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If we had to draw up a race classification of the most "out" drivers in the Formula One history, James Hunt, World Champion in 1976 at the wheel of the McLaren M23D, would be on the top of list. James Hunt, born on August 29, 1947, has immediately shown an unruly and overactive nature from his earliest youth. When a boy he succeeded in being a good tennis and squash player. Success in sports added to a personal handsomeness made him a precocious "tombeur de femmes". Racing cars came later on: when eighteen he was allowed to take part in a club race, and there the fatal spark burst out. Against his family will, James decided that he would have turned out a F1 driver, decidedly ...

Enzo Ferrari affirmed that “bad luck doesn’t exist, there is only what we couldn’t or we hadn’t been able to foresee”. Another person who didn’t believe in bad luck was Jacky Stewart, the three-time world champion: “I don’t believe in bad luck Yes, I do in good luck. No, I don’t in bad luck: Those who are reputed unlucky are generally those who don’t do all necessary to eliminate bad luck.” In support of that theory mentioned in 1983, the Scottish champion reported a well known case in the motor racing history: “Chris Amon was a charming young driver, greatly talented by nature, but completely lacking of organization. That’s ...

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