When Playboys Ruled the World Barry Sheene and James Hunt

[@BaronVonGreenback1882]

The light that burns twice as brightly burns half as long.

[@rogermellie8068]

"instead of chasing girls they go out and say thanks to Vodafone" 😂😂😂 so true, so sad.

[@richardraby6266]

I once met Barry at the London motorcycle show. I was a very young Oik with long hair and a T350 Rebel. He was really nice and gracious and answered my questions about his bike with apparent enthusiasm, what a nice guy. RIP mate.

[@tjzulu1]

Two extraordinary men!! They broke the molds after them!!

[@felixlafuente9714]

Miss those times....

[@germslover6662]

Live fast die young, RIP Barry Sheene and James Hunt lived life on their own terms.

[@paulmcdonald8055]

Barry’s Mrs comes across as, I just don’t get it!!! But loved the ride! Literally!!!! Boot!!!!

[@quartusbuys6831]

LEGEND'S. Racing with never be like that again!

[@geemanbmw]

@@quartusbuys6831 never ever again! No matter how long human civilization goes on for that particular time period will never be duplicated. It just getting worse as I get older dam shame i was only 9 years old in 1976

[@akschmidt2085]

@@geemanbmw Mate, NO time period will ever be duplicated that's how time works. Get a grip.

[@terri6854]

And put his loved ones through unnecessary misery.

[@Soupdragon1964]

Those golfers and soccer players don't deserve to be in the same programme as Hunt and Sheene. As for Clifford and The Sun Editor, what parasitic knobs.

[@kingkunta3800]

relax

[@kingkunta3800]

but hunt is the goat

[@mathewdavies6472]

When legends like Stirling Moss talks so reverently about you, you know you've made it. Two of the greatest, ever

[@adrianneale3368]

Brilliant year 1976, 17 years old & loved every minute of it.

[@harryedwards9318]

Bloody Great Documentary

[@divexplore21]

Remember watching these two legends as a kid. I really wanted to be Barry Sheene though. Been into bikes my whole adult life because of Sheene!

[@dasnutnock6408]

Max Clifford & Kelvin Mackenzie - what a pair of absolute trumpets

[@vantheman1238]

Well said

[@normadesmond6017]

James Hunt was for racing what Bjorn Borg was for tennis in the seventies. He made you get out of bed in the middle of the night to watch him. He knew that he wouldn t live very long, with the job he had and the lifestyle he preferred, so he did whatever the hell he wanted to do. He flirted with princess Caroline of Monaco, he slept with 2500 women, more or less, he drank and smoked and did coke and became world champion. And no, he didn't live very long. But he lived his life to the full and enjoyed every moment of it.

[@terri6854]

And put his loved ones through unnecessary misery.

[@normadesmond6017]

@@terri6854 for sure.

[@user-pt1ow8hx5l]

@@normadesmond6017 He didn't mean to die of a heart attack,.......... A shunt maybe,........ but not,...

[@oscoe]

Not sure he knew he wouldn’t live very long. Being a hedonist generally involves being hugely selfish. However, as an entertainer I think the world is poorer for not having these maverick characters at the front of sport. Maverick in ways the average person can relate to…..booze, sex, smoking, ‘bit naughty’ rather than corrupt, controlling, huge wealth, social media.

[@normadesmond6017]

@@oscoe In those days, beeing a Formula I driver you had a chance of 1 in 20 not surviving the race. The cars they drove in were fuel bombs. And I think that when you know that, somewhere in the back of your mind you might think: I might as well live it up. I may not be around next week.

[@michaelwaugh1187]

Sport was brilliant rock music was brilliant and the women were naturally beautiful, glad I was there 😍

[@melvyncox3361]

Two of the greatest......Ever.

[@englishmaninfrance661]

A short life, but a merry one. I don't think there will ever be another year like '76 The whole of England was alight with the success of Hunt & Sheene

[@brianthornhill1550]

DITTO plus dont forget the summer of 76

[@friktionrc]

‘76....a fine vintage

[@lorenzomagazzeni5425]

Not so merry for Barry killed by stomach cancer, I really loved him.

