The final years of his life were marked by profound personal loss. The death of his son Henry in a Formula 2 accident in 2009 was devastating. Yet even then, Surtees channelled his grief into action, helping to establish the Henry Surtees Foundation to support people with life changing injuries. It revealed a quieter side to a man often defined by toughness and resolve. When John Surtees died in March 2017, tributes came from every corner of the motorsport world. Riders and drivers, engineers and organisers all spoke with the same reverence. Sir Jackie Stewart called him the greatest all round racer the sport has ever seen, a judgement few would dispute
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