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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.
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, ...
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.
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 ...
Mar 7, 2017 · Here are our six reasons to remember James Hunt for the playboy and the terrific driver he was. 1. He did post-race interviews like no one else. Watch a typical James Hunt interview, on the podium ...
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 ...
