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Martin Brundle summed it up perfectly in the recent BBC documentary.......Tommy quite simply talked himself out of a drive, by running his mouth after he got out of the car after the elusive Silverstone test, I can imagine Ron heard enough and made his mind up on the spot, Ron had been in the sport for 15-20 years up to that point, and he knew who he was looking for, someone clynical and professional to fit the McLaren way of doing things......McLaren was corporate and attracting big sponsors.......Tommy was as rough as they come.......a classic example of having plenty of driving talent, but looking and sounding like a reprobate (in Rons eyes)
James Hunt was quite a well spoken fellow, so he always passed the sniff test
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