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                 Saturday 11 March 2017
              Former Formula One champion  John Surtees dies at 83




            LONDON  (AP)  —  John                                                                                               one.”
            Surtees, who won the 1964                                                                                           Ferrari  driver  Kimi  Raik-
            Formula  One  champion-                                                                                             konen,  who  won  the  2007
            ship  to  become  the  only                                                                                         F1  title  with  Ferrari,  spoke
            man to win world titles on                                                                                          fondly of Surtees.
            two and four wheels, died                                                                                           “I met him a few times, he
            on Friday. He was 83.                                                                                               was  very  easy-going,”  the
            The  British  driver’s  fam-                                                                                        Finnish  driver  said.  “You
            ily said in a statement that                                                                                        could tell that he had pas-
            Surtees  died  after  being                                                                                         sion for racing in his blood.”
            treated  for  an  existing  re-                                                                                     Ferrari posted a black and
            spiratory condition.                                                                                                white  picture  of  Surtees
            Besides winning the F1 title                                                                                        posing next to team found-
            for Ferrari, Surtees also won                                                                                       er  Enzo  Ferrari  on  Twitter,
            500cc motorcycle world ti-                                                                                          with  the  message:  “John
            tles in 1956, ‘58, ‘59 and ‘60.                                                                                     Surtees, Motorsport legend
            “We deeply mourn the loss                                                                                           and 1964 World Champion
            of such an incredible, kind                                                                                         with  Ferrari,  passed  away.
            and loving man as well as                                                                                           Our  thoughts  are  with  his
            celebrate his amazing life.                                                                                         family.”
            He  has  set  a  very  real  ex-                                                                                    F1  driver  Valtteri  Bottas
            ample  of  someone  who                                                                                             tweeted: “Sad news today.
            kept pushing himself at his                                                                                         It  was  great  to  meet  you
            peak and one who contin-     This is a Sunday, March 14, 2010 file photo of British former Formula One World Champion John   legend. RIP John Surtees.”
            ued  fighting  until  the  very   Surtees, left, and Bernie Ecclestone, president and CEO of Formula One Management, as they   Damon  Hill,  the  1996  F1
            end,”  the  statement  said.  talk to each other before the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit   champion, tweeted: “Such
            Surtees  is  survived  by  his   in Sakhir, Bahrain.                                                                a lovely man. We have lost
            wife Jane and two daugh-                                                                           Associated Press  a  true  great  motorsport
            ters, Leonora and Edwina.    1949 as a passenger for his  Man for three years in suc-  his own Team Surtees F1, F2,   legend. RIP John,”
            A son, Henry, died in 2009.  father, a top sidecar racer,  cession.                    and F5000 cars.              There was also a message
            Renowned for his courage     and  went  on  to  ride  for  He  started  over  100  F1  Motor  sport  was  quick  to   on the official MotoGP ac-
            and determination, Surtees   Norton and MV Augusta. In  grands  prix,  winning  six,  in  pay tributes to Surtees.  count  which  read:  “Very
            will  be  remembered  as     addition  to  his  four  500cc  a career which took him to  “He  was  a  legend  of    sorry  to  hear  that  John
            one of the most gifted and   world  titles  he  also  won  Ferrari,  Cooper,  and  Hon-  the sport, a lovely guy who   Surtees, the only person to
            versatile racers of all time.  three at 350cc. He also be-  da.                        did so much,” three-time F1   win  both  #MotoGP  &  #F1
            He  began  his  illustrious   came  the  first  man  to  win  During  the  1970s  he  also  champion  Lewis  Hamilton   World Championships, has
            career  on  motorcycles  in   the Senior TT on the Isle of  designed,  built  and  raced  said. “It’s a shock to every-  passed away.”q


                    Valspar              at times by the wind, which                                                            ing  out  how  to  deal  with

