©TheCahierArchive The great Mike Hailwood - one of motorsport's all-time greats - left us on this day in 1981. Hailwood's first need for speed was on two wheels. Racing for Honda, he took three titles in 250cc, two more in 350cc and four consecutive 500cc world championships between 1962 and 1965. By this time however he was already competing in Formula 1 for Lotus. He returned to the sport at the end of 1971 with Team Surtees and is seen here on the grid in Italy in 1972. In 1974 he took his first Grand Prix podium in South Africa with McLaren. But it's for his heroism at the previous year's South African Grand Prix that he will perhaps be best remembered. He collided with Clay Regazzoni...
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