John Surtees OBE is the only man ever to have won World Championships on two and four wheels. A record that has never been equaled and in the modern age is unlikely to be, is to be the Guest of Honour at the 2014 Donington Historic Festival. John will attend the event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his F1 World Championship win in 1964 driving for Ferrari.
Donington Historic Festival founder Duncan Wiltshire said, “John Surtees is the latest motor racing ‘great’ to be celebrated at the Festival. With over 400 historic racing cars spanning seven decades, the race action at the Donington Historic Festival is itself a celebration of the golden days of the sport, and to have John Surtees at the event allows us to pay tribute to a unique record holder and a truly outstanding driver and rider.”
John Surtees steered his way into the record books by winning seven World Championships on 350cc and 500cc motorcycles with MV Agusta between 1956 and 1960 and then moving on to four wheels, taking the Formula One World Championship with Ferrari in 1964. He also drove for the BRM, Cooper, Honda and Lotus works teams and won the Nürburgring and Monza 1000km races with Ferrari and the 1966 CanAm Championship in the Lola T70 he helped develop. During a spectacular racing career which saw Surtees take victory in 290 of his 621 races, and a further 103 podium finishes, he also designed, built and raced his own Team Surtees single-seaters in F1, F2 and F5000.
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