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James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was a British racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979. Nicknamed " the Shunt ", [ a ] Hunt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1976 with McLaren , and won 10 Grands Prix across seven seasons.
James Hunt (left) and Niki Lauda (right) at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in 1976. The Hunt–Lauda rivalry or Lauda–Hunt rivalry was a Formula 1 rivalry between British racing driver James Hunt and Austrian racing driver Niki Lauda that ran from the 1973 season up until Hunt's retirement after the 1979 season.
Rush is a 2013 biographical sports film centred on the rivalry between two Formula One drivers, Briton James Hunt and the Austrian Niki Lauda, [12] during the 1976 motor-racing season. It was written by Peter Morgan , directed by Ron Howard and stars Chris Hemsworth as Hunt and Daniel Brühl as Lauda.
Noted drivers: James Hunt Alan Jones: Website: heskethracing.co.uk: ... Hesketh Racing was a Formula One constructor from the United Kingdom, which competed from 1973 ...
Briton James Hunt won the World Championship of Drivers, driving for McLaren Niki Lauda (pictured in 1975) was runner up by one point, driving for Ferrari. The 1976 Formula One season was the 30th season of FIA Formula One motor racing.
The Hesketh 308 and its derived sister model the 308B are Formula One racing cars designed by Harvey Postlethwaite for Hesketh Racing to compete in the 1974 and 1975 World Championships. The car gave James Hunt his first World Championship Grand Prix win in the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.
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The 1976 Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on 14 March 1976. The 40-lap race was won by James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Cosworth, with Alan Jones second in a Surtees-Cosworth and Jacky Ickx third in a Hesketh-Cosworth entered by Wolf-Williams Racing.