Graham Hill#Complete Formula One Non-Championship results
{{short description|British racing driver (1929–1975)}}
{{about other people|the British racing driver}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Graham Hill
| honorific_suffix = {{postnom|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}
| image = Graham Hill Bestanddeelnr 924-6564.jpg
| caption = Hill at the 1971 Dutch Grand Prix
| birth_name = Norman Graham Hill
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|02|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hampstead, London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|11|29|1929|02|15|df=y}}
| death_place = Arkley, London, England
| death_cause = Plane crash
| spouse = {{marriage|Bette Shubrook|1955}}
| children = 3, including Damon
| module = {{Infobox F1 driver|embed=yes
| Nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British
| Years = {{F1|1958}}–{{F1|1975}}
| Team(s) = Lotus, BRM, Walker, Brabham, Hill
| Races = 179 (176 starts)
| Championships = 2 ({{F1|1962}}, {{F1|1968}})
| Wins = 14
| Podiums = 36
| Points = 270 (289){{efn|name="droppedpoints"}}
| Poles = 13
| Fastest laps = 10
| First race = 1958 Monaco Grand Prix
| First win = 1962 Dutch Grand Prix
| Last win = 1969 Monaco Grand Prix
| Last race = 1975 Monaco Grand Prix
}}
| module2 = {{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes
| Total_Champ_Races = 3
| Years_In_Champ = 4
| Best_Champ_Pos = 9th (1966)
| First_Champ_Race = 1966 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
| Last_Champ_Race = 1968 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
| First_Champ_Win = 1966 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
| Champ_Wins = 1
| Champ_Podiums = 1
| Champ_Poles = 0
}}
| module3 = {{Infobox Le Mans driver|embed=yes
| Years = {{24hLM|1958}}–{{24hLM|1966}}, {{24hLM|1972}}
| Teams = Lotus, Porsche, NART, Aston Martin, BRM, Ferrari, Mann, Matra
| Best Finish = 1st ({{24hLM|1972}})
| Class Wins = 1 ({{24hLM|1972}})
}}
}}
Norman Graham Hill (15 February 1929 – 29 November 1975) was a British racing driver, rower and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from {{F1|1958}} to {{F1|1975}}. Nicknamed "Mr. Monaco",{{efn|Hill was widely known as Mr. Monaco for his five Monaco Grand Prix victories, a record which stood until Ayrton Senna won his sixth in 1993.{{cite web |last1=Knight |first1=Matthew |last2=Stewart |first2=Andrew |title=Monaco Grand Prix: The 'gentleman' racer who ruled on the French Riviera |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/26/motorsport/f1-monaco-grand-prix-graham-hill-jackie-stewart/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=27 May 2016 |access-date=20 October 2020}}}} Hill won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the record for most podium finishes (36); he won 14 Grands Prix across 18 seasons. In American open-wheel racing, Hill won the Indianapolis 500 in 1966 with Mecom. Upon winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in {{24hLM|1972}} with Matra, Hill became the first—and to this date, only—driver to complete the Triple Crown of Motorsport.{{efn|The Triple Crown of Motorsport is an unofficial achievement of winning the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. In the modern definition, the World Drivers' Championship is commonly substituted for the Monaco Grand Prix, which Hill won on five occasions.}}
Born and raised in London, Hill studied engineering before completing national service in the Royal Navy. He was a member of London Rowing Club from 1952 to 1954, contesting twenty finals and stroking the London crew in the Grand Challenge Cup. He made his racing debut in Formula Three aged 25. He initially joined Lotus in Formula One as a mechanic, before earning a driving debut with the team at the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix and securing a full-time contract. After non-classified championship finishes in 1958 and {{F1|1959}} with Lotus, Hill moved to BRM in {{F1|1960}}, scoring his maiden podium at the {{F1GP|1960|Dutch}}. BRM fielded the competitive P57 in {{F1|1962}}, with Hill taking his maiden victory at the season-opening {{F1GP|1962|Dutch}} and winning three further Grands Prix as he secured his maiden title, beating career rival Jim Clark and Bruce McLaren. He finished runner-up to Clark the following season, before losing the {{F1|1964}} title by one point to John Surtees.{{efn|In the {{F1|1963}} to {{F1|1965}} points system, each driver's best six results counted towards the Drivers' Championship. With all results counted, Hill scored 41 points to Surtees' 40.}} Hill took multiple wins in {{F1|1965}} as he finished runner-up to Clark once more in the standings. After a winless {{F1|1966}} campaign, Hill returned to Lotus to partner Clark.
