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Motorsport legend John Surtees has passed away at 83
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John Surtees CBE, has passed away at the age of 83 from a respiratory condition. He was the only man to win world championships on both two and four wheels. The south of a south London motorcycle dealer, Surtees started his racing career on two wheels, moving up the ranks on the British scene and eventually recruited by the MV Agusta factory team. Surtees won the 500c world championship with the famous Italian firm in 1956, repeating the feat with hat-trick in 1958,1959 and 1960. In 1960, at the age 26, Surtees switched to cars full-time, making his F1 debut with Lotus in Monaco and losing no time in displaying the same great skills he had shown on motorcycles. His first win in...
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