- He once shared an apartment with his rival Niki Lauda.
- He proposed to his girlfriend Helen Dyson one day before he died.
- Played by Chris Hemsworth in Rush (2013).
- Formula 1 driver. He won ten of his 92 Grand Prix races during a seven-year F1 career (1973-1979) and took the world title in a McLaren in 1976.
- Before becoming a racing driver, he training to be a doctor.
- He was nick-named "Hunt the Shunt".
- Was presented with a 750cc Triumph T140E(S) Bonneville Electro motorcycle by the workers of Triumph Motorcycles Ltd for promoting this model with pop star, David Essex on behalf of their worker's co-operative at the famous Meriden factory. Apparently, unlike Essex, he did not have a license to ride a motorcycle so confined himself to using the motorcycle on the private estates of his posh friends, having had the motorcycle chromed top-to-toe. The motorcycle expired, apparently having suffered an electrical fire.
- Was a keen budgie breeder. In his youth, he planned to breed budgies as a career, claiming that he could "retire at 30, a millionaire." However, reality caught up with him, and his first job was as a hospital porter. However, after he'd retired from racing, he spent more time on his hobby and bred up to 150 birds (some worth several thousand pounds). He won rosettes and trophies from exhibitions around the country.
- Was educated at Wellington College.
- He often brought his German Shepherd dog Oscar with him to expensive restaurants.
- In the book, James Hunt: The Biography, John Hogan said of him: "James was the only driver I've ever seen who had the vaguest idea about what it actually takes to be a racing driver.".
- He had two sons, Tom and Freddie.
- Ex-Formula One racing driver, who raced for Hesketh (1973 (7 GPs) -1974-1975), McLaren (1976-1978) and Wolf (1979 (7 GPs). James Hunt started 92 Grands Prix, 10 Wins, 14 Pole Positions, 8 Fastest Laps, 23 Podiums and 179 Points.
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