John Surtees

John Norman Surtees (11 ga Fabrairu 1934 - 10 ga Maris 2017) ya kasance direban tsere tsere na Burtaniya kuma Mai tseren babur wanda ya yi gasa a tseren babura na Grand Prix daga 1952 zuwa 1960, da kuma Formula One daga 1960 zuwa 1972. Surtees ya kasance zakara na duniya na Grand Prix sau bakwai, tare da lakabi hudu a cikin firaministan 500cc tare da MV Agusta . Surtees ya lashe gasar zakarun direbobin duniya ta Formula One a 1964 tare da Ferrari, kuma ya kasance direban da ya lashe gasar cin kofin duniya a kan ƙafafu biyu- da hudu; ya lashe gasar Grand Prix na babur 38 da Grand Prix na Formula One guda shida.

A kan hanyarsa ta zama zakaran duniya na Grand Prix sau bakwai, Surtees ya lashe lambar yabo ta farko a 1956, kuma ya biyo baya tare da sau biyu a jere tsakanin 1958 da 1960, inda ya lashe gasar zakarun duniya shida a duka 500 da 350cc. Daga nan sai Surtees ya koma saman wasan motsa jiki mai ƙafa huɗu, Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Formula One, kuma a 1964 ya yi tarihin tseren mota ta hanyar zama Gasar Cin Duniya ta Formula 1. Ya kafa kungiyar Surtees Racing Organisation wacce ta yi gasa a matsayin mai ginawa a Formula One, Formula 2 da Formula 5000 daga 1970 zuwa 1978. Ya kuma kasance jakadan Gidauniyar Racing Steps .

Surtees ɗan dillalin babur ne na kudancin London.[1] Mahaifinsa Jack Surtees ya kasance mai cin kofin grasstrack kuma a 1948 ya kasance Kudancin Gabas na Kudu maso Gabas Sidecar Champion.[2] Ya fara fitowa ta farko, wanda suka lashe, a cikin motar mahaifinsa Vincent yana da shekaru 14. [1] Koyaya, lokacin da jami'an tseren suka gano shekarun Surtees, an dakatar da su.[1] Ya shiga tserensa na farko yana da shekaru 15 a gasar grasstrack. A shekara ta 1950, yana da shekaru 16, ya tafi aiki a masana'antar Vincent a matsayin ɗan koyo. [1] [3] Ya fara samun shahara a shekara ta 1951 lokacin da ya ba Norton star Geoff Duke ƙalubale mai ƙarfi a cikin tseren ACU a Thruxton Circuit . [1]

A shekara ta 1955, shugaban tseren Norton Joe Craig ya ba Surtees tafiyarsa ta farko da aka tallafawa a cikin Nortons. Ya gama shekara ta hanyar doke zakaran duniya mai mulki Duke a Silverstone sannan a Brands Hatch . Koyaya, tare da Norton a cikin matsalar kudi kuma ba shi da tabbas game da shirye-shiryen tseren su, Surtees ya yarda da tayin tseren ga ƙungiyar tseren masana'antar MV Agusta, inda nan da nan ya sami laƙabi figlio del vento (Ɗan iska).

Surtees a cikin aiki a lokacin 1960 500cc Dutch TT .

A shekara ta 1956, Surtees ta lashe gasar zakarun duniya ta 500 cc, MV Agusta ta farko a cikin manyan ɗalibai. A cikin wannan Surtees ya sami taimako daga shawarar FIM na haramta mai karewa, Geoff Duke, na tsawon watanni shida saboda goyon bayansa ga yajin aikin mahaya don ƙarin kuɗi. A cikin kakar 1957, MV Agustas ba su da wasa ga Gileras da Surtees sun yi yaƙi zuwa matsayi na uku a cikin MV Agusta 500 Quattro na 1957.

Lokacin da Gilera da Moto Guzzi suka janye daga tseren Grand Prix a ƙarshen 1957, Surtees da MV Agusta sun ci gaba da mamaye gasar a cikin manyan ɗalibai biyu. A shekara ta 1958, 1959 da 1960, ya lashe 32 daga cikin tseren 39 kuma ya zama mutum na farko da ya lashe Babban TT a Isle of Man TT shekaru uku a jere.