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Biker Biggles
10-03-17, 05:05 PM
Still the only man to have won a formula one championship and a motorcycle GP championship(or several actually)
Met him at Mallory park many years ago.A true legend.
Blapper
10-03-17, 05:58 PM
Aye, A lovely bloke who will be missed by many.
Craig380
10-03-17, 09:00 PM
Yes, no-one will ever again win the premier class on bikes and in cars. What's more, he did it in an era when racing truly was dicing with death.
Sir Trev
11-03-17, 08:11 AM
Yes, no-one will ever again win the premier class on bikes and in cars. What's more, he did it in an era when racing truly was dicing with death.

An amazing achievement as you say. Such a lot of talent needed to get to the top in such different sports.
maviczap
11-03-17, 09:57 AM
Rip, but i think he should have been knighted for his achievements?
Biker Biggles
11-03-17, 11:16 AM
Bikers dont get knighted.Or can anyone think of an exception?
maviczap
11-03-17, 11:23 AM
Nope, none :-(
R1ffR4ff
11-03-17, 12:20 PM
A great talent gone and in the interviews I've seen over the years a genuine bloke.
SV650rules
11-03-17, 06:30 PM
John Surtees got CBE and Joey Dunlop OBE and MBE but no knighthoods, those are restricted to 'respectable' people. John was a gentleman but obviously chose the wrong sport to excel in. If he had been a golfer, jockey or tennis player, run a failed bank (or even slipped Blair a few quid) he would have got a knighthood.