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  1. ianjem

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    #1 ianjem, Jun 14, 2008
  2. thepinkumbrella

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    #2 thepinkumbrella, Jun 14, 2008
  3. Daytonafan

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    #3 Daytonafan, Jun 14, 2008
    +1 amazed Surtees has not been recognised before
     
  4. ianjem

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    #4 ianjem, Jun 14, 2008
    Definitely, World Champion on both 2 wheels and 4. I would have expected he would have been Sir John ages ago...
    Ian
     
  5. Modeler

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    #5 Modeler, Jun 14, 2008
    Should've been a knighthood.
     
  6. jk0001

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    #6 jk0001, Jun 15, 2008
    Surtees was fantastic
     
  7. DAYTONASME

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    +1
     
  8. 4re Nut

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  9. Arvin Grajau

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    #9 Arvin Grajau, Oct 26, 2009
    should be Sir John.
     
  10. jknight

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    #10 jknight, Oct 26, 2009
    Well deserved, though it should have been a knighthood.
     
  11. nunojcmaia

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    #11 nunojcmaia, Oct 27, 2009
    OK, he deserves it, at least so much as L. Hamilton, but why now?
    so much after he won WDC (1964)?
    it's because his son died in a motor racing accident?!
     
  12. Bas

    Bas Four Time F1 World Champ

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    #12 Bas, Oct 27, 2009
    EXACTLY my thoughts.

    WHY has it taken 45 years to be recognized? he won the F1 WDC and was motoGP champ. the only driver who has ever done that.

    I'm pretty annoyed that he only received one now, right after his son died.
     
  13. DGS

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    #13 DGS, Oct 27, 2009
    This thread is from 2008 -- a year before the accident.
     
  14. brian.s

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    #14 brian.s, Oct 27, 2009
    Thanks, I NEED to get down there. Is this a permanent display? Interesting they have the last car to run under Team Surtees. The exhibits look superb, much like Donington, and I believe that again like Donington and IMS, they all run?

    we had a petition going last year for 'Sir' John, came to nout unfortunately. Still proud to have worked for and got to know the man.

    Brian
     
  15. Gilles27

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    #15 Gilles27, Oct 27, 2009
    Kinda spooky, huh?
     
  16. 4re Nut

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    #16 4re Nut, Oct 27, 2009
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    Sorry, don't know the answer to either but I'm inclined to think "yes" to both but just a gut feeling.

    Below is a scan of a postcard I bought as a souvenir. They also have a t-shirt with the same design, which I regret not buying...my reason for a return visit! :)
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  17. greyboxer

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    #17 greyboxer, Dec 31, 2015
    Now upgraded to a CBE
     
  18. David Lind

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    #18 David Lind, Jan 4, 2016
    Took them long enough, don't you think? Should have done this in about 1975.
     
  19. Hamishmoon

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    #19 Hamishmoon, Jan 5, 2016
    no disrespect to Sir Stirling but Sir John should have also been recognized:)
     
  20. merstheman

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    #20 merstheman, Jan 13, 2016
    Should be a KBE.

    He won the world championships in cars and bikes.

    I think the reason they haven't knighted him is because he did so for Italian manufacturers.
     

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