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New prank in the range of hand-painted figurines in scale 1/18th with this James Hunt who has never raced in LeMans and who maybe even never visited it.

Symbolic character of the motor racing world of the 1970’s as we love them. Virtuoso of the speed, James Hunt was an eccentric in the service of racing, more intelligent than technician, he "knew what he could ask his car for".

Epicurean he often hit the headlines of the gutter press, sometimes relegating his sporting achievements in the background, while he made the unanimity among his driver colleagues and in the teams which he integrated.

Only in 1973 and 1974, he drove for endurance racing beside Jacky Ickx, Derek Bell or Vern Schuppan.

Atypical champion, he refused to wear clothes in the colors of the sponsors, preferring walking into the paddocks, bare feet, long hair, with jeans and T-shirt used, with disreputable slogans. His favorite words were “Sex is the breakfast of champions”.

LE MANS miniatures adopted one of the numerous principles of this talented driver "my major principle is to make what I want every time I can"

The picture we used as basis to the work of the figurine was taken in Grand Prix of Monaco in 1977 that James Hunt retired after 25 laps. We recognize the extravagance of the character which had cut the end of its shoes to win some necessary centimeters to pass under the cockpit of the McLaren. He carries his helmet in the hand, recognizable in the piece of cloth (fireproofed?) which was held on all around.

Related link: http://www.gts-series.com/fr/figurines/figurines-1-18/james-hunt-6237.xhtml

Related document: James Hunt datasheet

On 2017-02-01 at 10:02

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