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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 · Watch Sky F1's three features looking at Hunt the racer and the man. Monday 24 October 2016 14:27, UK. Forty years after he conquered the F1 world, the James Hunt story remains as compelling...
Jan 26, 2016 · 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of James Hunt's world championship victory. We start his story here: 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.
May 7, 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, 1993 · Tuesday 15 June 1993 23:02 BST. 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 ...
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 ...
James’s season thereafter settled down to a slog with his arch-rival Niki Lauda, a close and genuine friend whom James respected unreservedly. Although James’s own title hopes received a boost after Niki suffered serious burns when he crashed his Ferrari during the German GP at the Nurburgring, Hunt knew enough about his rival’s ...
