Graham Hill

Norman Graham Hill OBE (15 February 1929 – 29 November 1975) was a British racing driver and team owner from England, who was the Formula One World Champion twice. He is the only driver ever to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport—the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix.[2][3] He also appeared on TV in the 1970s on a variety of non-sporting programmes including panel games.

This article is about the British racing driver. For the Zimbabwean academic, see Graham Hill (academic). For the Australian judge, see Graham Hill (judge).

Graham Hill
OBE
BornNorman Graham Hill
(1929-02-15)15 February 1929
Hampstead, London, England
Died29 November 1975(1975-11-29) (aged 46)
Arkley, Greater London, England
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality British
Active years1958–1975
TeamsLotus, BRM, Brabham, Hill
Entries179 (176 starts)
Championships2 (1962, 1968)
Wins14
Podiums36
Career points270 (289)[1]
Pole positions13
Fastest laps10
First entry1958 Monaco Grand Prix
First win1962 Dutch Grand Prix
Last win1969 Monaco Grand Prix
Last entry1975 Monaco Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1958–1966, 1972
TeamsTeam Lotus
Porsche AG
NART/Rob Walker
Aston Martin
BRM
Maranello Concessionaires
Alan Mann Racing Ltd
Equipe Matra-Simca Shell
Best finish1st (1972)
Class wins1 (1972)

Hill and his son Damon were the first father and son pair to win Formula One World Championships. Hill's grandson Josh, Damon's son, also raced his way through the ranks until he retired from Formula Three in 2013 at the age of 22.

Hill and five other members of the Embassy Hill team died in 1975 when the aeroplane he was piloting from France crashed in fog at night on Arkley golf course while attempting to land at Elstree Airfield in north London.[4][5]

Early life

Born in Hampstead, London, Hill attended Hendon Technical College and joined Smiths Instruments as an apprentice engineer. He was conscripted into the Royal Navy and served as an Engine Room Artificer (ERA) on the light cruiser HMS Swiftsure, rising to the rank of petty officer. After leaving the Navy he rejoined Smiths Instruments.[6]

Racing career
Hill and Colin Chapman at the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix.

Hill did not pass his driving test until he was 24 years old, and he himself described his first car as "A wreck. A budding racing driver should own such a car, as it teaches delicacy, poise and anticipation, mostly the latter I think!" He had been interested in motorcycles but in 1954 he saw an advertisement for the Universal Motor Racing Club at Brands Hatch offering laps for 5 shillings. He made his debut in a Cooper 500 Formula 3 car and was committed to racing thereafter. Hill joined Team Lotus as a mechanic soon after but quickly talked his way into the cockpit. The Lotus presence in Formula One allowed him to make his debut at the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix, retiring with a halfshaft failure.[7]

In 1960, Hill joined BRM, he won also in that year on 8 May 1960 the Targa Florio in the class Sports 1600 together with a German driver Edgar Barth in a Porsche 718, and won the world championship with BRM in 1962. He was known for his race preparation, keeping records of the settings on his car and working long hours with his mechanics.[8] Hill was also part of the so-called 'British invasion' of drivers and cars in the Indianapolis 500 during the mid-1960s, triumphing there in 1966 in a Lola-Ford.[9]

At the same time, Hill along with his F1 contemporaries competed in the British Saloon Car Championship, scoring several outright wins. He achieved a best finish of sixth overall in 1961 driving a Jaguar Mark 2.[10]

Hill at the 1962 German Grand Prix

In 1967, back at Lotus, Hill helped to develop the Lotus 49 with the new Cosworth-V8 engine. It fell to Hill to perform the initial testing of the new car and its engine. After the first shakedown run, Hill quipped "Well, it's got some poke! Not a bad old tool."[11] After teammates Jim Clark and Mike Spence were killed in early 1968, Hill led the team, and won his second world championship in 1968. The Lotus had a reputation of being very fragile and dangerous at that time, especially with the new aerodynamic aids which caused similar crashes of Hill and Jochen Rindt at the 1969 Spanish Grand Prix. A crash at the 1969 United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen broke both his legs and interrupted his career. Typically, when asked soon after the crash if he wanted to pass on a message to his wife, Hill replied "Just tell her that I won't be dancing for two weeks."[12]

