In those days the UK commentary went to Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and (I think) North America. I’m not sure if that still happens but the audience then was most of the English-speaking world.
Hunt was only 2-and-half years younger than Jacky Ickx. Jacky was past his best in F1 by 1979, but Hunt had already retired (after numerous deliberate car breakages when he realised at the start of the 1979 season that he couldn't get out of his Wolf contract).
If Hunt was commentating in 2017, he would describe Massa as an idiot who should be off racing in FE instead and not spoil exciting moments like Sochi and Suzuka
F1 has been dead since 2009. 2012 was a fluke. Its not actually F1 anymore. Any formula where Schumacher is beaten by Rosberg and Kimi Raikkonen needs 2 laps to heat his tyres is not worth watching. In addition to the fact its predictable and boring with virtually no avenues for teams to catch up mid season.
So, in conclusion, Enzo Ferrari was also an idiot because he wanted Jarier for 1974, his boss Max Mosley another Englishman stopped Jarier from signing with Ferrari and Enzo took.... Lauda
JPJ was just pissed off having to let faster cars through. A year earlier he had couple of races for Lotus where he drove at the front and led until his car broke down. I guess he never forgot the feeling of leading a GP and was just pissed off he was back in a mediocre car. Stick him in 78' Lotus and 79' Ferrari he is easily world champion. First quali in 78' after he replaced Ronnie he immidiately beat Andretti and stuck the car on pole. He led the race all the way until his car broke down. JPJ was very fast on his day all french drivers are. Hunt altho is excused to crap on him here sometimes went over the board because him a typical Brit didn't like french people or in his case french drivers. He always had something bad to say about them and often was a nasty mouth to them. Many people fall into Hunt hype here but the guy was a drunk with a nasty language, was borderline psychotic and he seemed to crap on many drivers for no reason at all...
This just shows how superior the Lotus 79 was. And how weak Andretti. If Ronnie wouldn't be a gentleman and letting Andretti (the number 1 driver) win, he would have been easy World Champion. Jarier was not a good driver.
James Hunt was a great commentator and didn't always give it just to french people because supposedly all Brits don't like the French. I seem to remember him defending Alain Prost against when Nigel Mansell refused to race with him as a team mate at Williams and instead went to race Indycar in the US (which made me laugh at the time because they used to call it the Indycar world series when it was only contested in the US and Canada at the time). He just said it they way it was and that was what made him such a great F1 commentator.
@@BlueSkyBS So a racing series goes to (I think it was) 3 countries (Australia, Canada and of course, the USA) and that counts as a bit of a world series?..............come on man!! F1 is an international series, indycar is not
Considering all circumstances of 1976 season I've got some serious doubt's regarding Hunt's champion title. To be straight forward - I do not consider Hunt as great driver
@@Jamo_7811 I agree whith you.Hunt is overrated.Jarier was a much better driver,he just didn't have much oppurtunity to showcase his talent. Hunt knew this,all the pilots he made fun of (Jarier,De Cesaris etc) were much better than him.Typical british trash talk. A textbook case of inferiority complex if you ask me...
JPJ had more talent than James Hunt ever had. Also, Hunt was probably the worst champion ever to be produced by the UK. He also contributed to the death of one of the most talented F1 drivers ever, Ronnie Peterson. Hunt was a disgrace behind the microphone and a mediocre driver behind the wheel. Worst and least deserving F1 champion of the 1970s.
he had narcistic personality disorder... James "Lauda almost killed himself at nordschleife and then gave up wet race in Fuji by which he allowed me to become a world champion by one point" Hunt :))
+hudgensons Hunt beat the two Ferraris at Zaandvort in '75 in a Hesketh. He clocked three second-place finishes that same year. Lauda was in awe of Hunt because he could drive fast and win races without putting in the time-sapping shifts Lauda did at Ferrari. Hunt had plenty of talent, I would suggest. Had he focussed more on F1 instead of women and champagne, he probably would have won a lot more races.
"You've seen the sort of pig ignorance you'd expect from Jarier."
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James Hunt, the Shunt...
James Simon Wallis Hunt
Very first commentary and it sets the stall out perfectly for 14 years of legendary commentary. RIP James.
"Jackie Ickx is suffering from old age a bit"
James really disliked Jarrier, in 83 he said the frenchman had a mental age of 10. The world needs another James Hunt
Another Hunt, another Senna, another lauda ....
James Hunt just handed out roasts in the booth
Every time I hear James Hunt I picture Chris Hemsworth sitting next to Murray Walker wrestling the mic away from him
Much fun mate
The Hunt/Walker commentary team was the best commentary team in the history of any sport ever.
As a driver, it must have been humiliating to get burned by F1 legend James Hunt on international television... and Hunt did a lot of it too! lol
Each country does their own voiceover on the feed, this commentary would have only been heard in GB
and the US
Who was it he called a wally?
In those days the UK commentary went to Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and (I think) North America. I’m not sure if that still happens but the audience then was most of the English-speaking world.
@@duncanbick6732Think that may’ve been Jarier as well. ‘The problem with Jarier is he’s a French wally. Always has been, always will be’
i find it funny how no one talks about how he said that jacky ickx was suffering from old age
Hunt was only 2-and-half years younger than Jacky Ickx. Jacky was past his best in F1 by 1979, but Hunt had already retired (after numerous deliberate car breakages when he realised at the start of the 1979 season that he couldn't get out of his Wolf contract).
