How old are you?

manchild · Post 18 Feb 2006, 18:44

DaveKillens wrote:.... and a few years later James Hunt knock out a corner worker with a sucker punch....

I've seen the video of that punch recently ... I'll try to find it. In the meantime enjoy this pic

Sex, drugs and Rock&Roll ... wonder how this would fit with RDD

*Notice that the babe is wearing golden plated wardrobe... I mean sitting on top of the cooling pipe

Tom · Post 19 Feb 2006, 00:39

I think Hunt also tryed to take on another driver who knocked him off the track at the last corner in an F3 race at Crystal Palace. They were dicing for second I believe when they collided.
The officials blamed the foreign guy!
Insert conspiracy theories here.

Spencifer_Murphy · Post 17 Mar 2006, 03:12

They didnt call him "Hunt the Shunt" for nothing i guess

Monstrobolaxa · Post 17 Mar 2006, 04:05

DaveKillens · Post 17 Mar 2006, 04:07

Lord Hesketh brought James Hunt up with him from F3, where he had some horrific accidents and earned that label. James exhibited all the characteristics of a wild, but talented driver.

Spencifer_Murphy · Post 17 Mar 2006, 17:33

And he lived where I used to go to college!!!

(Wimbledon Village....I used to go to Wimbledon College...yes quite near to the famous Tennis Courts)

Not that ANY of that makes a difference to his abilities in a car!

He was a real character though. Being so young there's so much in the sport's history that I wish I could have seen...

...I guess I'm witnessing thing now that young people of the future will be saying they wish they could have seen:

A seven time world champion
The Youngest GP winner
The Youngest GP Champion
One of only four drivers to get the fastest lap on his debuet.

We're still seeing history being written.

DaveKillens · Post 17 Mar 2006, 18:58

When Lord Hesketh and James Hunt broke upon the F1 scene, it was exciting and wild. Here was this English Lord, a motorsport enthusiast showing up with a totally brand new team, and an incredibly talented, but wild driver who looked and acted like Hollywood's image of a wild and exciting race car driver. They had a teddy bear as their mascot, and were known as Team Teddy Bear. And of course, he backed it all up with incredibly good race results.

Scuderia_Russ · Post 17 Mar 2006, 19:00

His biography by Gerald Donaldson is a great read!

k_v · Post 17 Mar 2006, 19:22

I´m 28.

Venom · Post 17 Mar 2006, 21:45

m3_lover · Post 17 Mar 2006, 21:46

ackzsel · Post 18 Mar 2006, 00:10

22 (I think)

Sodder · Post 18 Mar 2006, 05:27

21 as of three weeks ago.

vyselegend · Post 18 Mar 2006, 10:10

mech_coen · Post 18 Mar 2006, 11:36