Success With James Hunt in Formula One
Hesketh rented a Surtees TS9 for the non-championship Race of Champions at Brands Hatch, with Hunt finishing 3rd. This success led to the purchase of a March 731, with Hesketh also signing junior March designer Harvey Postlethwaite to modify the chassis, working from Hesketh's Easton Neston estate. The car made its first appearance at the 1973 Monaco Grand Prix, where Hunt ran 6th before the engine failed. He would score a point at the team's next entry, the French Grand Prix, improve to 4th for the British Grand Prix, then 3rd for the Dutch Grand Prix. He then took a superb 2nd place in the season-closing United States Grand Prix.
1974 saw Postlethwaite design an all-new car for the team, the Hesketh 308, which was ready for the Silverstone International Trophy, which Hunt promptly won, making its Championship debut at the Spanish Grand Prix. The car was good, taking three third places at the Swedish Grand Prix, the Austrian Grand Prix and the United States Grand Prix. For 1975, examples for the 308 were sold to Harry Stiller Racing and Polar Caravans, while the 308 was modified for Hunt. At the same time, Horsley was developing into an extremely efficient and competent team manager and under his guidance, the team moved forward.
Hunt took a hugely popular win in the wet/dry 1975 Dutch Grand Prix, holding off Niki Lauda's dominant Ferrari, and also led at the British Grand Prix and the Austrian Grand Prix, taking several placings on his way to 4th overall.
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