James Hunt

James Hunt was a British racing driver and broadcaster, born in 1947 and nicknamed the Shunt, who competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979. Raised in Surrey, he began in touring cars, moved up to Formula Three in 1969 and drew the attention of Lord Hesketh, whose team gave him his Formula One debut at the 1973 Monaco Grand Prix. He took his first win with Hesketh at the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix, then joined McLaren and won the 1976 World Drivers' Championship by a single point from Niki Lauda. He won ten Grands Prix, moved to Wolf in 1979 and retired after Monaco. He worked as a BBC commentator and newspaper columnist, mentored Mika Häkkinen through Marlboro, and died of a heart attack in 1993 aged 45.