John Surtees

Nationality: British
Date of Birth-Death: 11 February 1934 - 10 March 2017
Drivers championships: 1964
Grand Prix victories: 6
Races started: 111
Pole positions: 8
Teams: Surtees 1970 - 1971, BRM 1969, Honda 1967 - 1968, Ferrari 1963 - 1966, Yeoman 1961 - 1962, Lotus 1960

John Surtees career

John Surtees is the only man to have won championships on both two wheels and four wheels. He won 7 motor bike world championships in the 1950's before moving to Formula One and a drive with Lotus. He moved to Ferrari in 1963 and then won the world championship with them in 1964. He left Ferrari in 1964 but his subsequent teams were not as competitive and in 1970 he set up Surtees Racing that had success in Formula 2.

1971

Team: Surtees
Position: 19
Points: 3
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This was a better season finishing most races, but generally just outside the points.

1970

Team: Surtees
Position: 18
Points: 3
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This season he raced in his own team but struggled with reliability.

1969

Team: BRM
Position: 11
Points: 6
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This was another difficult season as again he only completed 3 races, but his did also achieve his final podium finish in F1 this year.

1968

Team: Honda
Position: 7
Points: 12
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This was a difficult season as he only completed 4 races but failed to finish 8 races.

1967

Team: Honda
Position: 4
Points: 20
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0
The move to Honda gave him a race win and a 3rd place as his best results.

1966

Team: Cooper / Ferrari
Position: 2
Points: 28
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 0
This was a mixed season with 4 podium finishes and 5 non-finishes, but it was enough to give him runner up in the drivers championship. The first 2 races were for Ferrari and the rest with Cooper.

1965

Team: Ferrari
Position: 5
Points: 17
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This was a less successful season though he did have three podium finishes.

1964

Team: Ferrari
Position: 1
Points: 40
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 2
This was his championship winning season, finishing on the podium in all the races he completed.

1963

Team: Ferrari
Position: 4
Points: 22
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 1
A move to Ferrari for this season brought him his first race win in Germany.

1962

Team: Yeoman
Position: 4
Points: 19
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 1
His second season at Yeoman brought 5 points scoring races and two 2nd place results.

1961

Team: Yeoman
Position: 12
Points: 4
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This season he moved to Yeoman and gained two 5th places as his best results.

1960

Team: Lotus
Position: 14
Points: 6
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 1
His first season racing cars in F1 gave him a 2nd place at the British GP.