[@dougauzene8389]

Two of My Childhood Heroes...A Great Time To Be a Motorsports Fan Growing Up! You Millenials Don't Know What You Missed!

[@PatrickHockeyNYISLES72]

You cannot say ANYTHING today!! Heaven forbid you criticize anyone today, they cry crocodile 🐊 tears!!! I was a kid in the 1970’s, but I remember hearing Led Zeppelin, Loud Harley Davidson’s & my Mother screaming at my Father!! Lol ! What a better time; When Men were Men & Women were Double Breasted!!

[@nigel6748]

I used to watch Barry racing in the UK, like him I moved to Qld, Australia. One day at Brisbane airport someone clipped my heels with a baggage trolley, J turned around and it was Barry, who immediately quipped "fucking hell, I cant even drjve one of these now"!😂 Sums the man up really. Fantastic human being. Still miss him.❤

[@Watchmedome3017]

What a documentary i swear i cried . I wish i was alive in those times 🙌🏻 no fake personality like now

[@melaniewalker5226]

They were great, I wanted to marry both of them along with thousands of other young girls. lol

[@beeleigh23]

@@melaniewalker5226now young girls have Harry Styles in a dress lol

[@SpacedOdyssey]

@@beeleigh23 And Hamilton in a Dress too

[@funkyloonshaun]

"What are your immediate plans now?" ......... "I shall be getting drunk!" Brilliant

[@melaniewalker5226]

😂 they don't make em like that anymore they were great times.

[@peterkwakman7440]

Adrenaline can do that,when i was younger after a 150-200 mile blast i was as high as a kite,i had to come down,how i miss those day's,good old 90's-late 2000's!...BIKES GET YOU HIGHER THAN ANY DRUG BECAUSE IT IS,WE DON'T NEED DRUGS

[@dasoggy]

James on his own 😂🎉

[@petersattler3454]

Barry was a lovable person right up to the end. Loved watching him as co commentator on all the major motor sports on Australian TV.

[@guts067]

Thankyou christopherth for this excellent posting. You know, when Barry moved to Australia, we adopted him like one of our own. His larrikin personality fitted in so well with our culture. He commentated televised motorsport here through the 90's, right up until his death in 2003. Always said what he really thought. We loved him, and felt his loss as much as English motorsport fans, I'm sure. Hunt was the real deal as well. Both great English champions.

[@gtr2simbin233]

Two lovely blokes from a lovely time. Lived hard, fast, and short lives, but my goodness they shined bright while they were here.

[@terri6854]

And put his loved ones through unnecessary misery.

[@ajdoubleu4218]

Watched this documentary several times. Takes me back. Love it.

[@superbrit3845]

Brilliant, what a pair of gladiators.................Barry, James you are legends that will live on forever.

[@DTCTVOnline]

Love Sir Stirling Moss. Truly one of the greats!

[@DEE-qu5mc]

Legend. Great racer & gentleman.

[@stuartbritton4811]

He was one of the all-time greats. With Fangio, Clark, Prost, Senna, Stewart.

[@86markb]

“He decked the flag marshal” hahaha

[@jamesd2128]

You can say what ever you want about Sheene and Hunt, but you can't deny how much they enjoyed winning their World championships - definitely, glass half full kind of guys.

[@stujb]

Half full? These guys glasses were brimming over. More fun than any of the boring so called stars of these days.

[@nitrogary8998]

Genuine superstars, but approachable, Real people

[@stuntweasel27]

Damn, I miss these days, Sheene and Hunt racing, the crackle of 2 strokes through spannies The world has changed since then. RIP Bazz and James,deeply missed.

[@shammon1]

EVERY time i see a 7 it reminds me of Barry.....Legend.

