How James Hunt won Hesketh's only Grand Prix! 💪 | The Story of Hesketh Racing

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Jenson Button sits down with Lord Alexander Hesketh to look back at the 1975 season in which James Hunt gave Hesketh Racing their only Grand Prix victory.
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[@charlesklass4209]

I was always wondering why there are so few interviews with Lord Hesketh. I Love this! Can't help but absolutely adore an interview with such an erudite man who seems to be incapable of forgetting a single detail. So interesting!

[@aberamagold7509]

He probably doesn't like doing them.

[@aroundtheoutside5189]

Grandad beat him in rally race

[@henriwolbrink]

Absolutely priceless. They didn't just outwit and outdrive the Ferrari's. They did it when Ferrari was FERRARI!

[@rogerpage9682]

i remember this win . the 1970s were the most entertaining period because of the variety and the shear number of cars entered for a race sometimes 32 starters

[@liambethell2584]

Always have a special love for Hesketh racing through my family. It was my grandad who did all the sign writing on the cars and my dad regails me in stories of times Bubbles would come over to his fathers house during dinners to converse and vent the frustrations of motorsport with him. F1 will always hold a strong place jn my heart

[@chicobicalho5621]

I have been following the sport since 1966, and there was something very special that went on between 1972 and 1976. First the cars were beasts, when Cosworths came to have 500 HP, then there was a fascinating variety of "shapes and sizes" and colours on the cars (Lotus, Tyrrell, Ferrari, Brabham), and sponsorship liveries weren't so overwhealming, as in drivers helmets for instance. You could tell drivers apart from a long distance by the helmet liveries, like Cevert from Stewart, or Fittiapdi from Peterson, Sheckter from Revson (today the helmet is plastered in logos, and very confusing graphically, and you hardly ever see them hidden away inside the cockpit - but drivers don't die now... as they did then). All of this to say the Hesketh team was very much a part of this fascinating aspect of those years, and Hunt was the absolutely perfect driver for that team. Fast, flamboyant, and good looking too... ! Sadly, many great drivers who could have driven in that year, like Rindt, died the years prior to that. But, yes, those years were very deadly, and I, as a teenager saw many people die on live Television.

[@1_5RCBiker]

There will never be another Lord Hesketh, or James Hunt. The ultimate privateers in so many crazy ways.

[@stevejones9788]

The ultimate Garagistas 🙂 Such a pity there's no opportunity for small teams in F1 anymore.

[@peterfowke7818]

I have enjoyed listening 1975 season James Hunt won Heskeths only F1 grand prix.

[@terrystevens5261]

I was there for that win in Holland, on holiday from the UK.

[@david-joeklotz9558]

Thank you so much or such a superb video. Jense as the interviewer and driving the 308 at Zandvoort was ideal :-]

[@theroadahead6033]

I just love this era. I still have my Corgi Hesketh from the 70's👍 Epic Era!!

[@JonInLondon]

At the end of the day Hesketh hired one of the best F1 car designers, bought the Engines everyone at the top used, and found a driver who was as fast as anyone else in F1... If he'd just monetised it well he could have been a legend... but hey, parties...

[@WEBBERSPADE]

Well he's pretty much like Red Bull does (produce a fast car, and parties hard), but without the funds of an international business.

[@jnbr7520]

He is a legend....that's why we're here watching this video...........

[@JonInLondon]

@@jnbr7520 James is a legend, Hesketh is famous for the parties but I think not actually a legend for what he achieved on the track...

[@markcrorrigan]

I loved this. Really hoping sky makes more of these historical pieces

[@Ginbaubabe]

Beating Ferrari on strategy seems much easier these days 🤣

[@theroadahead6033]

Don't bring modern F1 twoddle into this!

[@johnthomas7038]

When racing drivers were still racing drivers and not mere pilots

[@kb5509]

Nostalgia is a powerful drug.

[@Michel-fv1lb]

More off this please!!!!

