Born on this day in 1947, James Hunt is still feted for his world championship-winning talent, combined with an avid appetite for life's many other pleasures. But in early 1976, his F1 future was far from certain. Cast adrift from Hesketh, he wouldn't have ben McLaren's first choice that year but circumstance cast him in that direction, as team manager Alastair Caldwell recounts in today's Great Read.
This was the summer of 1976. Hot weather and hot tempers came together at Brands Hatch in a cauldron of a Grand Prix that had the Brits out of their seats, stamping their feet. None of us will ever forget that weekend in Kent.
Life in Formula 1's pressure cooker had been intensifying all year. Something, or somebody, was going to blow. And it happened at Brands in mid-July.
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