James Hunt
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James Simon Wallis Hunt 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 w
Hunt at the 1977 Swedish Grand Prix
Hunt driving a Brabham BT21 in the Guards Trophy F3 race at Brands Hatch, 1969
Hunt in the Hesketh at the 1975 British Grand Prix
Hunt celebrates at the 1976 British Grand Prix; he would later be disqualified from the results.
Rush (2013 film)
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Rush is a 2013 biographical sports film directed by Ron Howard and written by Peter Morgan. It is centred on the rivalry between two Formula One drivers, James Hunt and Niki Lauda, during the 1976 For
James Hunt
…Prix. Räikkönen repeated the tribute at the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix. The 1976 title battle between Niki Lauda and Hunt was dramatised in the 2013 film Rush, in which Hunt was played by Chris Hemsworth. In the film, Lauda said of Hunt's death, "When I heard he'd died aged 45 of a heart attack I wasn't…
British release poster
Daniel Brühl, Niki Lauda and Peter Morgan at the premiere of Rush in Vienna, Austria.