The car he drove, the original 1974 Hesketh 308, clinched victory in the Silverstone International Trophy almost exactly 50 years ago with racing legend James Hunt at the helm, marking both his an ...

Senna, piloting the Lotus 98T car, capitalized on pole-sitter Nigel ... Beginning his career with the backmarker Hesketh Racing, Hunt easily outperformed the machinery available to him — and ...

He ended his comparatively short racing career mid-way through ... after turning its attention to building its own car - the March-based Hesketh 308. Errors and reliability hampered progress ...