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James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) [1] 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. Beginning his racing career in touring car racing, Hunt progressed into Formula Three, where he ...
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. The tall and handsome public schoolboy also enjoyed considerable ...
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 ...
2. He was anti-establishment. Already an enfant terrible of the British racing scene who’d earned the sobriquet ‘Hunt the Shunt’ thanks to some lurid driving in Formula 3, Hunt’s entry into Formula 1 was anarchic from the get-go. He came to the top level of the sport with the privateer Hesketh squad, the plaything of the young Lord Hesketh.
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 ...
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 · James Hunt's famous F1 title win in the wet at Fuji - 40 years on. 24 October 2016. Rex Features. One of the most celebrated Formula 1 title battles came to a dramatic conclusion 40 years ago this ...
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 11, 2024 · James Hunt 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. He quickly graduated to Formula Three races, where his aggressive driving and
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.
