“James Hunt, he’s champion of the world, right? The problem is, he thinks he’s King of the goddamn world as well. “He says to me, ‘We don’t overtake on the outside in F1.’ Well I’ve got news for him. I’m a racer and if I get blocked on the inside, I’ll try the outside. I’d expect it from an amateur but not from him. “I tried the same move with Lauda a few laps later, right? Now there’s a guy with a brain in his head. He sees me there, gives me room and we both accelerate out of the turn in good shape. He didn’t lose his place doing that. “It just amazes me that Hunt didn’t think about the consequences from his own point of view, forget me. There was just no need for him to ride me out there, the jerk. What am I supposed to do? Pick my nose and follow the king?” - Mario Andretti speaking about James Hunt - Zandvoort ‘77

“James Hunt, he’s champion of the world, right? The problem is, he thinks he’s King of the goddamn world as well.

“He says to me, ‘We don’t overtake on the outside in F1.’ Well I’ve got news for him. I’m a racer and if I get blocked on the inside, I’ll try the outside. I’d expect it from an amateur but not from him.

“I tried the same move with Lauda a few laps later, right? Now there’s a guy with a brain in his head. He sees me there, gives me room and we both accelerate out of the turn in good shape. He didn’t lose his place doing that.

“It just amazes me that Hunt didn’t think about the consequences from his own point of view, forget me. There was just no need for him to ride me out there, the jerk. What am I supposed to do? Pick my nose and follow the king?”

- Mario Andretti speaking about James Hunt - Zandvoort ‘77