              Continued from Page 17     kept  him  from  more  rea-                                                            that.  I’m  excited  for  this
                                         sonable  birdie  chances.
                                                                                                                                weekend, what it will bring,
            “You  can’t  go  out  and    Still, the 40-year-old Swede                                                           and hope to keep some of
            shoot 7 under on the Cop-    felt  his  iron  play  getting                                                         these scores coming.”
            perhead  Course  without     better,  and  he  got  one                                                             PGA  Tour  rookie  Wesley
            doing  everything  right,”   bonus  that  had  nothing                                                              Bryan,  best  known  for  his
            Hadwin  said.  “I  put  myself   to  do  with  golf.  Walking                                                       trick shots that made him a
            in position off the tee box,   down the second fairway,                                                             YouTube golf sensation be-
            hit  a  ton  of  fairways  then   2-year-old  daughter  Alice                                                       fore  earning  a  tour  card,
            just really hit the irons solid-  saw  her  dad  and  ran  out                                                      had  another  68  and  was
            ly today. ... And here I am   to greet him.                                                                         only four shots behind.
            going into the weekend.”     “She  doesn’t  know  how                                                                Bryan tied for fourth in his
            And he still has a long way   to  stay  outside  the  ropes,                                                        last two starts at the Gen-
            to go. Herman, coming off    that’s  for  sure,”  Stenson                                                           esis  Open  and  Honda
            a 62 in the opening round,   said  with  a  smile.  “She   Tyrone  Van  Aswegen  drives  the  ball  at  hole  6  in  the  second   Classic. He would need to
            began with 11 straight pars   comes running in when she   round of the Valspar Golf Championship, Friday, March 10, 2017   finish seventh to have any
                                                                      in Palm Harbor, Fla.
            before trading birdies and   sees me. That was good.”                                              Associated Press  chance of making the 64-
            bogeys  and  settling  for  a   Stenson  is  No.  6  in  the                                                        man  field  for  the  Match
            71.  Tyrone  Van  Aswegen    world,  the  highest-ranked   reached  as  high  as  No.  ford. A week later, he was   Play  in  two  weeks.  Also
            had  a  65  and  was  two    player  at  Innisbrook.  The   12  in  the  world  two  years  in the final group Saturday   at stake this weekend is a
            shots  behind,  followed  by   Valspar  Championship  will   ago, has not been eligible  at Torrey Pines until fading   spot in the Masters for the
            a  group  at  7-under  135   be  missing  its  other  top   for the last four World Golf  to a 74-76 weekend.       winner.  Only  three  players
            that  included  British  Open   10  player  because  Justin   Championships.   Hadwin  “I’ve put myself in position   from the top 12 going into
            champion  Henrik  Stenson    Thomas,  who  swept  the     could  make  his  way  into  the  last  couple  of  years,”   the  weekend  —  Stenson,
            (71),  Russell  Henley  (71)   Hawaii  swing,  had  a  74   Match  Play  with  a  runner-  Hadwin said. “I feel like the   Swafford and James Hahn
            and Dominic Bozzelli (68).   and missed the cut.          up  finish,  though  now  it’s  finishes  have  gotten  stron-  —  already  are  eligible  for
            Stenson  opened  with  a     Also  missing  the  cut  was   all  about  winning.  He  be-  ger, and I keep kind of put-  the  Masters.  A  year  ago,
            birdie  to  get  within  one   Billy  Horschel,  leaving  him   came the ninth player with  ting myself there going into   Herman earned his first trip
            shot  of  the  lead,  but  he   no chance of qualifying for   a  sub-60  rounds  on  the  the  weekends.  Just  get-  to  Augusta  National  by
            didn’t  make  another  one   the Dell Match Play in two   PGA  Tour  in  the  California  ting more comfortable out   winning  the  week  before
            until  holing  a  30-foot  putt   weeks. Horschel, who won   desert,  only  to  finish  one  there. Learnings how I feel   the  Masters  at  the  Shell
            on the 15th. He was fooled   the FedEx Cup in 2014 and    shot  behind  Hudson  Swaf-  under  pressure,  and  figur-  Houston Open. q
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