Motor racing legend John Surtees dead at 83RONALD DUMONT / GETTY IMAGES Formula 1 and motorcycling world champion John Surtees at Silverstone in 1967. KEYSTONE British motorcyclist and racing driver John Surtees practicing for the Italian Grand Prix on the famous Monza track near Milan in 1957. TERRY DISNEY / 1960 John Surtees in action in a Lotus in 1960. CLIVE MASON / GETTY IMAGES John Surtees at the Italian Grand Prix in 1998. In all, Surtees won 290 of the 621 races he entered on bikes and in cars with another 103 podium finishes.

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