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[William Hunt]

Recently somebody told me that John Surtees only achieved his 1964 title because his Ferrari teammate Lorenzo Bandini on purpose pushed Surtees' title rival Graham Hill out of the track. I know that they did make contact but was it on purpose? I also know that Ferrari used team orders in the final lap (they let Bandini pass Surtees). But was Surtees title achieved because of dirty tactics of Ferrari / agressive driving by Bandini? Maybe someone can shed some light on this.

[HDonaldCapps]

Recently somebody told me that John Surtees only achieved his 1964 title because his Ferrari teammate Lorenzo Bandini on purpose pushed Surtees' title rival Graham Hill out of the track. I know that they did make contact but was it on purpose? I also know that Ferrari used team orders in the final lap (they let Bandini pass Surtees). But was Surtees title achieved because of dirty tactics of Ferrari / agressive driving by Bandini? Maybe someone can shed some light on this.

Someone told you wrong.

This has been touched upon earlier. Use the search feature to read the earlier discussions.

[Vitesse2]

http://forums.autosp...694#post1060694

An alternative view, to which I don't give much credence because of the circumstances:

http://forums.autosp...126#post2530126

[William Hunt]

Thanx Vitesse, I will check out those threads. It seems there was at least controversy surrounding the incident.