James Hunt & Hesketh Racing Story - Patreon Bonus

The James Hunt Story Pt.1 - The LORD that started an F1 Team just to have a bit of fun! Welcome to Off Grid: the F1 podcast for people with a registrable IQ number.... Welcome to the 1970's, polyester shirts, short shorts, sideburns, long hair and catastrophic Body Odour. Full Series on Patreon patreon.com/offgridpod Before Drive to Survive. Before PR training. Before drivers became testicleless robots… There was James Hunt and Hesketh Racing. A bored British Lord with too much money… This is the unbelievable true story of: - James Hunt’s early career - Hesketh Racing’s “sugar daddy” funding - The iconic teddy bear logo - How they blagged their way into Formula 1 - Beating Ferrari and Niki Lauda - Champagne-fuelled pitlane madness - And how the team spectacularly collapsed 👉 Subscribe for more chaotic F1 deep dives 👉 Full series + bonus episodes on Patreon 00:00 Intro chaos & why Hunt is untouchable 03:00 What this series covers 05:00 Who was James Hunt really? 07:30 First races & “Hunt the Shunt” 10:30 March, Max Mosley & early crashes 13:00 Lord Hesketh enters (the sugar daddy origin) 16:00 Bubbles, Bentley deals & team formation 19:00 The teddy bear logo story 20:30 Buying a March car & jumping into F1 22:00 Champagne pitlane culture vs modern F1 24:30 Pinner Road – where early F1 drivers lived 27:00 Why Hesketh looked unserious (but weren’t) 30:00 Sex, fame & 70s rockstar F1 era 32:30 Harvey Postlethwaite & the 308 car 37:00 Silverstone trophy win (gear knob story) 41:00 70s fashion & culture nostalgia 43:00 Hunt’s marriage disaster 44:30 Zandvoort 1975 – beating Ferrari & Lauda 46:30 First and only Hesketh victory 47:30 Money runs out – team collapse 49:00 Penthouse sponsorship era 50:30 Hesketh after F1 & politics 52:00 Could a James Hunt exist today? 54:00 Outro 👉 Subscribe for more chaotic F1 deep dives 👉 Full series + bonus episodes on Patreon