[@janvanrenselaar5998]

Still got his herron Suzuki with nr 7 scalemodel in a transparent plastuc box,Together with a minuature helmet with thos big eyes at the from. See him many times on the Dutch TT and Spa Francochamps. And the wheely,s after a win i will never forget in my life. My only motorraces heroe

[@stejer211]

7

[@colintook3357]

I am pis#ed I missed these days as an adult, what a time to be around real people like this just tearing the arse out of life and loving every minute of it. Poor Max's tears though. 'You could have a really good party with the people we lost'

[@joeangell5652]

Thank you for the excellent video. James, Barry, Niki, Jackie, Sterling and many more. The absolute best of the best. To all of them, thank you for the memories and all you gave. To those who have passed, Rest In Peace. Take care everyone.

[@TheGiantKillers]

Ironically, today the UK has by far it's greatest Motor Cycle World Champion in history in Jonathan Rea and 90% of people in the country have never heard of him.

[@rosslefave5877]

I'm way better tho

[@jbprescottaz2983]

Back when extraordinary people were likable and real.

[@RDC_Autosports]

legends in my book

[@jfc213]

watched this a 100 times... and i cry.. and smile every time xx the world is not the same today ?? the part about woods ?? if it was sheene or hunt ?? thay would have just said YES AND WHAT ??? XX

[@simoncasson3327]

A couple of good ole boys, sorely missed - hugely talented, playing all or nothing. They couldn't give a damn. Got more balls than Mitre's factory...

[@mrkipling2201]

James Hunt was a very good commentator as well, alongside Murray Walker for the BBC.

[@BaronVonGreenback1882]

He was, and his command of English was excellent. I stopped watching F1 after he died.

[@mahim23jd]

Keep partying hard up there James and Barry !!

[@RGMGDA]

Yep! 👍 back then...Real Men! 🙏 Respect ✊

[@tonynesbit9673]

That stephanie is really gorgeous.

[@NedKelly1967]

I have the same injuries as Barry , knowing what I’ve been through makes me respect his achievement all the more. I’m a Gen xer so he was my hero. RIP Barry

[@charlieharper9718]

Big balls! Whatever Sheen and Hunt got paid it wasn't enough

[@dieselgasman]

BEST VIDEO ON KZbin!!! Both legends!!! Both taken from us too early. Only person that comes close is YOUNG Rossi. But the directors smacked his arse too many times and he had to conform to the robot way of life. one last thing, HEY F1 and MOTOGP, or DORNA, THE WORLD WANTS PEOPLE LIKE THIS!!! Let them be.

[@jimbosc]

James Hunt decking that Marshall and then trying to apologize......classic!

[@cbrsmithy2544]

2 absolute Iconic Figures... Great documentary.

[@zzzpip]

Barry sheene was a hero to millions. and still is.

[@yianni1071]

Thank you for this, my two favourite heros in one programme. No one will top these two characters ever. When sex was safe and racing was dangerous. :)

[@jamessharp9790]

RIP Sir Barry Sheene MBE for the crazy great combination of flamboyance and self deprecating humility. Hell on wheels man , speed and skill smooth and aggressive. Inspiring all motorcycle racers all over the world. I’m struck by just how impressive his wife is , but then again my wife is just as beautiful and amazing- and I’m not even a has been , I’m a never was . 💪

[@jcroeben]

Barry Sheene = My HERO

[@charliepeebles2531]

I once saw video footage of Barry Sheene being stretchered away after his infamous crash at Silverstone in 82. He was lying there with his legs in a hundred pieces and he was shouting over and over again "can somebody please get me a cigarette". You'd have thought that at that moment in time he'd have had far more important things on his mind than smoking. How strangely ironic that was in the end. He survived the 200 mph crashes but was killed by the cigs.

[@napoliansolo7865]

It was about 82 that the cig companies raised the addiction level in cigs to incredible levels just in time for smokes to be ostracized by the public. The cig companies created junkies for profit.

[@tabese]

were all like that , id want a cigar , hows my ride

[@barryrichards3187]

Both these guys were my motorsport heroes back in the day. Thanks for the upload and sparking an old geezers memories.

[@jbcrazy]

Great show. So awesome on many points. 1976 was a great year, glad I was around.

[@seanthompson258]

No Max you were torchering each other so the newspaper decided to do it too hahaha!