Upon recovery Hill continued to race in F1 for several more years, but never again with the same level of success. Colin Chapman, believing Hill was a spent force, placed him in Rob Walker's team for 1970, sweetening the deal with one of the brand-new Lotus 72 cars. Although Hill scored points in 1970 he started the season far from fully fit and the 72 was not fully developed until late in the season. Hill moved to Brabham for 1971-2; his last win in Formula One was in the non-Championship International Trophy at Silverstone in 1971 with the "lobster claw" Brabham. The team was in flux after the retirements of Sir Jack Brabham and then Ron Tauranac's sale to Bernie Ecclestone; Hill did not settle there.

Hill at the 1969 German Grand Prix

Hill was known during the latter part of his career for his wit and became a popular personality – he was a regular guest on television and wrote a notably frank and witty autobiography, Life at the Limit,[13] when recovering from his 1969 accident. A second autobiography, which covered his career up until his retirement from racing simply called Graham was published posthumously in 1976.[14] A staunch campaigner for road safety, Hill appeared in a television series entitled Advanced Driving with Graham Hill which was shown in early 1975. A book accompanying the series giving advice on safer and responsible driving was co-written by him.[15] Hill was also irreverently immortalized on a Monty Python episode ("It's the Arts (or: Intermission)" sketch called "Historical Impersonations"), in which a Gumby appears asking to "see John the Baptist's impersonation of Graham Hill." The head of St. John the Baptist appears (with a stuck-on moustache in Hill's style) on a silver platter, which runs around the floor making putt-putt noises of a race car engine.

Hill at the 1971 Race of Champions

Hill was involved with four films between 1966 and 1974, including appearances in Grand Prix and Caravan to Vaccarès, in which he appeared as a helicopter pilot.[16]

Although Hill had concentrated on F1 he also maintained a presence in sports car racing throughout his career (including two runs in the Rover-BRM gas turbine car at Le Mans). As his F1 career drew to a close he became part of the Matra sports car team, taking a victory in the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans with Henri Pescarolo. This victory completed the so-called Triple Crown of Motorsport which is alternatively defined as winning either:

Using either definition, Hill is still the only person ever to have accomplished this feat.

Hill set up his own team in 1973: Embassy Hill with sponsorship from Imperial Tobacco. The team used chassis from Shadow and Lola before evolving the Lola into its own design in 1975. After failing to qualify for the 1975 Monaco Grand Prix, where he had won five times, Hill retired from driving to concentrate on running the team and supporting his protege Tony Brise.

Along with Stirling Moss, Hill put his name to and supported the Grand Prix Midget Championship, which started in 1975, with the aim of bringing low cost motor sport to people who wanted to try a new career.[21]

Hill's record of 176 Grand Prix starts remained in place for over a decade until being equalled by Jacques Laffite.

Family

Hill married Bette in 1955; because Hill had spent all his money on his racing career, she paid for the wedding. They had two daughters, Brigitte and Samantha, and a son, Damon, who himself later became Formula One World Champion—the first son of a former world champion to emulate his father.

The family lived in Mill Hill during the 1960s. The house now features an English Heritage blue plaque.[22] During the early 1970s, Hill moved to Lyndhurst House in Shenley. The house is now owned by musician Jeff Wayne[23] Well known for throwing extravagent parties at his houses to which most of the Grand Prix paddock and other famous guests attended, Hill was universally popular.[24]

Rowing
Hill at the 1974 Race of Champions

Before taking up motor racing, Hill spent several years actively involved in rowing. Initially, he rowed at Southsea Rowing Club, while stationed in Portsmouth with the Royal Navy and at Auriol Rowing Club in Hammersmith. He met his future wife Bette at a Boxing Day party at Auriol and, while courting her, he also coached her clubmates at Stuart Ladies' Rowing Club on the River Lea.

In 1952 he joined London Rowing Club, then as now one of the largest and most successful clubs in Great Britain. From 1952 to 1954, Hill rowed in twenty finals with London, usually as stroke of the crew, eight of which resulted in wins. He also stroked the London eight in the highly prestigious Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, losing a semi-final to Union Sportif Metropolitaine des Transports, France by a length.