Helping develop the Lotus 49 for the new Cosworth DFV engines, Hill struggled with reliability throughout {{F1|1967}}, with podiums in Monaco and the United States. Clark was killed after their 1–2 finish at the season opener in {{F1|1968}}, leaving Hill in a close title battle with Jackie Stewart, which Hill won at the final race of the season. In {{F1|1969}}, Hill became a five-time winner of the Monaco Grand Prix, a record he held for 24 years. During the {{F1GP|1969|United States}}, Hill was seriously injured in a crash, breaking both of his legs and ending his season prematurely. After recovering from his injuries, he returned as a privateer in {{F1|1970}} before competing with Brabham for two further seasons, where he won the non-championship BRDC International Trophy in 1971. Hill founded and competed for Embassy Hill from {{F1|1973}} to 1975, retiring from motor racing after the {{F1GP|1975|Monaco}} to focus on team ownership and supporting his protégé Tony Brise. In addition to his two championships, Hill achieved 14 race wins, 13 pole positions, 10 fastest laps and 38 podiums in Formula One.
Outside Formula One, Hill entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans 10 times between {{24hLM|1958}} and 1972, winning the latter alongside Henri Pescarolo in the Matra-Simca MS670. He also entered the Indianapolis 500 three times from 1966 to 1968, winning the Borg-Warner Trophy at his first attempt. Throughout his early years, Hill also competed in the British Saloon Car Championship, topping his class in 1963, and entered six seasons of the Tasman Series, finishing runner-up to Stewart in 1966. In November 1975, Hill and five other Embassy Hill executives, including Brise, were killed when the Piper PA-23 Aztec aircraft Hill was piloting crashed in low-visibility conditions in north London whilst returning from a test session for the Hill GH2 at the Circuit Paul Ricard. Embassy Hill subsequently shut down ahead of the {{F1|1976}} season. Hill's son Damon went on to win the World Drivers' Championship in {{F1|1996}}, becoming the first father-and-son World Drivers' Champions. Hill was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1990.
Early life
Hill was born in Hampstead, London, one of two sons of stockbroker Norman Herbert Devereux Hill, of Belsize Park, and his wife Constance Mary, née Philp.{{Cite ODNB| url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-31232 | doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31232 | chapter=Hill, (Norman) Graham (1929–1975), racing motorist | title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | date=2004 | last1=Dryden | first1=Colin | isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }} He 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.[http://badgergp.com/2012/05/graham-hill-the-man-they-called-mister-monaco/ Graham Hill at Badgergp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910005622/http://badgergp.com/2012/05/graham-hill-the-man-they-called-mister-monaco/ |date=10 September 2013 }}. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
Racing career
File:Chapman met Graham Hill op Zandvoort, Bestanddeelnr 920-3879.jpg 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!"{{cite web |last1=Naz |first1=Chris |title=GRAHAM HILL: DRIVEN |url=https://mylifeatspeed.com/graham-hill-driven/ |website=My Life at Speed |date=31 August 2015 |access-date=28 December 2020}} 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 five 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.Graham Hill in the Monaco Grand Prix, George Phillips Photograph Collection, Revs Institute, [https://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/custom/single-image?id=406184&collection=p17257coll1 Revs Digital Library.]
