James Hunt
Race car driver, Athlete
1947 – 1993
Who was James Hunt?
James Simon Wallis Hunt 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.
Beginning his racing career in touring car racing, Hunt progressed into Formula Three where he attracted the attention of the Hesketh Racing team and was soon taken under their wing. Hunt's often action-packed exploits on track earned him the nickname "Hunt the Shunt". Hunt entered Formula One in 1973, driving a March 731 entered by the Hesketh Racing team. He went on to win for Hesketh, driving their own Hesketh 308 car, in both World Championship and non-Championship races, before joining the McLaren team at the end of 1975. In his first year with McLaren, Hunt won the 1976 World Drivers' Championship, and he remained with the team for a further two years, although with less success, before moving to the Wolf team in early 1979. Following a string of races in which he failed to finish, Hunt retired from driving halfway through the 1979 season.
After retiring from motor racing, he established a career commenting on Grands Prix for the BBC.
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- Born
- Aug 29, 1947
Belmont, Sutton - Also known as
- James Simon Wallis Hunt
- Hunt the Shunt
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Suzy Hunt
(1974/10/18 - 1976/06) - Sarah Lomax
(1983/10/17 - 1989/11)
- Suzy Hunt
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Wellington College, Berkshire
- Died
- Jun 15, 1993
Wimbledon
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on July 23, 2013
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