JOHN SURTEES’ CAREER AT A GLANCE

38 MOTORCYCLE GP RACE WINS 7 MOTORCYCLE GP WORLD TITLES 6 FORMULA ONE GP RACE WINS 1 FORMULA ONE WORLD TITLE

1949: Competes in his first grasstrack meeting at 15 years old

1950: Starts engineering apprenticeship at Vincent motorcycles, aged 16

1955: First factory ride for Norton

1956: Wins 500cc World Championship in his debut season riding for MV Agusta

1958: Wins 350cc and 500cc World

Championships riding for MV Agusta

1958: MCN Man of the Year

1959: Wins 350cc and 500cc World Championships riding for MV Agusta

1959: Awarded MBE for his contributions to motorsport

1959: MCN Man of the Year

1959: BBC Sportsview

Personality of the year

1960: Wins 350cc and 500cc World Championships riding for MV Agusta

1960: Makes F1 car debut at Silverstone International Trophy, for Team Lotus

1964: Wins Formula One world title driving for Scuderia Ferrari

1966: Wins inaugural Canam Cup (a North American series for large-capacity

sports cars) driving a Lola T70

1967: Wins Italian GP at Monza, driving a Honda RA273. It’s only Honda’s second ever GP race win

1970: Forms Surtees Racing Organisation as a constructor, competing in F5000, F2 and F1 until team is disbanded at the end of 1978

1972: Wins European F2 title and European F500

titles as a constructor (with Mike Hailwood and Gijs van Lennep respectively)

2008: Awarded OBE for his contributions to motorsport

2009: Establishes the Henry Surtees Foundation following the death of son Henry in a racing accident

2016: Awarded CBE for his work with charitable and welfare organisations