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Red Bull Racing
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Kimi Raikkonen.
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Harry Potter
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Supernatural
Couldn't live without music!!!
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Sopor Aeternus
Epica
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Die Verbannten Kinder Evas
All My Faith Lost...
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Early adopters of cool
The late James Hunt. Possibly the quintessential Seventies race car-faring playboy and likely the man to have sparked the global women’s liberation movement. Wasn’t quite the archetypal gentlemen, but a worthy early adopter of cool all the same. Albeit with some rather questionable values when it came to the notion of women and relationships. Recklessly cool, you might say.To be fair, the former world F1 champ wasn’t exactly known for his chivalrous charm. More his brazen alcohol, drug abuse and shagging 30-odd British Airways stewardesses in the fortnight leading up to his title-winning victory over Niki Lauda in Tokyo in 1976. Add to that his renown for having bedded more than 5,000 women during his 45 years. If believed, a figure that makes Robert Plant, Mick Jagger, Lemmy Kilmister and the like look genuinely pansy. To quote Stirling Moss: ‘If you looked like James Hunt, what would you have done?’
Hunt’s quote to friend Richard Burton, who kindly ‘bought’ his then wife, ex-model Suzy Miller, sums up the racing legend, really: “Relax, Richard. You’ve done me a wonderful turn by taking on the most alarming expense account in the country.’ Different times, admittedly. But something that, today, would have woman around the world rioting in the streets. And in rightfully so, some might argue.
(Source: thestar.blogs.com)
The 30 Day F1 Challenge
Day 25: Funniest driver
There are no funny F1 drivers on the current grid, it’s a bit like picking your favourite terminal illness. Yes, Kimi Raikkonen’s nonchalant detachment is amusing, and Sebastian Vettel can raise a wry smile or two, but they’re all too corporate. Exactly where is the humour in “I’d like to thank the team and all our partners…” which is all most drivers are allowed to trot out in front of the media. Read F1 Racing’s tedious ‘5 minutes on the phone with…’ feature for evidence of this. Ask a modern driver to commit a solid opinion to anything and they won’t.
Now, James Hunt, he was funny. Who else could have a badge saying ‘Sex - Breakfast of Champions’ on their race suit? But, despite his antics as a driver, drinker and legendary swordsman, his real humour came out in his BBC race commentary. During commentary for the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix, Murray Walker relayed René Arnoux’s comments that non-turbo cars didn’t suit his driving style, which is why he was so slow. Hunt’s pithy retort was the stuff of legend, limited to the word “Bullshit!”, live on air.
Hunt delivered his commentary with style and wit for thirteen years, go and find a few examples on YouTube.
it was a hard day …
1976 world champion, James Hunt, relaxing after what must have been a hard day at the Jarama track during the 1981 Spanish Grand Prix
The ladies love James.
what we miss … 70’s hair
James Hunt’s Marlboro McLaren-Ford M23, 1977 Monaco Grand Prix
