10-03-2017 22:54 via theguardian.com

John Surtees obituary

Motorcycling champion who went on to F1 successJohn Surtees, who has died aged 83, was the only man to have won the world championship on both two wheels and four – motorcycle grands prix and Formula One. A naturally gifted and accomplished competitor, he might well have achieved more success in F1 had he concentrated more of his huge talent on simply driving rather than attempting to master all the facets of running a motor racing team.Surtees, who won the 1964 world championship by a sin
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