Setting the record without Ferrari red

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When John Surtees won his F1 drivers' championship in 1964, he became the first - and to date only - driver to add the title to motorcycle world championships. Surtees was driving for Ferrari in 1964, but he secured the title at the final race of the season in Mexico driving in the colours of the  Luigi Chinetti's North American Racing Team due to a dispute between Enzo Ferrari and the Italian National Automobile Club.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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