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Graham Hill. Norman Graham Hill OBE (15 February 1929 – 29 November 1975) was a British racing driver and team owner, who was the Formula One World Champion twice, winning in 1962 and 1968 as well as being runner-up on three occasions (1963, 1964 and 1965). Despite not passing his driving test until 1953 when he was already 24 years of age ...
Graham Hill's iron-willed determination, fierce pride and great courage enabled him to overcome the odds against more naturally gifted drivers. None of them was more popular with the public than the moustachioed extrovert with the quick wit, who loved the limelight, was a natural entertainer and became one of the first Formula 1 media stars.
Graham Hill was a British automobile racing driver who won the Grand Prix world championship in 1962 and 1968 and the Indianapolis 500 in 1966. Trained as an engineer, Hill became a racing car mechanic and drove in his first race in 1954. From 1960 to 1966 he drove for British Racing Motors (BRM),
Three thousand people attended Graham Hill's funeral in St Alban's, Hertfordshire, the following week on 5 December. Hill is the only driver to this day to complete the Triple Crown of Motorsport ...
Jul 18, 2024 · Norman Graham Hill was born in north London on February 15, 1929. He claimed he inherited his determination from his mother and his sense of humour from his father, a stockbroker. These qualities were crucial for enduring the hardships and dangers of wartime London, where Hill grew up during the Blitz. He played drums in a Boy Scout band ...
May 9, 2023 · Graham Hill had got wind that his driving partner for the 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours wasn't best pleased about sharing his Matra with a 43-year-old whose star was fading. So the double Formula 1 world ...
A thoroughly British racing driver, who started all 176 of his world championship races in British-built machinery with BRM, Lotus, Shadow, Lola and his own nascent Embassy Hill constructor. A 14-time grand prix winner, Hill's two titles came in very different circumstances. He won the 1962 world championship for BRM, completing the team's ...
May 23, 2023 · This week marks 60 years since Graham Hill took the first of his five victories in Monaco across a trophy-filled F1 career. To mark the occasion, we look back at that sequence of wins during the 1960s and how he earned the title of ‘Mr Monaco’ alongside his two world titles… 1963 – Hill’s breakthrough Monaco win
F1 ICONS: Damon Hill on his father, two-time world champion and triple crown winner Graham Hill. Feature. Verstappen’s fellow three-time champions – and the greats he’s overtaken in the all-time list. Feature F1 Unlocked. MR MONACO: How Graham Hill mastered the streets of Monte Carlo. Feature. TREMAYNE: The greatest F1 title battles of all time – and where 2021 now stands among them.
GRAHAM HILL remains the only driver to have won the Indianapolis 500 (1966), the Formula One World Championship (1962 and 1968), and the Le Mans 24-Hours (1972). A mechanic at Lotus before he became a full-time professional driver, Hill won numerous international road racing events during a distinguished career spanning 20 years. He started in 176 Grand Prix races from 1958 through 1975, winning 14 of them and finishing second in 15 others.
