Surtees

American  

[sur-teez] / ˈsɜr tiz /

noun

1. Robert Smith, 1805–64, English editor and writer.

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Surtees British  

/ ˈsɜːtiːz /

noun

1. 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

2. 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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Example Sentences

From Lewis Hamilton, the most successful driver of all time, with seven titles and 105 wins, to the one-time winners such as Mike Hawthorn, John Surtees, James Hunt and Damon Hill - who, like Jenson Button, was in Abu Dhabi to watch Norris secure his crown.

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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.

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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.

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John Surtees became the only man to win world titles on two wheels and four with his F1 championship in 1964.

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Surtees trailed fellow Englishman Graham Hill by five points before the decider in Mexico, while Scot Jim Clark was in third, a further four points behind.

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