Waxad qortaa sii wadida faqradan - 1980, Hunt wuxuu ku dhawaaday inuu dib ugu soo laabto McLaren tartankii United States Grand Prix West, isagoo dalbaday $1 milyan oo doolar tartanka. Fursadan ayaa timid markii uu Alain Prost oo ah darawalkii caadiga ahaa uu ka jabay curcurka tababarka wareegga hore ee Koonfur Afrika
, iyo rookie Faransiis ahaa ma aha si buuxda ku haboon in la wado ee Long Beach. Taageeraha ugu weyn ee kooxda, Marlboro, wuxuu bixiyay kala bar qiimaha laakiin wadahadaladii ayaa dhammaaday ka dib markii Hunt uu lugta ka jabay isagoo barafka ku socda. Sannadkii 1982 Bernie Ecclestone, oo ah milkiilaha kooxda Brabham, ayaa Hunt u soo bandhigay mushahar dhan £ 2.6 milyan xilli ciyaareedkii laakiin Hunt ayaa diiday. Sannadkii 1990, Hunt wuxuu dhibaato dhaqaale kala kulmay luminta £ 180,000 oo uu ku maalgaliyay Lloyd's of London wuxuuna tixgeliyey inuu dib ugu soo laabto kooxda Williams. Wuxuu tijaabiyay Paul Ricard Circuit dhowr bilood kahor tijaabinta gawaarida casriga ah wuxuuna ahaa dhowr ilbiriqsi oo ka baxsan xawaaraha wuxuuna rumeysan yahay inuu jir ahaan diyaar u noqon doono. Hunt wuxuu isku dayay inuu ku qanciyo John Hogan, VP Suuqgeynta ee Philip Morris Europe, inuu taageero soo noqoshada suurtagalka ah, wuxuuna u soo bandhigay bayaan bangi si uu u caddeeyo inuu deyn ku leeyahay.