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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 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.
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.
5 reasons James Hunt remains an F1 icon. 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.
Oct 24, 2016 · James Hunt: The man, the myths, the legends - and our favourite tales. A collection of our favourite facts and stories about the legendary driver who was crowned F1 world champion forty years...
Oct 24, 2016 · Forty years after he conquered the F1 world, the James Hunt story remains as compelling - and colourful - as it ever has.
Mar 7, 2017 · Here are our six reasons to remember James Hunt for the playboy and the terrific driver he was.
Jun 15, 2018 · “I never ever felt I wanted to race again,” James Hunt admitted a year after calling a day to his brief but explosive Formula 1 career. It was a typically forthright soundbite from a man not known for holding back – in any situation.
Jun 13, 2013 · Hunt is apparently portrayed as a swashbuckling playboy, a link to an age of certainty - real and imagined - of roistering gentlemen amateurs, living out the dreams of pie-eyed schoolboys.
James Hunt won the F1 World Championship in 1976. Even at the pinnacle of his F1 achievement, James was out to enjoy his life to the full and never took himself too seriously.
