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Database start - Driver search - John Surtees


 
John Surtees MBE OBE, Great Britain
1934-02-11 - 2017-03-10
F1 Career: Monaco 1960 - US 1972

  Races
Wins
Pole
Podiums
FastLaps
Points		 111
6
8
24
10
180		        
% Wins
% Poles
% Podiums
% FastLap
Points/Race		  
5,41%
7,21%
21,62%
9,01%
1,62p  		   DriverChampion
1964 Ferrari
Started a BMW dealerchip 2001 with D Hill, N Mansell & M Brundle. John Surtees is the only World Champion on two and four wheels. During 1956-60 John won seven world titles in the 350 cc and 500 cc classes. Raced a GP his first year racing cars. In 1965 John also raced in America in a private Lola and had a serious practice crash at Mosport, wich left him in hospital with serious back injuries for many weeks. For the 1970 season he started his own GP team. In 1978 he folds his team because of sponsorship and medical problems decending from his accident at Mosport 1965. Luckily John came back and is now racing historic car and motorcyle races. Part of Team GB entry in the A1GP series, as well as helping the careers of Robbie Kerr and Alex Lloyd.
July 20th 2009 John's son Henry was killed in a Formula 2 race at Brands Hatch.
In 1979 rumours appeared of John Surtees to be involved with some Honda F1 project.

Year Plac Points Nr / Team / Car Wins 2:nd 3:rd Poles FastL Races Ret Notes
1972 - 0 Surtees TS2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 dns
1971 18 3 Surtees TS9 & TS7 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 -
1970 17 3 McLaren M7C & Surtees TS7 0 0 0 0 1 7 + 4 3 + 5 Team Surtees
1969 11 6 BRM P138 & P139 0 0 1 0 0 10 5 Owen Racing
1968 7 12 Honda RA301 0 1 1 1 1 12 8 -
1967 4 20 Honda RA273 & RA300 1 0 1 0 0 9 4 -
1966 2 28 Ferrari 312/66
Cooper T81		 2 1 1 2 3 2
7		 1
4		 -
-
1965 5 17 Ferrari 158 & 1512 0 1 2 0 0 8 4 -
1964 1 40 Ferrari 158 2 3 1 1 2 10 4 -
1963 4 22 Ferrari 156 1 1 1 1 3 10 5 1 dsq
1962 4 19 Lola 4 & 4A 0 2 0 1 0 9 4 Bowmaker Racing
1961 11 4 Cooper T53 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 Yeoman Credit Racing
Frank J Harrison
1960 11 6 Lotus 18 0 1 0 1 1 4 3 R
Wins    Poles    FastLaps   

