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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.
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.
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...
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.
Jun 15, 2018 · A last heartbreaking flourish. MURRAY WALKER: on James Hunt. A last heartbreaking flourish.
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.
Oct 24, 2016 · Forty years after he conquered the F1 world, the James Hunt story remains as compelling - and colourful - as it ever has.
Jul 18, 2020 · James Hunt’s seven-year Formula 1 career provided a litany of memorable moments, but his win at the 1976 British Grand Prix, achieved against a backdrop of a riot-threatening home crowd, furious on-track action and political infighting was exceptional even by his standards.
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.
