a doubt. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Sporting legend and a true gent. Watched a programme about him a few months back, still riding some of his old bikes. RIP John. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meeowed 314 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 one of the best he should have been knighted a long time ago saw him at Mallory park lots of times A real gentlemen When you had to run and bump start on the MV he was coming out of Gerards bend when all the rest were just going in just from a standing start great days 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 John Surtees was legend in the real sense of the word. Lovely to hear from people who met him to say what a lovely man he was, what a lovely thing to say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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