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.{{Cite web|url=https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/graham-hill|title=Graham Hill|date=12 June 2017|website=Motor Sport|access-date=10 May 2020}} 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.Indianapolis 500, Karl Ludvigsen Photograph Collection, Revs Institute, [https://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/custom/single-image?id=318381&collection=p17257coll1 Revs Digital Library.]
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.{{Cite web|url=https://drivetribe.com/p/ten-racers-you-never-knew-raced-ekuTHrWJTTOF6uJWxhHGVQ|title=Ten Racers You Never Knew Raced in the BTCC|first=Jake|last=Sanson|date=22 March 2017|website=DriveTribe|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-date=11 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811195424/https://drivetribe.com/p/ten-racers-you-never-knew-raced-ekuTHrWJTTOF6uJWxhHGVQ|url-status=dead}}
File:1962-08-05 Graham Hill, BRM - Hatzenbach (sw).jpg]]
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."{{cite web |url=https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a10330447/lotus-49-graham-hill/ |title=Watch F1's Greatest Car and Engine Take Their First Laps |first=Chris |last=Perkins |date=19 July 2017 |work=Road & Track |access-date=30 April 2020}} 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."{{cite news| url=http://forix.autosport.com/noteshow.php?l=0&x=3&r=19690010&i=3591 | work=Autosport|title=GP Report: Rindt Takes First GP Win|access-date=10 May 2020}}
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.
File:HillGraham19690801Lotus-Nordkehre.jpg]]
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,{{cite book | first = Graham| last = Hill| year = 1971| title = Life at the Limit| publisher = Pan Books Ltd.| location = London| isbn = 0-330-02675-5}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://f1-nut.com/book/book-review-graham-by-graham-hill-with-neil-ewart/|title=Book Review: Graham by Graham Hill with Neil Ewart | F1-nut.com|website=f1-nut.com|access-date=8 May 2020}} A staunch campaigner for road safety, Hill presented a series for Thames Television entitled Advanced Driving with Graham Hill comprising six 30-minute programmes broadcast weekly in June and July 1974.Times Newspapers Limited; Monday, 24 June 1974, Issue Number 59122, Page 19, Broadcasting. A book accompanying the series giving advice on safer and responsible driving was co-written by him.{{Cite book |author=Ewart |first=Neil |url=https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-us/books/neil-ewart/advanced-driving-with-graham-hill/GOR008166376 |title=Advanced Driving with Graham Hill |website= |publisher=worldofbooks.com |year=1975 |isbn=9780091227814}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} 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.
File:1971 Race of Champions G Hill Brabham BT34.jpg
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.[http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=503291&mp=c Caravan to Vaccarès: Cast & Crew] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071115013021/http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=503291&mp=c |date=15 November 2007 }} movies.msn.com. Retrieved on 14 July 2007. During a Christmas Eve 1970 special of BBC's Tomorrow's World Hill played against Raymond Baxter on an early computer racing game, with data centre workers Anne Norie and Margaret Watson manning the terminals for the game.{{cite news |last1=Unknown |title=Ex-champion rallies, loses on points |url=https://archive.org/details/tomorrows-world-racing-game |work=Data Processing News |publisher=IBM |date=1970}}
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:
- the Indianapolis 500 (won by Hill in 1966), the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1972) and the Monaco Grand Prix (1963–65, 1968, 1969),{{cite web|url=http://www.usgpindy.com/news/story.php?story_id=1417 |title=Points Race Stays Tight; Montoya Joins Elite Company With Victory |author=Dan Knutson |access-date=3 December 2007 |date=3 June 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106023236/http://www.usgpindy.com/news/story.php?story_id=1417 |archive-date=6 November 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://intakeinfo.com/automotive/monaco-grand-prix-glitz-draws-rising-stars.html |title=Monaco Grand Prix Glitz Draws Rising Stars |author=Henri Boulanger |publisher=IntakeInfo.com |access-date=5 December 2007 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211040252/http://intakeinfo.com/automotive/monaco-grand-prix-glitz-draws-rising-stars.html |archive-date=11 December 2007}} or
