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#4 Deserted podium ceremony
Nowadays, it is mandatory for the required drivers to attend the podium ceremony but it was not so in the earlier days. Standing on the F1 rostrum is a prestigious affair that not many racers would choose to skip out on.
James Hunt, however, was cut from a different cloth and chose to rather fly home than attend the celebrations that were being held for him. The British driver won the 1977 Japanese GP and instead of claiming the top step, decided to head to the airport immediately after the checkered flag had been waved.
The administrators were left even more embarrassed when the second place winner, Carlos Reutemann, also opted an early flight home rather than enjoying on the podium.
Thus, the last ever race victory in James Hunt’s career was celebrated by third-placed Patrick Depailler along with a random Magneti Marelli trade representative
