John Surtees drove his Ferrari 158 to 3rd place in the 1964 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch. Surtees went on to win the German and Italian Grands Prix and claim the World Championship.
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Our European Editor, Ed McDonough, has had the opportunity to interview John Surtees on a number of occasions, investigating how Surtees had his first test in a Formula 1 car in a Vanwall, and later became the only person ever to race Vanwall’s short-lived rear-engine car in 1961. As part of his role as co-organizer of the celebration charity dinner to mark the 40th anniversary of Surtees’ World Championship in 1964, McDonough met with Surtees on a number of occasions, interviewing him in depth on his role at Honda, and was present when a statue was erected at Mallory Park to note John’s achievements there on both two wheels and four. The subject of Ferrari came up on numerous occasions, and it is a topic of some interest because Surtees left the team suddenly in 1966. Here, McDonough pulls together a number of the analytical, as well as emotional, comments Surtees has made about Enzo Ferrari and his years driving for him.
John Surtees
Your involvement with Enzo Ferrari and the Ferrari team was complex, but do you recall how it all came about?
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