LADS ON TOUR! The Story of the Hesketh Formula One Team (1973-1978)

Yeah, I've done this one before, but with the wife being on her Christmas holidays because teacher, these are the easier ones to do as I'm all over the place atm. Plus there's like 70 of them that were taken down, and it's been 4 years so it kinda makes sense. At least they're not shot for shot remakes! Anyway, have fun.

The fact that James Hunt was with The Hesketh traveling circus seems just perfect.

In 1976 I was working for a helicopter company that was doing pleasure flights at an event at Mallory Park. We picked up James Hunt and Noel Edmunds from a nearby location and flew them in. I also appeared in a Griffin Helmets advert that was filmed there and shown on Central TV. #goodolddays

The fact I actually remember all the first versions of these makes me feel older than it probably should. It hasn't been THAT long, has it?

The teddy bear with the crash helmet remains the best logo that a Formula 1 team has ever had. Anyone who thinks otherwise is wrong.

I wish we still had teams like Hesketh, Jordan and Red Bull (When they first came into F1) with the fun Rock n' Roll attitude and plucky underdog teams like Minardi still in F1. It would be a nice breath of fresh air and inject some fun into the sport. Pretty much all of the teams currently in F1 have the same stuffy, corporate, restrained and boring attitudes/images where they barely show any personality. Jordan was one of my favourite teams as a kid because their cars always looked cool and Jordan had that aforementioned Rock n' Roll image but were still somewhat competitive and able to punch above their weight! Lord Hesketh certainly lived an interesting life though! I had no idea he did so much in politics after F1!

This one is golden. A team like Hesketh could never happen again this day and age, just like you mention at the end. F1 was really approachable back in those days, kind of a shame it has become what it is..

A fantastic and interesting time in F1. Loved the cars of that era, larger rear tires and big air boxes. Thanks for posting the history of the HESKETH team. RIP James. You are remembered and missed.

I remember when Red Bull first bought Jaguar and a lot of the teams did not like them as they thought they were too much like Hesketh. Just in it for the fun and not a serious team because they liked to party after races.

Let’s not forget the ‘Sex: Breakfast of Champions’ logo appeared on the last page of Top Gear Magazine in a segment dedicated to legendary racing drivers.

Living in the states I enjoyed the Hesketh efforts in F1 particularly at the Glen and Long Beach. After James retired when he was a commentator for European teevee I had the pleasure of sharing a few pitchers of beer with him at the Seneca Lodge during the 80 F1 outing. A chance meeting and sharing of fun with the man.

The 70s were truly a special time for motor racing in general. All the glitz and glamor along with some of the money and sleaze that you would only associate with rock and roll stars of that era. While the 60s is far better remembered, the 70s are a special time that produced some fantastic stories like that of Lord Hesketh's racing team. Thank you for redoing this one Aidan. Very well done.

I have been looking forward to the remake of this episode for THREE YEARS Edit: as for the modern version of that livery, I'd go with Nando's, Logan Paul's energydrink PRIME, Playboy magazine or the Hub, and Kick, the gambling backed version of Twitch.

I was 17 and a senior in High School when Lord Hesketh and his merry band showed up in F-1. I remember racing home on Thurs. afternoon because that was when Auto Week showed up in the mail. I have no idea who the reporter was but he got it. He made Heseth the most fun thing abut the sport. Rob Walker writing for Road and Track had a slightly different view about "that circus"...... Thanks for stirring up some good memories

Doco on Hunt and Sheene is amazing, just a party where some racing happened

"KEK, and i cannot stress this enough, W" the team

Sex, the breakfast of champions

Hunt also raced a Lotus 59 in 1970. I saw the car at The Race Car Show at the Birmingham NEC in 2017 from memory.

10:33 I have difficulty imagining Enzo looking at Hesketh with anything but contempt.

I cannot imagine what things would have been like in the paddock with that team.