- the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Formula One World Championship (1962, 1968)."Bette Hill with Neil Ewart 1978 p87"{{cite web|url=http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/famousperson/hill/2601501 |title=Tribute to Graham Hill |publisher=lastingtribute.co.ok |access-date=5 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118101235/http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/famousperson/hill/2601501 |archive-date=18 January 2008 }}{{cite news|url=http://sport.guardian.co.uk/motorsport/story/0,,2104097,00.html|title=Stick to the day job, Jacques|work=The Guardian|author=Oliver Irish|date=15 June 2007|access-date=5 December 2007|location=London}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://gpmidgets.weebly.com/|title=Grand Prix Midget Club - About us|website=gpmidgets.weebly.com|access-date=12 May 2020}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/graham-hill/|title=HILL, Graham (1929-1975) | English Heritage|website=English Heritage|access-date=9 May 2020}} During the early 1970s, Hill moved to Lyndhurst House in Shenley in Hertfordshire. The house is now owned by musician Jeff Wayne.{{cite web |url=https://www.elstree-museum.org.uk/userfiles/pdf/9.%20Newsletter%20No%209%20September2015.pdf |title=Elstree & Borehamwood Museum Friends Newsletter September 2015|website=elstree-museum.org.uk|access-date=10 May 2020}} Well known for throwing extravagant parties at his houses to which most of the Grand Prix paddock and other famous guests attended, Hill was universally popular.{{Cite web|url=https://drivetribe.com/p/graham-hill-a-portrait-VG2wDeHbQ8u0JtuVwz-G0g|title=Graham Hill: a portrait|first=Bas|last=Naafs|date=17 November 2017|website=DriveTribe|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804132633/https://drivetribe.com/p/graham-hill-a-portrait-VG2wDeHbQ8u0JtuVwz-G0g|url-status=dead}}
Rowing
File:Graham Hill 1974 Race of Champions.jpg]]
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.{{cn|date=July 2023}}
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.{{cite book
| author = Dodd, Christopher
| title = Water Boiling Aft: London Rowing Club The First 150 Years 1856–2006
| publisher = The London Rowing Club
| year = 2006
| isbn = 0-9552938-0-4 }}
Death
{{main|Graham Hill plane crash}}
Hill died on 29 November 1975 at the age of 46 when his Piper PA-23 Aztec twin-engine light aircraft crashed near Arkley in the London Borough of Barnet, 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.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q-4bAAAAIBAJ&pg=4438%2C6718095 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |location=(Pennsylvania, U.S.) |agency=United Press International |title=Plane crash kills driver Graham Hill |date=30 November 1975 |page=D-1 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TM8hAAAAIBAJ&pg=699%2C105162 |newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal |location=(Florida, U.S.) |agency=Associated Press |title=After cheating death 20 years, Hill killed in air crash |date=1 December 1975 |page=1C }}{{cite web |url=http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/formal_reports/14_1976__n6645y.cfm |title=Report No: 14/1976. Piper PA 23–250 Turbo Aztec 'D', N6645Y. Report on the accident at Arkley Golf Course, Arkley, Hertfordshire on 29 November 1975 |publisher=HMSO |author=P J Bardon |date=29 September 1976 |access-date=8 July 2014}}
The subsequent investigation revealed that Hill's aircraft, originally registered in the US as {{Airreg|N|6645Y|,}} 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.{{cite news|url =https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing-hill-driven-on-by-quest-for-true-respect-1078075.html|first=Brian|last=Viner|title= Motor racing: Hill driven on by quest for true respect|work=The Independent|date=3 March 1999|access-date=31 January 2018}} The investigation into the crash was ultimately inconclusive, but pilot error was deemed the most likely explanation.
