I get appalled when I see good drivers being left on the sidelines because they haven't come up with the half million to a million to put themselves in a competitive car.

In 1955 Norton race chief Joe Craig gave Surtees his first factory sponsored ride aboard the Nortons. This decision cost both Ferrari and Surtees the Formula 1 Championship in 1966. 2 seconds.

John Surtees OBE (born 11 February 1934 Tatsfield Surrey) is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver from England. He was 500cc motorcycle World Champion in 1956 and 1958–60 Formula One World Champion in 1964 and remains the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels.