{"id":491745,"date":"2011-03-01T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=35899"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:07:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:07:48","slug":"james-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/james-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"James Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSex \u2013 the breakfast of Champions\u201d was the legend on the T-shirt the 1976 Formula 1 World Champion wore under his driving suit. Ex-public schoolboy irreverence that only partially sums up this deceptively talented, sophisticated and intelligent man. He personified that much overworked term charisma, but he was also an instinctively brilliant, hard-charging driver who won the world title, 10 Grands Prix, scored 23 podium places and took 14 pole positions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite all that success, James never really took himself or the establishment too seriously, preferring to turn up to sponsors\u2019 parties in a T-shirt, jeans and sockless or, when he was in a good mood, a tuxedo and tennis shoes. After he retired from F1, James lucked into a job as one of the two BBC TV Grand Prix commentators, paired with national icon Murray Walker. 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