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Recalling Formula 1 and McLaren's most gifted rebel
Andrew Lewin
29/08/2024 at 12:4529/08/2024 at 12:44 ©WRi James Simon Wallis Hunt - one of Formula 1's most talented and emblematic figures - was born on this day in 1947. The son of a London stockbroker, Hunt was by all accounts a handful from the start - willful, self-confident, hyperactive, contrary and persistently rebellious. He was tall, handsome and gifted at sports from an early age - tennis and squash were his early favourites. Then on his 18th birthday he went to Silverstone to watch a motor race, and he was hooked. He wasn't an immediate success behind the wheel - an early Formula Ford race ended up with the car sinking in a lake. He only survived because he wasn't wearing any...
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