Through his racing career he continued to support rowing and London. In 1968 when the club began a financial appeal to modernise its clubhouse, Hill launched proceedings by driving an old Morris Oxford, which had been obtained for £5, head-on into a boundary wall. Hill made three runs to reduce the wall to rubble, and the car was subsequently sold for £15.

Hill felt that the experience gained in rowing helped him in his motor-racing. He wrote in his autobiography:

"I really enjoyed my rowing. It really taught me a lot about myself, and I also think it is a great character-building sport...The self discipline required for rowing and the 'never say die' attitude obviously helped me through the difficult years that lay ahead."

Hill adopted the colours and cap design of London Rowing Club for his racing helmet – dark blue with white oar-shaped tabs. His son Damon and grandson Josh later adopted the same colours with permission from the club.[25]

Death

Hill died on 29 November 1975 at the controls of his Piper PA-23 Aztec twin-engine light aircraft when it crashed near Arkley, Hertfordshire, while on a night approach to Elstree Airfield in thick fog. On board with him were five other members of the Embassy Hill team who all died: manager Ray Brimble, mechanics Tony Alcock and Terry Richards, driver Tony Brise, and designer Andy Smallman. The party was returning from a car-testing session at the Paul Ricard Circuit in southern France.[4][5][26]

The subsequent investigation revealed that Hill's aircraft, originally registered in the US as N6645Y,[27] had been removed from the FAA register and at the time of the accident was "unregistered and stateless", despite still displaying its original markings. Furthermore, Hill's American FAA pilot certification had expired, as had his instrument rating. His UK IMC rating, which would have permitted him to fly in the weather conditions that prevailed at the time, was also out of date and invalid. Hill was effectively uninsured.[28] The investigation into the crash was ultimately inconclusive, but pilot error was deemed the most likely explanation.[26]

Hill's funeral was held at St Albans Abbey, and he is buried at St Botolph's graveyard, Shenleybury in Shenley, Hertfordshire. The church has since been deconsecrated so the tomb now sits in a private garden.

Legacy

After his death, Silverstone village, home to the track of the same name, named a road, Graham Hill, after him[29] and there is a "Graham Hill Road" on The Shires estate in nearby Towcester. Graham Hill Bend at Brands Hatch is also named in his honour. A blue plaque commemorates Hill at 32 Parkside, in Mill Hill, London NW7.[30] In Bourne, Lincolnshire, where Hill's former team BRM is based, a road called Graham Hill Way is named in his honour. Also a nursery school in Lusevera, Italy, was named in his honour.

Bibliography
  • Life at the Limit - 1970
  • Graham Hill's Motor Racing Book - 1970
  • Graham Hill's Car Racing Guide - 1971 (with Mike Kettlewood)
  • Advanced Driving with Graham Hill - 1975 (with Neil Ewart)
  • Graham - 1976 (with Neil Ewart)

