S1 Ep131: James Hunt Was F1's Most Troubled Star
Past Gas
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4.9 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
James Hunt is known as the out of control rockstar of F1. At his peak, he was one of the most colorful figures in the history of Grand Prix racing. How did he hit his peak for a legendary season of racing? How did his rivalry with Niki Lauda shape him? And how did his partying and self-destructive behavior eventually cost him… everything? You may think you know James Hunt, but there’s much more to the man than his legendary infamy. Today on Past Gas: James Hunt’s daring, dangerous life and career.
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| 0:00.0 | I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses. I love walking with the dog for long periods of time. |
| 0:10.0 | Hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm. So I think a frozen nose is |
| 0:13.6 | then sweaty armpits because like you're wrapped up so warm but then you're climbing hamps |
| 0:17.9 | and heath and you get to the top and you're like and then you can see the breath |
| 0:21.6 | but then your nose is still freezing to touch. |
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| 1:34.8 | James Hunts' body was broken after a nasty wreck. |
| 1:39.6 | A person in his condition should be in the hospital but in his case, |
| 1:43.3 | James was kicked out for partying naked with a sex worker in his bed. |
| 1:47.0 | A struggling formula three driver, James Hunts had just lost his sponsorship and had no |
| 1:51.7 | prospects on the horizon. His dreams of being a formula one driver seemed further away today |
| 1:57.6 | than when he began just five years before. |
| 2:01.0 | He soaked in disappointment, smoking joint after joint and treating his cotton mouth with |
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