John Surtees: Remembering Henry
Former world champion John Surtees shares his memories of his son Henry, who was killed at the age of 18 in a freak accident in a Formula 2 race a Brands Hatch in July
For Henry's situation, Formula 2 was a welcome revival because it gave opportunity for people to compete at a world level at sensible budgets. People criticise that the structure doesn't teach people things, but I would disagree with that. From a concept point of view, F2 was welcome.
He'd sat in a Formula 3 car and won in the National Class at Donington first time out, and his data showed that he could compete with [Jaime] Alguersuari, [Oliver] Turvey and such. But we were confronted with the fact that the best team had signed up people that finished behind him in Championship Class cars, because they had £650,000.
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