 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mwaka wacho wakaratidza kuva mumwe wemwaka unotyisa zvikuru uye unopokanwa zvikuru munhoroondo. Nepo kuita kwaHunt muHesketh kwakanga kwaratidza kurumbidzwa kukuru, pakanga paine fungidziro dzokuti aigona here kutsigira chinetso chemakwikwi. Iye zvino ava mutyairi weMcLaren, akaparadza vakawanda vakanga vasina chokwadi naye pamutambo wokutanga muBrazil, uko, mumotokari yeMcLaren M23 yakavakwazve nokukurumidza, akawana nzvimbo yokutanga mumaminitsi okupedzisira okurovedza. Mugore rose raakatyaira McLaren M23 akahwina mikombe mikuru mitanhatu, asi nekutendeseka kwakanyanya, mukwikwidzi wenyika ari kutonga uye muvengi mukuru Niki Lauda akange atora mapoinzi akakosha mumakwikwi mashoma ekutanga emwaka. Kukunda kwokutanga kwaHunt muna 1976, pamutambo wechina wemwaka, Spanish Grand Prix, kwakaguma nekurambidzwa kutyaira motokari yakatongwa kuva 1.8 cm yakafara. Kukunda kwacho kwakazodzorerwa pakukwirira, asi kwakaratidza kuti mwaka wacho waizova wakaoma zvikuru. MuBritain Grand Prix, Hunt akabatanidzwa mune chiitiko chekutanga chekona pakona yekutanga naLauda izvo zvakatungamira kumakwikwi kumiswa uye kutangazve. Pakutanga Hunt akaedza kutora motokari yekuchengetedza, zvisinei izvi hazvina kubvumirwa, uye panguva ino motokari yekutanga yemakwikwi yakagadziriswa, pakupedzisira kukunda mujaho wakatangazve. Kukunda kwaHunt kwakarambwa musi wa24 Gunyana nemutongo kubva kuFIA mushure mekunge Ferrari yanyunyuta kuti Hunt aisatenderwa zviri pamutemo kutangazve mujaho. 