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Birthday: Aug 29, 1947
Place of Birth: Belmont - England - UK

James Hunt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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 commentating on Grands Prix for the BBC. He was known for his knowledge, insights, dry sense of humour and his criticism of drivers who, he believed, were not trying hard enough, which in the process brought him a whole new fanbase. Hunt died from a heart attack aged 45. He was inducted into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame on January 29, 2014.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Hunt vs Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals Self (archive footage) 2013
When Playboys Ruled the World Himself 2010
The Plank One-Eyed Truck Driver 1979
Mr. H Is Late 1988
1976 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review himself 1976
Rush Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2013
Hunt vs Lauda: The Next Generation Self (archive footage) 2022
Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol Footman 1985
Formula 1 - Speed fever Self 1978
1 Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2013
The Formula One Drivers (aka The Quick and the Dead) Self 1974
Ayrton Senna: Chequered Flag to Green Light Self 1991
Frankly... Jacky Ickx Self (archive footage) 2011
Superswede: A film about Ronnie Peterson Self (archive footage) 2017
Lauda - The Untold Story Self (archive footage) 2014
Series Cast Year
The Kenny Everett Television Show Self 1982
The Boot Street Band 1993
Three of a Kind Self 1981
The Kenny Everett Television Show Footman 1982
The Kenny Everett Television Show The Footmen 1982
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
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