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James at the Race of Champions, 18th March 1973, racing for the Surtees team

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The image from James's Wikipedia page, captioned "James at some sort of conference, Swedish Grand Prix 1977," and who am I to argue with that? Credit: "Uploader's father"

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James with Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson at the Austrian Grand Prix, 13 August 1978

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James chats to his protege Mika Hakkinen at Donington Park, England, in September 1990

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Bonus James and Niki!

A selection of James and Niki photos because I'm having that kind of day

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Lovely press conference appearance by James in Fuji 1976

Transcript below the cut:

"It's very difficult for me to say it without driving both cars, but certainly the Ferrari has a better engine without any doubt, I'd prefer to have a ferrari engine. I think McLaren have maybe a small edge on the chassis sometimes – the chassis is almost as good – the chassis, you know, the car rather than the engine, the car rather than the engine – for corners, for handling, for going around corners.

On balance, the only way to judge is which car would you prefer to drive, and I suppose what I would really say is that I'd like to have a Ferrari but with a McLaren team looking after it."

"My impression of Niki Lauda is that he's fantastically brave, he's done a fantastic thing to recover like he did from his accident and to come back and to be driving, not only driving, but driving very well, is a really outstanding achievement and I have nothing but admiration for him.

In the Italian GP and also maybe in the Canadian, his confidence hadn't fully returned. Physically he was certainly fit, in Canada, but I talked to him before the American GP and when we went testing there he said it clicked, like that, and his confidence was back, and I'm sure in America he was driving as well as ever, and certainly he seems to be that way in himself."

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James talking to Mario Andretti at the US Grand Prix East, 1979

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James and Niki, Hockenheim 1977. James had hosted Niki in his home in Spain for a few days beforehand.

I know this is a James blog but I'm adding in a bonus Niki today, as a treat.

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James on a motorbike with David Essex in May 1980, with his broken leg still in a cast and outstretched. Photo by Ted Blackbrow

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That photo of James was... a choice.

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James on the podium at Paul Ricard, 1975

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Undated photo of James, sometime in the 70s, location and photographer not known

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James winning at Paul Ricard on 4th July 1976. (Yes it says Monte Carlo behind him but that's the sponsor, Radio Monte Carlo!)

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James bugging Eddie Irvine at a Formula 3000 race at Brands Hatch in 1989. Photo by Darrell Ingham

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James in 1979, in Wolf Racing overalls, photographer unknown

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Extremely heterosexual vibes from James at the Race of Champions. Photo by Richard Deming Jr, year not known