A portrait of John Surtees taken earlier in the year of the reigning world motor racing champion , as he was taken to hospital at Toronto for an emergency operation after being seriously injured in a Canadian Grand Prix practice . He suffered multiple fractures of the spine , a fractured pelvis , and internal injuries when his Lola T 70 spun off the Mosport Track in Ontario , and overturned pinning him underneath . 25 September 1965