Claim: John Surtees remains the only person to have won World Championships on two, and four wheels; he won the 1964 Italian Grand Prix in a Ferrari in 2:10:51.8.
Evidence: He was a four-time 500 cc motorcycle World Champion – winning that title in 1956, 1958, 1959 and 1960 – the Formula One World Champion in 1964, and remains the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels. United_Kingdom John Surtees Ferrari 2:10:51.8