Awards & Winners

John Surtees

Date of Birth 11-February-1934
Place of Birth Tatsfield
(United Kingdom, Tandridge District)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Race car driver, Author
John Surtees, OBE is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver from England. He was a four-time 500cc motorcycle World Champion – winning that title in 1956, 1958, 1959 and 1960 – the Formula One World Champion in 1964, and remains the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels. He founded the Surtees Racing Organisation team that competed as a constructor in Formula One, Formula 2 and Formula 5000 from 1970 to 1978. He is also the ambassador of the Racing Steps Foundation.

Awards by John Surtees

Check all the awards nominated and won by John Surtees.

1959


BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award