[@ciaranwalsh96]

Always associate Love Supreme with James Hunt after watching a documentary 'The Real James Hunt' many years ago where it featured prominently. Even used it for his win at Zandvoort in 1975 like here!

[@BlessedBrazil]

Amazing. Today 2023!

[@aberamagold7509]

😁 this is the second channel I've seen this video on in as many days and it's so interesting I can't help but watch it again.

[@nicolafox9452]

Thanks enjoyed 😎♥️

[@ConstanceMists]

Great video!

[@drmarkintexas-400]

🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏 Thank you for sharing

[@tomaslongoria2449]

I know you gotta have alot of money and a certain mind set to he able to say and do this but we need more teams and drivers that wanna be in F1 for fun and nothing else. Not money, not glory, just fun. Raikkonen and Latifi and a few others always seemed to be racing for fun like this as well.

[@JoseSanchez-fi2ms]

Lost a lot of weight. I imagine he has now a healthier life and stopped drinking alcohol. He looks better now than 50 years ago.

[@lewiskemp5893]

What a great video. I love James and Lauda and was before my time. I got to see Senna and Prost at McLaren 😂

[@TherealLorinser]

James was such a great driver, with a car that 25 Horsepower less than Lauda's Ferrari manages to win!.

[@deantaylor2736]

Shame have to come here to see the full version while Sky spend endless airtime chatting to Christian Horner

[@TheDarkhorse1947]

If my memory serves we well,Lord Hesketh built a great motor bike as well.

[@MrFluffytheTurtle]

0:56 That smile

[@viniciusoliveira5441]

good times

[@terrystevens5261]

I was there that day.

[@alanpierce2269]

I was there !!!!

[@terrystevens5261]

And me, got bloody soaked.

[@chicobicalho5621]

Imagine a surreal scenario today, whereby two rich aristocrats in their early twenties put together a F1 team, just for fun, hired a fast handsome driver and actually won races? Not on this planet. Even back then it was out of this world. They came, they had fun, they won, they got broke and they left. But the name Hesketh will definitely be a whole lot more than a blip in motor racing history, a lot more. Thank Goddess for the adventurous rich, for they provide for us the salt of life, and a lot of entertainment!

[@samueljones3399]

What's the song on this video?

[@Hallywood8]

The song is Focus by Hocus Pocus.

[@brucemcintosh7466]

Wondering why the Hesketh had a St Andrews cross decal on it?

[@terrystevens5261]

Lord Heskeths mother was Scottish and his Father served in the Scots Guards.

[@ivsta665]

Lesssssgooo

[@caphowdy666]

How James Hunt won Hesketh's only Grand Prix? I am sure they raced more than one Grand Prix. What you should have said is "How James Hunt took Hesketh's only Grand Prix win".

[@Michel-fv1lb]

Please skysports, Talk to wolf about his sayings about torro rosso, as you guys where so eager to broadcast it. I hope you guys realisse that you have a big part in all the hate rbr and torro rosso gets atm...

[@FACELOWNER]

You know and everybody else knows that there was something fishy going on, both TR's start from the pit lane in Spa to give Max a clearer path (not that he needed it) then at Zandvoort Tsunoda's my wheels coming off, no my safety belts not tight, oh no something else is wrong with the car I've got to stop on track, oh it's a safety car surprise surprise...🤣😂🤣😂

[@Michel-fv1lb]

@@FACELOWNER Do you also belive that the earth is flat? Al i hear from you are iff's and but's, without any logic behind it. Why risking a 90 plus (before the race) points world championship lead for 7 extra points? And it was Bottas trickering the safety car , where Hamilton was the only one from the leading pack that didnt pitted.

[@Michel-fv1lb]

@@FACELOWNER Also if there where no sc's at all, Max would have pitted for softs, while Hamilton on hard with a 6 till 12 seconds lead. I think it is fair to say taht those fresh softs would have won vs the used hards...

[@FACELOWNER]

@@Michel-fv1lb WHOOOOSH 🤣😂🤣