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1979 Monaco Grand Prix. James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was a British racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979. Nicknamed " The Shunt ", [a] Hunt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1976 with McLaren, and won 10 Grands Prix across seven seasons.
James Hunt's was a turbulent life lived to the limit - in and out of racing cars. As a driver he overcame constant fear and enormous odds to become the best in the world - triumphing in one of the most dramatic championship battles in Formula 1 history.
James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was a British racing driver. He was best known for winning the Formula One World Championship in 1976 . He later became a commentator after retiring from racing in 1979.
Biography of Formula 1 legend James Hunt. Born on August 29th, 1947, James Hunt began his career in Formula Ford and was promoted to Formula 3 in 1969. Racing for the STP-March team, Hunt developed a reputation of being a fast but accident-prone driver and earned the nickname, “Hunt the Shunt.”
On January 25, 1976, James Hunt lined his shiny, red-airboxed McLaren M23 up on the pole position slot at Brazil’s legendary Interlagos circuit. It was the Briton’s first-ever grand prix behind the wheel of a McLaren – and, with pole, he kicked off his red-and-white career in style.
James Hunt was a British Formula One driver who later became an F1 commentator alongside Murray Walker. He competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979 and is best remembered for winning the 1976 Drivers’ Championship with McLaren.
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.
The 1976 world champion James Hunt distinguished himself more for crashes and the occasional punch-up with his rivals early on in his career. But once he joined forces with Lord Alexander Hesketh, Hunt rapidly ascended through Formula Three and Formula Two.
James Hunt. The transformation of this Wellington-educated public schoolboy from the role of erratic F3 also-ran to serious F1 World Championship contender was a process which took little more than four years.
No single person has ever scorched a trail through Formula 1, both as a driver and a commentator, like James Hunt. 25 years on from his untimely passing, we look at why the 1976 world champion’s light still burns as brightly as ever... 1. He said what he thought.
