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James Hunt
Actor
Born August 29, 1947Died June 15, 1993 (45 years)
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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.
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.
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
| 2022 | Hunt Vs Lauda: The Next Generation · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Superswede: En film om Ronnie Peterson · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | 33 Days · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Rush · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2013 | Hunt vs Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | Senna · as Self |
| 1993 | |
| 1988 | Comic Relief · as Self |
| 1981 | The Kenny Everett Television Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Three of a Kind (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | Friday Night Saturday Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Bruce Forsyth's Big Night (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1978 | Speed Fever · as Self |
| 1976 | Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | One by One · as Self |
| 1971 | V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | A Question of Sport (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | Magpie (TV Series) · as Self - Racing Driver |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | Stars in der Manege (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1958 | Grandstand (TV Series) · as Self - Commentator |
| 1950 | Formula 1 (TV Series) · as Self - English Commentator |