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[edit] Morgan incident

Hunt was involved in a controversial incident with Dave Morgan in a 1970 race at Crystal Palace - Hunt took both cars out of the race and then hit Morgan, which earned him severe official disapproval. What does "hit" mean here - a "late hit" between cars, or a rather personal encounter like the infamous Piquet-Salazar incident? --Matthead 19:29, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comparison with Räikkönen

Hunt became the epitome of unruly, brilliant, playboy drivers and was celebrated for his English eccentricity. Many later day drivers will be compared with Hunt for their antics, among them Eddie Irvine and Kimi Räikkönen. Räikkönen a playboy driver?

Not in my book either. I've removed the reference to him. Stu ^{’Bout ye!} 11:44, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Speaking of playboy drivers I think nothing beats the French eccentricity of Johnny Servoz-Gavin :-D Ericd 19:16, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Place of birth

James Hunt was born in Belmont but there are many options for that. Does anyone know? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont#In_the_United_Kingdom

Belmont, Sutton :) Bretonbanquet 21:38, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lauda

Lauda missed two races only one of which Hunt won. I doubt why we should here about it all the time, let alone in the introduction to an article about James Hunt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.67.217.88 (talk) 07:44, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I've removed the reference to Lauda from the introduction, but clarified the one in the "World Championship year" section. I think the fact that Lauda's accident caused him to miss two races is significant; up to the point of his accident, he was scoring points at an average of over 6 points per race, so it seems likely that had he competed in those two races, he probably would have won the title. DH85868993 (talk) 10:17, 29 May 2008 (UTC)