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How good was James Hunt?

This week, AUTOSPORT magazine ran a special issue on the career of 1976 F1 world champion James Hunt. Mark Hughes gives his verdict on the 1970s superstar

Click here to read AUTOSPORT's James Hunt special, guest-edited by Niki Lauda and featuring insight into Hunt's relationship with Hesketh, the comeback that never was and a technical analysis of his McLaren M23.

There was always a drama around James Hunt, a hurricane of colour and controversy and, at its eye, a blond vision of neurosis and hyperactivity. This was Hunt fuelled up in racing mode - a state he believed necessary to do something that, by his own admission, scared him.

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