Career results

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Pts[1]
1958 Team Lotus Lotus 12 Climax FPF 2.0 L4 ARG MON
Ret		 NED
Ret		 500 BEL
Ret		 NC 0
Lotus 16 Climax FPF 2.2 L4 FRA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 POR
Ret		 ITA
6		 MOR
16
Lotus 16 (F2) Climax FPF 1.5 L4 GER
Ret
1959 Team Lotus Lotus 16 Climax FPF 2.5 L4 MON
Ret		 500 NED
7		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
9		 GER
Ret		 POR
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 USA NC 0
1960 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 BRM P25 2.5 L4 ARG
Ret		 15th 4
BRM P48 MON
7		 500 NED
3		 BEL
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 POR
Ret		 ITA USA
Ret
1961 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48/57 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 MON
Ret		 NED
8		 BEL
Ret		 FRA
6		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 USA
5		 16th 3
1962 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P57 BRM P56 1.5 V8 NED
1		 MON
6		 BEL
2		 FRA
9		 GBR
4		 GER
1		 ITA
1		 USA
2		 RSA
1		 1st 42 (52)
1963 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P57 BRM P56 1.5 V8 MON
1		 BEL
Ret		 NED
Ret		 GBR
3		 GER
Ret		 USA
1		 MEX
4		 RSA
3		 2nd 29
BRM P61 FRA
3		 ITA
16
1964 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P261 BRM P56 1.5 V8 MON
1		 NED
4		 BEL
5		 FRA
2		 GBR
2		 GER
2		 AUT
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 USA
1		 MEX
11		 2nd 39 (41)
1965 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P261 BRM P56 1.5 V8 RSA
3		 MON
1		 BEL
5		 FRA
5		 GBR
2		 NED
4		 GER
2		 ITA
2		 USA
1		 MEX
Ret		 2nd 40 (47)
1966 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P261 BRM P60 2.0 V8 MON
3		 BEL
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
3		 NED
2		 GER
4		 5th 17
BRM P83 BRM P75 3.0 H16 ITA
Ret		 USA
Ret		 MEX
Ret
1967 Team Lotus Lotus 43 BRM P75 3.0 H16 RSA
Ret		 7th 15
Lotus 33 BRM P60 2.1 V8 MON
2
Lotus 49 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 NED
Ret		 BEL
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 CAN
4		 ITA
Ret		 USA
2		 MEX
Ret
1968 Team Lotus Lotus 49 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA
2		 1st 48
Gold Leaf Team Lotus ESP
1
Lotus 49B MON
1		 BEL
Ret		 NED
9		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 GER
2		 ITA
Ret		 CAN
4		 USA
2		 MEX
1
1969 Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA
2		 ESP
Ret		 MON
1		 NED
7		 FRA
6		 GBR
7		 GER
4		 ITA
9		 CAN
Ret		 USA
Ret		 MEX 7th 19
1970 Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus 49C Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA
6		 ESP
4		 13th 7
Brooke Bond Oxo Racing – Rob Walker MON
5		 BEL
Ret		 NED
NC		 FRA
10		 GBR
6		 GER
Ret		 AUT
Lotus 72C ITA
DNS		 CAN
NC		 USA
Ret		 MEX
Ret
1971 Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham BT33 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA
9		 21st 2
Brabham BT34 ESP
Ret		 MON
Ret		 NED
10		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 GER
9		 AUT
5		 ITA
Ret		 CAN
Ret		 USA
7
1972 Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham BT33 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
Ret		 RSA
6		 15th 4
Brabham BT37 ESP
10		 MON
12		 BEL
Ret		 FRA
10		 GBR
Ret		 GER
6		 AUT
Ret		 ITA
5		 CAN
8		 USA
11
1973 Embassy Racing Shadow DN1 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP
Ret		 BEL
9		 MON
Ret		 SWE
Ret		 FRA
10		 GBR
Ret		 NED
NC		 GER
13		 AUT
Ret		 ITA
14		 CAN
16		 USA
13		 NC 0
1974 Embassy Racing with Graham Hill Lola T370 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
Ret		 BRA
11		 RSA
12		 ESP
Ret		 BEL
8		 MON
7		 SWE
6		 NED
Ret		 FRA
13		 GBR
13		 GER
9		 AUT
12		 ITA
8		 CAN
14		 USA
8		 18th 1
1975 Embassy Racing with Graham Hill Lola T370 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
10		 BRA
12		 RSA
DNQ		 ESP NC 0
Hill GH1 MON
DNQ		 BEL SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1957 Cooper Car Company Cooper T43 (F2) Climax FPF 1.5 L4 SYR PAU GLV NAP RMS CAE INT
13		 MOD MOR
1958 Team Lotus Lotus 12 Climax FPF 2.0 L4 GLV
Ret		 SYR INT
8		 CAE
Lotus 12 (F2) Climax FPF 1.5 L4 AIN
7
1959 Team Lotus Lotus 16 Climax FPF 2.5 L4 GLV
Ret		 AIN
11		 INT
Ret		 OUL
5		 SIL
Ret
1960 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 BRM P25 2.5 L4 GLV
5		 INT
3		 SIL
2		 LOM
Ret		 OUL
3
1961 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48/57 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 LOM GLV
2		 PAU BRX VIE AIN
3		 SYR
Ret		 NAP LON SIL
13		 SOL KAN DAN MOD
7		 FLG OUL
Ret		 LEW VAL RAN NAT RSA
1962 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P57 BRM P56 1.5 V8 CAP BRX
DSQ		 LOM
2		 LAV GLV
1		 PAU AIN
Ret		 INT
1		 NAP RMS
2		 SOL OUL
2		 MEX RAN
Ret		 NAT
NC
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Lotus 18/21 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 MAL
3		 CLP
Lotus 24 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 KAN
Ret		 MED DAN
1963 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P57 BRM P56 1.5 V8 LOM
1		 GLV
9		 PAU IMO SYR AIN
1		 INT
Ret		 ROM SOL KAN MED AUT OUL
3		 RAN
1964 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P261 BRM P56 1.5 V8 DMT
Ret		 NWT
Ret		 SYR AIN
2		 INT
2		 SOL
Ret		 MED
John Willment Automobiles Brabham BT11 BRM P56 1.5 V8 RAN
1
1965 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P261 BRM P56 1.5 V8 ROC
Ret		 SYR SMT
2		 INT
Ret		 MED RAN
1966 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P83 BRM P75 3.0 H16 RSA SYR INT OUL
Ret
1967 Team Lotus Lotus 48 (F2) Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4 ROC SPR
8		 OUL
3
Lotus 33 BRM P60 2.1 V8 INT
4		 SYR
Lotus 49 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ESP
2
1968 Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
Ret		 INT
Ret
Lotus 49B OUL
Ret
1969 Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
2		 INT
7		 MAD
Lotus 59B (F2) Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4 OUL
Ret
1970 Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus 49C Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
5
Brooke Bond Oxo Racing – Rob Walker INT
9
Lotus 72C OUL
Ret
1971 Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham BT34 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG ROC
Ret		 QUE
Ret		 SPR INT
1		 RIN OUL VIC
8
1972 Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham BT37 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC BRA INT
7		 OUL REP VIC
Ret
1973 Embassy Racing Brabham BT37 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
Ret		 INT
1974 Embassy Racing with Graham Hill Lola T370 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 PRE ROC
NC		 INT
Ret
1975 Embassy Racing with Graham Hill Hill GH1 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC INT
11		 SUI

