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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, and only entering the world of motorsports a year later, Hill ...
Graham Hill's iron-willed determination, fierce pride and great courage enabled him to overcome the odds against more naturally gifted drivers.
Graham Hill (born Feb. 15, 1929, London—died Nov. 29, 1975, near London) 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), winning his first major race at ...
5 live Daily looks back at an historic moment through the eyes of those who were there. One of Britain's greatest motor racing drivers, Graham Hill, was killed in a plane crash 40 years ago this ...
Jul 18, 2024 · Graham Hill was a British F1 driver who won the Drivers' Championship in 1962 for BRM and 1968 for Team Lotus.
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…
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.
Perhaps the most charismatic and popular Formula 1 driver of the 1960s. Graham Hill may not have been blessed with the natural talent of a Jim Clark or Jackie Stewart, but he more than made up for that in sheer determination and effortless charm.Twice World Champion during his 176 races as a Grand Prix star, he remains the only driver to win the Monaco GP, Indianapolis 500 and Le Mans 24 Hours.
Oct 1, 2015 · To mark 40 years since his passing, Motor Sport pays tribute in the November issue to Graham Hill, a man who transcended his sport to hold a special place in the national consciousness of Great Britain – and indeed the world – during the 1960s and ’70s.Others have surpassed his record of five wins at Monaco, but it seems unlikely anyone will match his unofficial Triple Crown of wins at ...
Feb 19, 2015 · Graham Hill would have been 86 this week. His death 40 years ago robbed a family of a fun and loving father and husband, and British motor sport of its greatest ambassador. (Sir) Graham – a knighthood was surely in the bag – had not long embarked on the next stage of his adventure, […]