[@antwan37]

Great times, when people spoke their minds and said outrageous, humourous, original, unsanitized things and it was OK. When sport stars were allowed to have private lives or private moments with the complicity of journalists, when these were participants and were even able to write more interesting stuff without betraying the athletes' confidence. A world away from today's void, sanitized and normalized statements punctuated by the uglyness of the occasional scandal and the total loss of privacy. Compared to today's Big Brother world, the 70's and 80's may well have been the zenith of personal freedom in western societies. Something good was definitely lost for all of us in this respect. Will we ever be able to retrieve it?

[@MilesCobbett]

Tyson Fury brings the Spirit back

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

Only when people find a way to co exist on a basic level. So no.

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

The 70's and 80's being the zenith of personal freedom is highly debatable. In terms of economic policy the 70's was not freer than today, that's for sure.

[@dougauzene8389]

Hope So...Wait Till Trump's Outta Office!

[@germslover6662]

You wrote this five years ago and now look where we're at as far as not being able to speak the truth for fear of being hunted down and burned at the stake.

[@andymcneil7085]

Womanising, filthy smoking and drinking fucking legends. Talented great looking lads. W hat lives they lived. Both hero’s of mine.

[@tutts999]

The good old days..

[@David-ki6jq]

Gerhard Berger. What a great guy.

[@maxflight777]

Sheene and Hunt were quite different people. What I like most about them, is that they were good friends and thought a lot of each other. Thanks for posting this video. Just compelling content.

[@BlocksVideos]

Sheene, Hunt, Best, Higgins, and Dickie Davies! Fucking miss those times in the 70's. Thanks a lot for the upload mate.

[@bangersnmash4856]

Barry died at 52 the same age as my brother in law who died the day after Barry with the same illness and I miss um both

[@clonmore819]

Aged 45 and 52. Brave men. Funny men. Champions of the World. Real school boy heroes. RIP.

[@pkuudsk9927]

When men were men and racing was racing,2 great charters would lived life on the edge. There were many more ,but , this is a great depiction of how society is degrading us all to be sterile boring political correct. I miss the days when people lived open and free.

[@BGone-mb7wz]

If that's the sphere you live in...

[@RockNRollDad88]

Could not agree more!!!

[@mikehergenroether6160]

Racing is still great.

[@pr-tj5by]

@@BGone-mb7wz You lame fuck!!

[@SteveMHN]

The racing wasn't that great back then either, the highlight reels make it look great. And no sportstar would be able to get away with their behaviour today, they would be on the #MeToo list. Don't fall too in love with the nostalgia drug, it doesn't live up to the hype.

[@jessemahsel1641]

Happy boys make for a happy world.. Dig it!

[@lizardywizard]

Stavros - people don't realise just how good you were. Still at the heart of the sport all these years on. ... and it seems -- you won fella

[@nervo6321]

Great guys...different era... Best era...

[@marleneprice2835]

Those were the days, great memories.

[@rufftopdog2636]

I met Barry& Steph a few times as a kid in 77-8, he was as cool as f*ck! & Steph was hot as hell.. (kinda still is : ) Can't believe it's ten years already, RIP mate \m/ BS7 \m/

[@dujedcv1]

"When the race ends nowadays, instead of chasing girls, they go to say hello to Vodafone"

[@Alan-ej6wb]

Now vodafone isn’t in racing as much of at all

[@akschmidt2085]

@@Alan-ej6wb AND they still chase girls, they ain't monks

[@martinklepper83]

Thank you for posting this. Its greatly appreciated.

[@croftrn]

I was Barry sheene's milkman... He owned the manor house in Charlwood, which just so happens is the last house there.. So every Saturday, I'd pop into their kitchen, past his Daytona shredded leathers, which he hung on the wall in the pantry and cash up!! His father, Franco, lived in the granny flat next door... He kept his helicopter in one of the barns on the property... Steph was always down to earth...she'd make me a cuppa whilst I was counting the cash... Ah... They were great times...

