In F1 there are some important dates that are linked to memory and stimulate happy memories. On February 11 was born John Surtees, a special pilot, the only one in history to won the Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver.
The “Son of the wind” was also among the star in “1 – Life on the limit”, a documentary directed by Paul Crowder spent the period between the ‘60s and ‘70s, when the engines of the race cars are starting to be more powerful and Formula 1 was broadcast in television. Thanks to the video archive and material collected by the director and some unpublished documents preserved in the archive of Bernie Ecclestone, the documentary film chronicles the lives and businesses of a generation of pilots destined to become legend Sir Jackie Stewart, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi, Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Jody Scheckter, Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.