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Lord Alexander Hesketh - The world is not enough

Name: Hesketh 308 1974
Brand: Hesketh

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Created on November 1, 1974

Text:

Hartmut Lehbrink / Paul Krüger

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

Jakob Ebrey Photography

Bruno von Rotz

Stuart Adams

Courtesy Goodwood FoS 2016

Bernard Cahier/Getty Images

David Montgomery/Getty Image

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Daniel Reinhard

Jakob Ebrey Photography

Bruno von Rotz

Stuart Adams

Courtesy Goodwood FoS 2016

Bernard Cahier/Getty Images

David Montgomery/Getty Image

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Prince Philip with Lord Hesketh ("Le Patron"), James Hunt and Hesketh team manager "Bubbles" Horsley at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 19, 1975

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The British politician Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh, with his motorcycle, the Hesketh V1000

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Pit board with the well-known "Hesketh mascot" (photographed in Monza 1976)

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Hesketh 308 (1975) - James Hunt at the Dutch Grand Prix

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Hesketh 308C (1975) - Swiss Grand Prix in Dijon

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Hesketh 308 E (1976) - Monaco Grand Prix

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Hesketh 308 (1974) - Grand Prix Historique de Monaco - Series F

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Hesketh 308B (1974) - at the GP Historique de Monaco 2021 in the F series (F1 Grand Prix cars - 3L, 1973 - 1976)

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Hesketh 308 (1974) - Field "G" - Monaco Grand Prix Historique 2016

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Hesketh 308 (1974) - Brands Hatch Masters Historic Festival 2019 - FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship

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Hesketh 308 (1974) - FIA Historic Formula One Trophy - Silverstone Classic 2017

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Hesketh-Cosworth 308B (1974) - (High-Airbox Formula 1 at the 73rd Members Meeting in Goodwood 2015)

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Hesketh 308C (1975) - the last of the Hesketh formula cars

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Hesketh 308C (1975) - Grand Prix Historique de Monaco - Series F

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Hesketh 308E (1977) - at the GP Historique de Monaco 2021 in the Series G (F1 Grand Prix cars - 3L, 1977 - 1980)

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Summary

Lord Alexander Hesketh was a Formula 1 team boss in the 1970s whose decadent appearance and "fun first" motto initially elicited laughter or pitiable sympathy from the representatives of the Formula 1 "sworn-in". But when success finally came, the critics fell silent and Hesketh became all the louder, not least with the sale of teddy bears with helmets. This article tells the story of one of the most unusual racing teams in Formula 1 history.

This article contains the following chapters

Your Lordship's crusade for Great Britain
Horsley opens the doors to the racing circus for Hesketh
Working hard and tenaciously behind the sausage-like façade
A little less party, a little more serious
The party is over, politics calls

Estimated reading time: 15min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The third Baron Hesketh von Hesketh is as hard to miss as an advertising pillar. Not because of his corpulence - the voluminous young nobleman weighs 230 pounds - and not in any other way. Because Lord Thomas Alexander Hesketh, 24, loves to stir up dust wherever and whenever he appears. Even if it's only by means of the rotors of his Jet Ranger helicopter, which he uses to float off into the sky after a racing battle, while the stream of homecomers below is thickening or has already come to a complete standstill. The blue-blooded magnate draws on the full, or rather, he seems like the enemy incarnate for a committed class warrior. Exquisite automobiles such as a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow (with chauffeur) and a Porsche Carrera (without chauffeur) on land and a yacht tailored for first places in ocean races on the water ensure his transportation far, fast and good.

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