{"id":460238,"date":"2004-08-01T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2004-08-02T01:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=97984"},"modified":"2024-02-16T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T14:07:42","slug":"john-surtees-1964-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/john-surtees-1964-world-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"John Surtees, 1964 World Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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\u2019s 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\u2019 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\u2019s 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.<\/em><\/p>\n

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John Surtees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Your involvement with Enzo Ferrari and the Ferrari team was complex, but do you recall how it all came about?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n