Non F1

Year Series Result Team/Car Notes
2017 FIA Hall of Fame, Inducted . . .
2016 Goodwood festival of speed . Lola T70 Spyder .
2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed . Ferrari 158 (1964) .
. Formula 1 . Presenting the price to Bottas, 2nd British GP
2013 Henry Surtees Foundation . Surtees TS7 .
. Goodwood Festival of Speed . Honda RA300 .
. Formula 1 . Guest interviewer on the podium Italian GP
. Autosport Awards . Gregor Grant Award .
2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed . F-type Experimental Prototype motorc. & Lotus 1 .
2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed . BMW 500 Type 255 Kompressor Isle of Man TT winner 1934
. Goodwood Festival of Speed . Mercedes W165 .
. Goodwood revival . . .
2010 The Goodwood Revival Festival . Ferrari .
2008 Recived his OBE . . .
. Lola 50th anniversary . . .
1996 Inducted to Int. Motorsports Hall of Fame . . .
1984 Nurburgring Race of Champions 11th Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 Exebition race
1981 Oulton Park Gold Cup winner Maserati 250F Historic race
1978 Formula 1 . Surtees Ends the team
1972 BRDC International Trophy 3rd Surtees TS9 non championchip race
. Formula 2 . Surtees 2 wins
1971 Formula 5000 11th Surtees TS9 .
. Oulton Park Gold Cup winner Surtees TS9 non championchip race
. Race of Champions 3rd Surtees TS9 non championchip race
. Jochen Rindt Memorial 3rd Surtees TS9 non championchip race
. World Championchip Wictory Race 6th Surtees TS9 non championchip race
. BRDC International Trophy 12th Surtees TS9 non championchip race
. Spring Trophy ret Surtees TS9 non championchip race
1970 Formula 1 . Surtees TS7 Starts the team
. International Gold Cup winner Surtees TS7 non championchip race
. Nurburgring 1000km 3rd Ferrari 512 S Spyder .
. Spa 1000km 2nd Ferrari 512 S Spyder .
. Monza 1000km 3rd Ferrari 512 S Spyder .
. Race of Champions ret McLaren M7C (Team Surtees) Non championchip race
. BRDC International Trophy, reserv dns McLaren M7A (Team Surtees) Non championchip race
1969 CanAm 8th Chaparral 2H / McLaren M12 .
. Race of Champions dns BRM P138 Non championchip race
. BRDC International Trophy dns BRM P138 Non championchip race
1968 Race of Champions dns Lola T100 Non championchip race
. International Gold Cup dns Honda RA301 Non championchip race
1967 CanAm 3rd Lola T70 Mk.3B .
. 24h LeMans ret Lola T70 Mk 3 .
. Formula 2 . Lola .
. Spring Trophy 3rd Honda RA273 Non championchip race
. Race of Champions dnf Honda RA273 Non championchip race
1966 CanAm champion Lola T70 Mk.2 .
. RAC Sports Car Championship . Lola T70 .
. Monza 1000km winner Ferrari 330P3 Coupe .
. Syracuse GP winner Ferrari 312 Non championchip race
. BRDC International Trophy 2nd Ferrari 312 Non championchip race
. Nurburgring 1000km ret Ferrari 330P3 Spyder FL
1965 CanAm . Lola badley injured
. 24h LeMans ret Ferrari 330 P2 Open .
. Nurburgring 1000km winner Ferrari 330 P2 FL
. Oulton Park Gold Cup winner Lola T60, F2 .
. Syracuse Grand Prix 2nd Ferrari 158 Non championchip race
. Monza 1000km 2nd Ferrari 330 P2 FL
. 12h Reims 2nd Ferrari 365 P2 FL
. BRDC International Trophy 2nd Ferrari 158 Non championchip race
. Race of Champions nc Ferrari 158 Non championchip race
1964 24h LeMans 3rd Ferrari Tipo 330 P .
. Syracuse GP winner Ferrari 158 Non championchip race
. 12h Reims 2nd Ferrari 250 LM .
. Solitude GP 2nd Ferrari 158 Non championchip race
. 12h Sebring 3rd Ferrari 330 P FL
. Nurburgring 1000km ret Ferrari 275 P FL
. International Trophy ret Ferrari 156 Non championchip race
1963 24h LeMans ret Ferrari 250 P FL
. 12h Sebring winner Ferrari 250 P FL
. Rand GP winner Ferrari 156 Non championchip race
. Mediterranean GP winner Ferrari 156 Non championchip race
. Nurburgring 1000km winner Ferrari 250 P FL
. BRDC International Trophy ret Ferrari 156 Non championchip race
1962 International 2000 Guineas winner Lola Mk 4 Non championchip race
. Rand GP 3rd Lola Mk 4 Non championchip race
. BRDC International Trophy 3rd Lola Mk 4 Non championchip race
. Reims GP ret Lola Mk 4 Non championchip race
. Lavant Cup ret Lola Mk 4 Non championchip race
. Mexico GP ret Lotus 24 Non championchip race
. Kanonloppet ret Lola Mk 4 Non championchip race
. 200 Miles, Aintree ret Lola Mk 4 Non championchip race
. Glover Trophy ret Lola Mk 4 Non championchip race
. Danish GP ret Lola Mk 4A Non championchip race
. International Gold Cup ret Lola Mk 4 Non championchip race
. Bruxells GP ret Lola Mk 4 Non championchip race
1961 Glover Trophy winner Yeoman Credit-Cooper T53 Non championchip race
. British Empire Trophy 2nd Cooper T53 Non championchip race
. Lombank Trophy 3rd Yeoman Credit-Cooper T53 Non championchip race
. Kanonloppet, Sweden 3rd Cooper T53 Non championchip race
. 200 Miles, Aintree 4th Cooper T55 Non championchip race
. Lavant Cup 4th Cooper T53 Non championchip race
. BRDC Int. Trophy 5th Vanwall VW 14 Non championchip race
. Syracuse GP ret Cooper T53/VR Non championchip race
. Bruxells GP ret Cooper T53 Non championchip race
. Guard's Trophy ret Cooper T53 Non championchip race
. Silver City Trophy ret Cooper T53 Non championchip race
. Flugplatzrennen ret Cooper T56 Non championchip race
. International Gold Cup ret Cooper T56 Non championchip race
. Danish GP ret Cooper T53 Non championchip race
. Modena GP ret Cooper T53 Non championchip race
1960 Formula 2 9th Cooper .
. Goodwood F2 race 2nd Ken Tyrrell's Cooper Formula Junior 4 wheel race debut
. Silver City Trophy 6th Lotus 18 .
. International Gold Cup ret Lotus 18 .
. BRDC Int. Trophy ret Cooper T51 (F2) .
. Lombank Trophy ret Lotus 18 .
1959 Tested car racing . Vanwall and Aston Martin .
. BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award . . .
. Kristianstads GP, Sweden winner MV Agusta 350cc .
. Motorcycle 350 & 500cc . . .
1958 Motorcycle 350 & 500cc . . .
1951 Started racing seriously with motorcycle . Norton