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1961. 412MI. As already indicated with reference to the 625 F1 version, it was the first car with the new in-line four-cylinder engine designed by Lampredi. Discover more. Phil's Championship. CAREER. STANDINGS. SINGLESEATERS. Scuderia Ferrari Hero: Phil Hill, a racing driver of promise.
Photo gallery: Phil Hill, 1927-2008 "It's a sad day," Carroll Shelby, a close friend of Hill's, told the LA Times . "Phil was an excellent race car driver with a unique feel for the car, and his ...
Apr 20, 2021 · Phil Hill – America’s first F1 champion and Le Mans legend. On what should have been 1961 Formula 1 World Champion Phil Hill’s 94th birthday, David Malsher-Lopez pays tribute to an open-wheel ace and a sportscar great. Philip Toll Hill Jr. is perhaps the most under-appreciated World Champion in Formula 1 history, and one wonders if this ...
Philip Toll "Phil" Hill Jr. (born April 20, 1927 in Miami, Florida – died August 28, 2008 in Salinas, California) was a United States driver who drove in Formula One in the 1950s and 1960s and is the only US-born driver to win the World Championship, which he did in 1961.
Jun 25, 2021 · Races. Unsung Heroes: Phil Hill. We turn the spotlight upon a Ferrari driver who won Le Mans three times, and became America’s first-ever F1 world champion. Words – Gavin Green. PHIL HILL WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO WIN THE FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. His success promoted F1 to a previously sceptical American public and to other US racing ...
Sep 8, 2021 · Exactly sixty years ago, Phil Hill became the first American to win the Formula 1 World Championship after triumphing for Ferrari in the 1961 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. . But that moment of monumental personal achievement was extraordinarily bittersweet, because at that very same race team mate and title rival Wolfgang von Trips lost his life, along with scores of spectators, in a devastating cra
Phil Hill became the first American to win the Formula One World Drivers Championship and, to this day, remains the only American-born Formula One champion. Hill was born in Miami, Florida, in 1927 and was raised in Santa Monica, California. His first driving experience came in a neighbor’s brand new Oldsmobile at age nine.
