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Q140393
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Q140393 refers to a British racing driver who lived from 1947 to 1993 and competed during the motorsport era of the late 20th century. While the specific details of their career achievements aren't provided here, this person was part of the professional racing community during a significant period in automotive sport history.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Q254906
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Belmont
- Place of death
- Wimbledon
- Spouse
- Suzy Miller
- Sibling
- David Hunt
- Educated at
- Wellington College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- Formula One race
- Sport
- auto racing
- Country for sport
- United Kingdom
- Image
- J. Hunt in 1977 (cropped).jpg
Show 14 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Putney Vale Cemetery
- birth name
- James Simon Wallis Hunt
- Commons category
- James Hunt
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1947-08-29
- date of death
- 1993-06-15
- points for
- 179
- number of wins
- 10
- different from
- James Hunt
- name in native language
- James Hunt
- pole positions
- 14
- podium finishes
- 23
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 94
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Encyclopedic overview
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", Hunt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1976 with McLaren and won 10 Grands Prix across seven seasons.
Born and raised in Surrey, Hunt began his racing career in touring cars before progressing to Formula Three in 1969, where he attracted the attention of Lord Hesketh, founder of Hesketh Racing. Hunt earned notoriety throughout his early career for his reckless and action-packed exploits on track, along with his playboy lifestyle off it. He signed for Hesketh in 1973—driving a March 731 chassis designed by Harvey Postlethwaite—making his Formula One debut at the Monaco Grand Prix; he took podiums in his rookie season at the Dutch and United States Grands Prix. Hesketh entered their own 308 chassis in 1974, in which Hunt achieved several podiums and won the non-championship BRDC International Trophy.
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