“MOTOR ace James Hunt was not known behaving appropriately. But never was he more outrageous than in the last two weeks of October 1976, when he was in Tokyo battling Niki Lauda for the title of Formula One world motor racing champion.
His preparations were unconventional, to say the least. He had spent the two weeks leading up to the race on a round-the-clock alcohol, cannabis and cocaine binge with his friend Barry Sheene, who was world motorcycle champion that year.”
from:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/f1-race-ace-slept-with-33-air-girls/story-e6frev00-1225939491641
They don’t make ’em like they used to!