NIGEL ROEBUCK’S FORMULA ONE HEROES
Sep 24, 2020
5 minutes
JAMES HUNT
IT WAS IN JUNE 1993 – TWO DAYS AFTER...
the Canadian Grand Prix – that a heart attack claimed James Hunt. He hadn’t been in Montréal, instead doing the BBC commentary with Murray Walker from London. I got back on the Tuesday morning, and towards lunchtime had a call from Autosport, informing me of the news, and requesting I write an obituary forthwith.
It was not until the next day that I got around to my answering machine, and the last message stunned me: “Nigel, J. Hunt calling. Six twenty-five, Monday evening. Just calling for a gossip. If you’re back tonight, give me a shout – failing that, tomorrow perhaps. Bye...”
Having covered F1 through the 1970s, I’d grown sadly accustomed to losing friends, but Hunt
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