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John Surtees RIP

Greenie
Greenie Posts: 9,172
in Other Football and Sports
John Surtees has passed away, aged 83. A true Motor Sport legend on 2 and 4 wheels.

RIP
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  • east terrace peanuts
    east terrace peanuts Posts: 486
    Bit by bit all my sporting heroes are slipping away. RIP. Enjoyed those days at Crystal Palace Track in the fifties and sixties.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    RIP, met him once a few years ago at the Goodwood Revival and got him to sign my programme. Proper legend.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    R I P .. the man even the worst GP circuits could not kill
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    RIP
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    Lincsaddick said:

    R I P .. the man even the worst GP circuits could not kill

    Unlike his desperately unfortunate son who was killed at Brands Hatch in 09.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,351
    RIP another legend.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,150
    RIP to a sporting legend.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    R.I.P.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    RIP
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    DaveMehmet said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    R I P .. the man even the worst GP circuits could not kill

    Unlike his desperately unfortunate son who was killed at Brands Hatch in 09.
    RIP to John...

    Remember seeing the incident on TV with his Son; knew at the time it was bad
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,820
    I got his autograph back in the day; very nice man. First motorbike champion to win F1 title too. Also tried to follow McLaren and others in building his own-named GP car but it never really worked out for him. RIP
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,017
    Always came across as a really nice guy in all the interviews I've seen on tv and read in the press. RIP.
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,766
    RIP. True great of motorsport.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,736
    RIP
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    R.I.P.
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    edited March 2017
    Total legend of the motorsport world. Only man to ever win titles on 2 and 4 wheels - he should have had a knighthood in my eyes.

    Did so much for junior motorsport in the country. My boy is in karting, and Big John was often at the side of the track encouraging the kids and watching them go round at Buckmore Park.

    So sad.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    IIRC his brother was a Charlton fan @Norman_Smith
  • ken from bexley
    ken from bexley Posts: 5,083
    His brother Stuart is friend, and is a CAFC fan, so I got to know a lot about the great man, from his brother's colourful stories of the F1 world. The 'family' have had a few issues over the past few years. He was very well respected at Ferrari, and besides his unique title of being world champion on 2 and 4 wheels, was an astute businessman.
    Sad news indeed.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    DamoNorthStand said:

    Total legend of the motorsport world. Only man to ever win titles on 2 and 4 wheels - he should have had a knighthood in my eyes.

    Did so much for junior motorsport in the country. My boy is in karting, and Big John was often at the side of the track encouraging the kids and watching them go round at Buckmore Park.

    So sad.

    100% this.

    RIP
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  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,342
    John and Derek Minter were my heroes at Brands back in the day, before he joined MV Agusta.
    RIP
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    RIP John
  • mistrollingin
    mistrollingin Posts: 3,868
    RIP. Very sad news

    From that golden era in the 1950's and 60's when the world of racing produced people like Bill Whitehouse, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Bernie Ecclestone, Jim Clark and Stirling Moss.

    Watched a very good programme about John Surtees recently on one of the Sky Sports channels, well worth a watch.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    I daresay part of the reason is (was) his unassuming personality but the term unsung hero can rarely be more apt than in the case of John Surtees.

    A multi time world motorcycling champion and world champion at formula one too! A unique meaning unique achievement.

    The fifties and sixties were more reserved times in terms of publicity for sporting achievement but even by those standards John Surtees was relatively overlooked.

    RIP
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    Growing up in Belvedere, I seem to remember there was a mechanics' garage just off Nuxley Road in the village. The guy who ran it was, I think, the brother of someone famous in motor - racing. Was it the Surtees' family? Ring any bells for anyone else?

    RIP John.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,786
    RIP John Surtees. A legend in the motor racing world,
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,783
    If ever a sportsman deserved a knighthood, this was the one. They say Valentino Rossi is handy in a car, and some of the GP guys over the last few years are/were pretty tasty on a bike, but John Surtees was the only person ever to have the guts and the ability to try both two and four wheels at the highest level and win world titles in both disciplines. I do not think we will ever see this again.
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,263
    A truly amazing sportsman and, by all accounts, a top bloke.
    RIP John.
  • Tutt-Tutt
    Tutt-Tutt Posts: 3,272
    Saw him at the Crystal Palace motor racing circuit in Formula 2 in the sixties along with Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart & Jim Clark. All heroes, but only one left now. Surtees was a proper gentleman from a great era.
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    RIP

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