[@dumaramutsi]

Somehow while watching this the only people i can't stop thinking about is Kimi Raikkonen and Valentino Rossi...NO ONE ELSE.

[@rswpt]

These 2 men were truly great!

[@corporatistnationtvcorpora4869]

Just a fantastic story of live(s) well lived....

[@dezee2412]

Respect for Max Mosely his efforts in regard to safety were admirable.

[@suzukinez]

great doc, remember it 2 years back thanks for posting<

[@akschmidt2085]

Max Mosley seems like a very sympathetic man

[@whateverrrrrr123]

I miss this era!!!!

[@RBG9000]

Safety is paramount, motorsport should be a skill based sport, not a deathmatch I dont understand the mentality of people even today, criticizing the halo in f1 just because it looks bad. If anything is changed to increase drivers safety, while still maintaining competition, I fully support it!

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

Thanks for this upload, excellent.

[@tabese]

cant recall when i seen my first. f1 race on tv ? maybe 72 , the machines, the racers , the teams, awesome, just awesome

[@gerryd7027]

I saw Picture of James hunt looking savage then saw a picture of Lewis hamilton and pissed myself 😅😅😅😅

[@ikari2000]

Rush (2013) brought me here in 2020.

[@wiinkel9440]

Two of the best.

[@lukebrennan5780]

this was SUPERB. What an amazing time and amazing men. I found Stephanie enigmatic in her comments. A fascinating video.

[@nartkasht4278]

Once upon a time it was fun 😢😢😢❤....💔

[@deanishere7237]

Brilliant video thanks very much mate !!!

[@waynethorley524]

Fuckin Loved it When Men Were Men and Sport Was Great to Watch We'll Never Have Personalities like That 🤗🤗👍👍👍🎉🎈🎉

[@rorykeegan1895]

Barry was a lovely guy, still miss him ...

[@MickyMarineCorps1232]

no stephanie they dont all do that lmfao just the ones you pick.

[@RistoKappet]

great movie, never seen mr mosley from this angle

[@roxykattx]

Judging by the comments below, I'd say that what men need is some idea of masculinity that isn't absorbed by peacocking egotism or some self-pitying crap about how weakling "politically correct" people have strangely managed to emasculate the strong.

[@allenmontrasio8962]

Political correctness is fine, provided you actually believe in it. Otherwise it's called hypocrisy.

[@themalaailaanaa1347]

Because of political correctness.....the invention of the whites to beta themselves.

[@zeggle5229]

James and Barry are the most shocking pair, even for the 1970's unedited debauchery, they was such a reckless and careless pair they made shocking fun for everyone.

[@frederickmiles327]

Led Zeppelin all private school educated and Moss shared fairly similar tastes. But the nature of modern motor racing pretty much precluded serious drugs longer lasting, unpredictable and destructive. There as 1970s grand prix drivers were mainly into women, champagne, wine beer etc and generally not in the 48hrs before the race as far as drink, there sexual performance was less diluted than rock stars. Although of course with Hailwood, as with Best and Hunt, drugs pills, cocaine and weed were part of the reason for the decline and career ending. I suspect Hailwood and Jim Clark were actual alcoholics by 1974 and 1968. Hunt was really a sub Hailwood and Hunt modelled himself on Mike calling Hailwood, Hollywood which would be more apt a label for James. Had Mike been a couple of years younger and Nurburgring 74 not occured, it is quite likely Hailwood would have been the 1976 team leader and in a way worshiped and respected by the team. From a distance Hailwood could be regarded as the man in many senses. Hunt never.

[@kalumhaynes]

Thank you soo much my friend for this upload!

[@DLITINTHEHOUSE]

How do you do it? “Big balls.” -James Hunt Right fucking on

[@FelixRigg]

Thanks for posting this.

[@BishopCR7]

One of the best videos on youtube, both legends, motorsport needs more characters like these two, fuck the sponsors, they'd still make millions

[@silversleeper484]

Thanks for sharing

[@neilrushton7169]

Great documentary - loved Stephanie McLean's pithy comments.