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John Surtees RIP
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Sussex Nomad
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Having won four 500cc world championships and one F1 championship, how come he was never knighted? Nowadays sportsmen/women only have to fart to gain a knighthood.
GT49er
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Saw him whizzing up the Goodwood Hill at the Festival of Speed not so many years ago - RIP that man.
Leekbrookgull
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Very good point. R-i-P.
Icy Gull
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RIP, winning world championships on a bike and then in F1 is a feat that is unlikely to be repeated.
Probably didn't get a knighthood because he was a humble man who never bigged himself up or went looking for publicity. Far more deserving than quite a few who have a knighthood imo. I think there has been controversy in the past about him not getting recognition or am I making that up?
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Lived in Ferring for a while I believe.
jakarta
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83 is a good innings, but as has already been stated, why he wasn't knighted after winning Motorcycle and Car GP World Titles is beyond me...
My father raced motorcycles in his era (1950's) and it was incredibly dangerous, he told me a tale of being at a Hotel in Douglas at the Isle of Man at the start of TT Week and sitting down for breakfast with three other riders. By the end of the week one was dead and other two were in Nobles Hospital; one had a broken back and never raced again.
My father raced motorcycles in his era (1950's) and it was incredibly dangerous, he told me a tale of being at a Hotel in Douglas at the Isle of Man at the start of TT Week and sitting down for breakfast with three other riders. By the end of the week one was dead and other two were in Nobles Hospital; one had a broken back and never raced again.
Gregory2Smith1
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sad news indeed
I think his son was killed at Brands just a few years ago
as they say the word 'legend' is used all too often these days,but certainly not in this case
RIP
Mr John Surtees
A True Legend
I think his son was killed at Brands just a few years ago
as they say the word 'legend' is used all too often these days,but certainly not in this case
RIP
Mr John Surtees
A True Legend
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Surtees was the man, but he didn't milk it like some...................... Sir Stirling Moss.
Moss was not half the man Surtees was but Moss liked the media a lot and still does.
RIP John Surtees.
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