Complete USAC Championship Car results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Pos Points
1963 TRE INDY
DNQ		 MIL
 LAN TRE SPR MIL DUQ ISF TRE SAC PHX – 0
1966 PHX
 TRE
 INDY
1		 MIL LAN ATL PIP IRP LAN SPR MIL DUQ ISF TRE SAC PHX - 0
1967 PHX
 TRE
 INDY
32		 MIL
 LAN
 PIP MOS
 MOS
 IRP
 LAN
 MTR
 MTR
 SPR
 MIL
 DUQ
 ISF
 TRE
 SAC
 HAN
 PHX
 RIV
 - 0
1968 HAN
 LVG
 PHX
 TRE
 INDY
19		 MIL
 MOS
DNQ		 MOS
 LAN
 PIP
 CDR
 NAZ
 IRP
 IRP
 LAN
 LAN
 MTR
 MTR
 SPR
 MIL
 DUQ
 ISF
 TRE
 SAC
 MCH
 HAN
 PHX
 RIV
 - 0
1969 PHX
 HAN
 INDY
Wth		 MIL
 LAN
 PIP CDR
 NAZ TRE
 IRP
 IRP
 MIL
 SPR
 DOV
 DUQ
 ISF
 BRN
 BRN
 TRE
 SAC
 KEN KEN PHX
 RIV
 - 0

Indianapolis 500 results
  • Hill failed to qualify the innovative John Crosthwaite (who had worked with Hill at Team Lotus) designed 'roller skate' car for the 1963 Indianapolis 500 race after crashing in practice. Hill, who had been commuting weekly due to other commitments in Europe, would not wait in the USA while the car was repaired and risk not qualifying or qualifying badly.[32][33]
  • Hill's 1966 victory marked the first win by a rookie driver since Frank Lockhart's 1927 win and the last until Juan Pablo Montoya's visit to Victory Lane in 2000 (Montoya has also emulated Hill's feat of winning both the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix).
  • Hill entered the 1969 Indianapolis 500, but his car (Lotus-Ford Chassis 64/2) was withdrawn during practice along with those of Mario Andretti and Jochen Rindt due to delays rectifying problems associated with hub failure on Andretti's car.

