Hunt vs. Hill – THE FINAL!

Ok so after a three month wait JB has finally made his case for James Hunt to be crowned King of Cool. So lets look at his arguments one by one:

1. A Handsome Chap: Ok so Hunt probably just snatches this one away from Hill in the manor of a heterosexual who doesn’t really want to think about this one too hard.

2. Successful: Yes Hunt won a world Championship, but Hill won two, and Le Mans, And the Indy 500, and…

3. Wild Private Life: Ok so Graham was more inclined to turn up with the family rather than an entire Quantas cabin crew, point for Hunt. Of course his private life also involved keeping budgies…

4. Danger, there his no question that the 1970s was a dangerous time for motorsport, Niki Lauda is testament to that. The point is though, was it any more dangerous than the 1960’s? Graham Hill’s second world championship was won after the Death of Jimmy Clark! The list of Motorsport casualties in Hills career hits much harder than the list for Hunts.

5. Spectacular Crashes: Ok so Hunt had the more spectacular shunts, while Graham Hill just sat back and got the job done. I don’t think there’s a lot of cool in walking away from a smoking pile of debris, but climbing out of a GP Winner looking like you have simply been for a stroll in the park?

6. JB’s final point of argument was the early manor of James Hunts passing. I cannot award something as trivial as a point for this. Both men were taken at a very young age. It is almost an Irony that despite Dangers they had faced on the track, both men would die away from it.

In response to JB's argument I make it 3-2 to Graham Hill

As I said in an earlier post: “In 1966 the world was cool, grand Prix racing was cool, and the coolest of them all was Graham Hill

These are just my thoughts. We will probably never reach a consensus on this one, and in the end it is futile to try.

In a world of thousand heroes, does it really matter who is King?