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James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was a British racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1976. After retiring from racing in 1979, Hunt became a media commentator and businessman until his death.
James Simon Wallis Hunt, born on August 29, 1947, into the family of a London stockbroker, was an unruly child: hyperactive, contrary and persistently rebellious. As a self-confident, competitive and determined youth he taught himself to play tennis and squash to a high standard.
Sometimes controversial, always charismatic and fast, the colourful Briton put in some spectacular drives during a relatively brief but brilliant career at t...
Jun 15, 1993 · SPORT and broadcasting lost one of the great mavericks yesterday when James Hunt died from a heart attack at the age of 45. He was the last British driver to win the Formula One crown before Nigel ...
Oct 24, 2016 · Part three of our commemorative series to mark 40 years since James Hunt’s World Championship. This part Niki Lauda reveals all about his relationship with the Briton. A feature documentary ...
Oh yes – Murray Walker and James Hunt made quite the commentary team. The partnership got off to a bad start, with Hunt and Walker first officially paired together for the BBC at the 1980 Monaco Grand Prix. As Murray Walker remembered: “James appears in his cut-down tattered jeans with a scruffy T-shirt, ...
Oct 24, 2016 · Hunt's world title: 40 years on. James Hunt in F1: Season by season. Hunt relaxes by the side of the track ahead of the 1973 French GP at Paul Ricardn. * Due to his robust driving style, Hunt was ...
Jun 13, 2013 · James Hunt, who died 20 years ago, "shone like a lighthouse amid the grey, wearing waves of austerity", writes Ben Dirs.
Jun 15, 2018 · It’s incredible to think that more than a quarter of a century has passed since James Hunt’s unexpected and premature death. If ever there was a Formula 1 Titan, it was James: he had survived the 1970s, motorsport’s most dangerous decade, weathered the excesses of the 1980s and discovered modest sobriety and love before dying of a heart attack on June 15 1993, aged just 45.
Jun 11, 2024 · James Hunt (born August 29, 1947, London, England—died June 15, 1993, London) was a British race-car driver who won the 1976 Formula One (F1) Grand Prix world championship by one point over his Austrian archrival, Niki Lauda. Hunt began racing his own car in Formula Ford events in 1969.