Complete Tasman Series results
Year Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
1964 Brabham BT4 LEV PUK WIG TER SAN WAR
4		 LAK LON
1		 6th 12
1965 Brabham BT11A PUK
1		 LEV WIG TER WAR
5		 SAN
Ret		 LON
4		 7th 14
1966 BRM P261 PUK
1		 LEV WIG TER WAR
2		 LAK
1		 SAN
(3)		 LON
2		 2nd 30 (34)
1967 Lotus 48 PUK WIG LAK WAR
Ret		 SAN LON NC 0
1968 Lotus 49T PUK LEV WIG TER SUR
2		 WAR
2		 SAN
3		 LON
6		 4th 17
1969 Lotus 49T PUK
Ret		 LEV
Ret		 WIG
2		 TER
2		 LAK
4		 WAR
11		 SAN
6		 5th 16

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Driver Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1958 Team Lotus Cliff Allison Lotus XV-Climax S 2.0 3 DNF DNF
1959 Team Lotus Derek Jolly Lotus XV-Climax S 2.0 119 DNF DNF
1960 Porsche KG Jo Bonnier Porsche 718/4 RS S 2.0 191 DNF DNF
1961 North American Racing Team Stirling Moss Ferrari 250 GT SWB GT3.0 121 DNF DNF
1962 David Brown Organisation Richie Ginther Aston Martin DP212 Exp 4.0 78 DNF DNF
1963 Owen Racing Organisation Richie Ginther Rover-BRM ACO Prize 310 (8th)* (1st)*
1964 Maranello Concessionaires Jo Bonnier Ferrari 330P P 4.0 344 2nd 2nd
1965 Owen Racing Organisation Jackie Stewart Rover-BRM P 2.0 284 10th 2nd
1966 Alan Mann Racing Brian Muir Ford GT Mk.II P 7.0 110 DNF DNF
1972 Equipe Matra-Simca Shell Henri Pescarolo Matra-Simca MS670 S
3.0		 344 1st 1st
  • 1963 Rover-BRM ran for the ACO prize for a gas turbine car covering a minimum of 3600 km, not officially classified.

Credits

Hill's easy wit and charm helped him become a television personality, notably on the BBC show Call My Bluff with Patrick Campbell and Frank Muir. For a number of years in the early 1970s he appeared as one half of a double act, with Jackie Stewart, as an insert within the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show. In June 1975 he appeared alongside his son, Damon Hill, on the popular television programme Jim'll Fix It.[34] His appearance was later rebroadcast as part of the twentieth anniversary celebrations of the programme in January 1995, with Damon presenting a new segment at the end.[35]

In 1990, Hill was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

A one-off BBC Four documentary called Graham Hill: Driven was first broadcast on 26 May 2008.[36]

gollark: Why? Watching a movie?
gollark: ... well, possibly, but it doesn't affect the *line count*.
gollark: And `if`/`then`s are mostly in the same line.
gollark: Many of those contain logic too.
gollark: Those aren't boilerplate either.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Stirling Moss		 BRDC International Trophy winner
1962		 Succeeded by
Jim Clark
Preceded by
Phil Hill		 Formula One World Champion
1962		 Succeeded by
Jim Clark
Preceded by
Jim Clark		 Indianapolis 500 Winner
1966		 Succeeded by
A. J. Foyt
Preceded by
Denny Hulme		 Formula One World Champion
1968		 Succeeded by
Jackie Stewart
Preceded by
Chris Amon		 BRDC International Trophy winner
1971		 Succeeded by
Emerson Fittipaldi
Preceded by
Helmut Marko
Gijs van Lennep		 Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1972 with:
Henri Pescarolo		 Succeeded by
Henri Pescarolo
Gérard Larrousse
Awards
Preceded by
Stirling Moss		 Hawthorn Memorial Trophy
1962		 Succeeded by
Jim Clark
Preceded by
Denny Hulme		 Hawthorn Memorial Trophy
1968		 Succeeded by
Jackie Stewart
Records
Preceded by
Jack Brabham
128 entries, 126 starts
(1955 – 1970)		 Most Grand Prix entries
179 entries, 176 starts
(1958 – 1975),
129th entry at the 1971 Dutch GP
127th start at the 1971 Monaco GP		 Succeeded by
Jacques Laffite
180 entries (176 starts),
180th at the 1986 British GP
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