How good was John Surtees?
As part of AUTOSPORT magazine's John Surtees special, guest-edited by Dan Gurney, Mark Hughes analysed just how great the 1964 Formula 1 world champion was
Click here to read AUTOSPORT's John Surtees special, guest-edited by Dan Gurney and featuring insight into Surtees's relationship with Ferrari, his Can-Am years and a technical analysis of his Ferrari 158.
The unique status of world champion on two wheels and four is impressive enough, but that bald statistic doesn't properly get across just what a giant of a driver John Surtees was.
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