Thanks for the upload! :)
An appetizer compared to how Hunt roasted Jarier in 1983 Austrian GP...
Tambay pointed his fist after this clown cost him the lead.
Absolutely, but Jarier deserved it. Even Murray Walker criticised him as well, and you know how rarely he did that in his career.
Hunt was telling the truth.....very much missed
Rip james hunt you will be missed the f1 driver and anoncer
0:38 - Not his earphones this time, Murray?
I was pretty sure I saw a blue flag somewhere in that bit of footage.
you did and boy was Hunt right it really drives me nuts when back markers don't move over especially if they're not racing anyone else
Yes there was a blue flag, but they were only advisory back then, late 90s was when they started handing out penalties for ignoring blue flags.
If Hunt was commentating in 2017, he would describe Massa as an idiot who should be off racing in FE instead and not spoil exciting moments like Sochi and Suzuka
F1 has been dead since 2009. 2012 was a fluke. Its not actually F1 anymore. Any formula where Schumacher is beaten by Rosberg and Kimi Raikkonen needs 2 laps to heat his tyres is not worth watching. In addition to the fact its predictable and boring with virtually no avenues for teams to catch up mid season.
If Hunt were commentating in 2017, he'd quit after the first race and go over to Indycar where they still have actual racing.
And Massa will run Formula E
JH and now massa is in formula E
If James Hunt was still here
today I don’t think he would even bother giving the time of day to the nonsense we call “Formula 1” today.
James Hunt, the Shunt...
Pignorance ?
When was James Hunt NOT insulting a driver?...
Jarier is driving the crap out of that car even though the tires are no doubt fried.
So, in conclusion, Enzo Ferrari was also an idiot because he wanted Jarier for 1974, his boss Max Mosley another Englishman stopped Jarier from signing with Ferrari and Enzo took.... Lauda
JPJ was just pissed off having to let faster cars through. A year earlier he had couple of races for Lotus where he drove at the front and led until his car broke down. I guess he never forgot the feeling of leading a GP and was just pissed off he was back in a mediocre car. Stick him in 78' Lotus and 79' Ferrari he is easily world champion. First quali in 78' after he replaced Ronnie he immidiately beat Andretti and stuck the car on pole. He led the race all the way until his car broke down. JPJ was very fast on his day all french drivers are. Hunt altho is excused to crap on him here sometimes went over the board because him a typical Brit didn't like french people or in his case french drivers. He always had something bad to say about them and often was a nasty mouth to them. Many people fall into Hunt hype here but the guy was a drunk with a nasty language, was borderline psychotic and he seemed to crap on many drivers for no reason at all...
This just shows how superior the Lotus 79 was. And how weak Andretti. If Ronnie wouldn't be a gentleman and letting Andretti (the number 1 driver) win, he would have been easy World Champion. Jarier was not a good driver.
The fool is pretty easy to spot here.. on the race track, that is
James Hunt was a great commentator and didn't always give it just to french people because supposedly all Brits don't like the French. I seem to remember him defending Alain Prost against when Nigel Mansell refused to race with him as a team mate at Williams and instead went to race Indycar in the US (which made me laugh at the time because they used to call it the Indycar world series when it was only contested in the US and Canada at the time). He just said it they way it was and that was what made him such a great F1 commentator.
@@Bikerz_rule Nigel's first Indycar win was at Surfers Paradise in Australia, so it was a little bit of a world series.
@@BlueSkyBS So a racing series goes to (I think it was) 3 countries (Australia, Canada and of course, the USA) and that counts as a bit of a world series?..............come on man!! F1 is an international series, indycar is not
Taking drugs or commenting on a GP, you have to choose...
Making a idiot of himself, is far from calling someone a idiot
Considering all circumstances of 1976 season I've got some serious doubt's regarding Hunt's champion title. To be straight forward - I do not consider Hunt as great driver
@@Jamo_7811 I agree whith you.Hunt is overrated.Jarier was a much better driver,he just didn't have much oppurtunity to showcase his talent.
Hunt knew this,all the pilots he made fun of (Jarier,De Cesaris etc) were much better than him.Typical british trash talk.
A textbook case of inferiority complex if you ask me...
opportunities
JPJ had more talent than James Hunt ever had. Also, Hunt was probably the worst champion ever to be produced by the UK. He also contributed to the death of one of the most talented F1 drivers ever, Ronnie Peterson. Hunt was a disgrace behind the microphone and a mediocre driver behind the wheel. Worst and least deserving F1 champion of the 1970s.
What the hell are you talking about? lol. What possessed you to come on this video, just blowing off steam?
he had narcistic personality disorder... James "Lauda almost killed himself at nordschleife and then gave up wet race in Fuji by which he allowed me to become a world champion by one point" Hunt :))
Rubbish, hudgensons. "Contributed to the death of...". He was there saving Ronnie from the flames.
Couple of decades too late eh?
+hudgensons Hunt beat the two Ferraris at Zaandvort in '75 in a Hesketh. He clocked three second-place finishes that same year. Lauda was in awe of Hunt because he could drive fast and win races without putting in the time-sapping shifts Lauda did at Ferrari. Hunt had plenty of talent, I would suggest. Had he focussed more on F1 instead of women and champagne, he probably would have won a lot more races.