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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 One history.
Hunt debutó en 1973 con el equipo de Lord Alexander Hesketh, Hesketh Racing, tras el volante de un March 731 y desarrollado por Harvey Postlethwaite. Fue un equipo desenfadado y divertido, el mono de Hunt de ese año llevaba un rótulo en el que se podía leer "Sexo, el desayuno de los campeones".
7 de may. de 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Already an enfant terrible of the British racing scene who’d earned the sobriquet ‘Hunt the Shunt’ thanks to some lurid driving in Formula 3, Hunt’s entry into Formula 1 was anarchic from the get-go.
15 de jun. de 2018 · Hunt wasn’t merely working as a co-commentator, though. He was also coaching a young Swedish driver, Tomas Kaiser; a task that took James to Formula 3000 races on free weekends between Grands Prix.
26 de ene. de 2016 · 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.
