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  1. 03-10-2017, 12:21 PM #1
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    John Surtees 1934-2017

    John Surtees passed away this morning in London at age 83.



    1964 Formula 1 World Champion for Ferrari
    1966 Can-Am Champion
    7-time Grand Prix Motorcycle World Champion for MV Agusta



    He was the oldest living Formula 1 World Champion.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Surtees

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    And also a Formula One constructor. RIP to one of motor sports true heroes.
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    The winner of the very first road race I ever attended...
    Oct 30, 1966 - Times Grand Prix, Riverside Raceway... The first Riverside CanAm

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    There won't be another, RIP
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    This alone is a phenomenal accomplishment....

    Surtees and MV Agusta went on to dominate the competition in the two larger displacement classes.[1] In 1958, 1959 and 1960, he won 32 out of 39 races and became the first man to win the Senior TT at the Isle of Man TT three years in succession.

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    In 1960, at the age of 26, Surtees switched from motorcycles to cars full-time, making his Formula 1 debut racing for Lotus in the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo. He made an immediate impact with a second-place finish in only his second Formula One World Championship race, at the 1960 British Grand Prix, and a pole position at his third, the 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix.[2
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    One of the great ones, so sad his son was killed a few years back.
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    He was a class act.
    As talented in the garage as on the track - he made MV a winner.


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