Twenty years after Hunt’s death, Walker says his co-commentator could be “extremely
unpleasant and arrogant” but also had a “most endearing, amusing,
light-hearted personality”.
Walker said: “I had to be extremely tolerant and understanding towards
what I regarded as unpleasant, dismissive behaviour. But the public loved
him because he was outspoken.
“He was extremely accomplished at what he did in Formula One and people
accepted what he said as right. Over the years I learned to accept James. We
were never mates.”
He added: “‘As for his addiction to sex, it was almost a disease. James’s
appetite for sex was absolutely unbelievable.”