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This is a photographic memoir by the only man to have won World Championships on motorcycles and... more
John Surtees – My Incredible Life on Two and Four Wheels

This is a photographic memoir by the only man to have won World Championships on motorcycles and in cars. Containing nearly 300 photographs from John Surtees’s own collection as well as from the world’s finest motorsport picture libraries, this major book presents a complete visual record of Surtees’s life accompanied by fascinating commentary written in collaboration with co-author Mike Nicks. Royalties from sales of the book go to the Henry Surtees Foundation, which was set up to honour the memory of John’s son Henry, who was tragically killed in a freak accident at Brands Hatch in 2009.

  • The early years (up to 1952): a childhood around motorcycle racing, apprenticeship with Vincent, then racing a Vincent Grey Flash.
  • Getting established (1953–55): Moving on to ride mainly Manx Nortons, he did 86 races in one year, and in 1955 achieved his first grand prix win, in the 250cc Ulster GP on an NSU.
  • The glory years (1956–60): dominating top-level motorcycle racing for five years with Italian team MV Agusta, taking seven World Championship titles on 500cc and 350cc bikes.
  • The remarkable year of bikes and cars (1960): overlapping his last year of motorcycle racing with 17 car races, including four F1 World Championship events, the second of them – the British GP – bringing a second place with Lotus.
  • Ferrari driver (1963–66): established in cars, he joined Ferrari, winning his first race – the Sebring 12 Hours for sports cars – and the following year becoming F1 World Champion.
  • CanAm champion (1966): after recovery from a huge crash in a Lola T70 sports car and acrimonious departure from Ferrari, he bounced back in North America to win the spectacular CanAm series.
  • Turning Japanese (1967–68): Honda invited Surtees to develop and drive its F1 cars, with a two-year programme in which victory in the Italian GP at Monza – Ferrari territory – was the highlight.
  • Becoming a constructor (1970–78): going into single-seater racing, including F1, with Team Surtees and cars of his own manufacture; good results in F1 were sparse but Mike Hailwood won the European F2 Championship in 1972.
  • The latter years (1978 onwards): fully active on the historic scene as a restorer and driver of motorcycles and cars, then nurturing son Henry’s career until the tragic accident.
  • Forewords by Valentino Rossi & Sebastian Vettel.
Language: English
Number of pages: 304
Dimensions: 295 x 240 mm
Author(s): John Surtees, Mike Nicks
Configuration: Hard cover
Photos and images: 275 photographs (colour and black/white)
ISBN: 978-0992820923
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