Surtees
Americannoun
noun
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John. born 1934, British racing motorcyclist and motor-racing driver. He was motorcycling world champion (1956, 1958–60) and Formula One world champion (1964), the only man to have been world champion in both sports
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Robert Smith. 1803–64, British journalist and novelist, who satirized the sporting life of the English gentry in such works as Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities (1838)
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There were plenty of British title winners in the sixties in what was a very British sport, but the softly spoken Surtees stood out as an international talent.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
A multiple world champion on motorbikes as well, Enzo Ferrari recognised his ability, with Surtees winning the Scuderia's fifth F1 drivers' title and as the second Briton to do so after Hawthorn.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
Isabel May Surtees, a nail artist based in West Sussex, has seen demand from businesses increase substantially.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2022
The Scuderia’s last world title had been won by John Surtees in 1964, and the whole team was now being urgently rejuvenated.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2019
Collation given in the edition of the Surtees Soc.,
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
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