Hill's funeral was held at St Albans Abbey, and he is buried at St Botolph's graveyard, Shenleybury. 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[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=graham+hill,+silverstone&safe=on&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1 Graham Hill], Google Maps 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/hill-graham-1929-1975 |title=HILL, GRAHAM (1929–1975) |publisher=English Heritage |access-date=4 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311164626/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/hill-graham-1929-1975 |archive-date=11 March 2014}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://vecchiosito.ictarcento.edu.it/le_scuole/lusevera-vedronza-2/index.html|title=Lusevera – VEDRONZA “Graham Hill”|publisher=Istituto comprensivo di tarcento|access-date=20 May 2025 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.formulapassion.it/motorsport/storia/f1-in-friuli-venezia-giulia-una-scuola-dedicata-a-graham-hill|title=In Friuli Venezia Giulia la scuola dedicata a Graham Hill|publisher=Formula Passion|access-date=20 May 2025 |url-status=live}}
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
=Career summary=
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
! Season ! Series ! Team ! Races ! Wins ! Poles ! F/laps ! Podiums ! Points ! Position |
rowspan=3|1958
|align=left|Formula One |rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Team Lotus |9 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}} |
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align=left|24 Hours of Le Mans
|1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |N/A |{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} |
align=left|British Saloon Car Championship
|align=left|Speedwell Stable |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}} |
rowspan=2|1959
|align=left|Formula One |rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Team Lotus |7 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}} |
align=left|24 Hours of Le Mans
|1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |N/A |{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} |
rowspan=4|1960
|align=left|Formula One |align=left|Owen Racing Organisation |8 |0 |0 |1 |1 |4 |15th |
align=left|Formula Two
|align=left|Porsche KG |2 |0 |0 |0 |1 |7 |7th |
align=left|24 Hours of Le Mans
|align=left|Porsche KG |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |N/A |{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} |
align=left|British Saloon Car Championship
|align=left|Team Speedwell |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}} |
rowspan=3|1961
|align=left|Formula One |align=left|Owen Racing Organisation |8 |0 |0 |0 |0 |3 |16th |
align=left|24 Hours of Le Mans
|align=left|North American Racing Team |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |N/A |{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} |
align=left|British Saloon Car Championship
|align=left|Equipe Endeavour |4 |1 |0 |2 |4 |28 |6th |
rowspan=3|1962
|align=left|Formula One |align=left|Owen Racing Organisation |9 |4 |1 |3 |6 |42 |style="background:#FFFFBF"|1st |
align=left|24 Hours of Le Mans
|align=left|David Brown Organisation |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |N/A |{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} |
align=left|British Saloon Car Championship
|align=left|John Coombs |6 |4 |2 |1 |5 |32 |4th |
rowspan=5|1963
|align=left|Formula One |align=left|Owen Racing Organisation |10 |2 |2 |0 |5 |29 |style="background:#DFDFDF"|2nd |
align=left|USAC Championship Car
|align=left|MT Harvey Aluminum |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}} |
align=left|24 Hours of Le Mans
|align=left|Owen Racing Organisation |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |N/A |{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} |
rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|British Saloon Car Championship
|align=left|John Coombs |7 |3 |2 |3 |6 |rowspan=2|49 |rowspan="2" style="background:#FFDF9F"|3rd |
align=left|John Willment Automobiles
|1 |0 |0 |0 |1 |
rowspan=3|1964
|align=left|Formula One |align=left|Owen Racing Organisation |10 |2 |1 |1 |5 |39 |style="background:#DFDFDF"|2nd |
align=left|Tasman Series
|align=left|Scuderia Veloce |2 |1 |0 |0 |1 |12 |6th |
align=left|24 Hours of Le Mans
|align=left|Maranello Concessionaires |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |N/A |style="background:#DFDFDF"|2nd |
rowspan=3|1965
|align=left|Formula One |align=left|Owen Racing Organisation |10 |2 |4 |2 |6 |40 |style="background:#DFDFDF"|2nd |
align=left|Tasman Series
|align=left|Scuderia Veloce |4 |1 |1 |1 |1 |14 |7th |
align=left|24 Hours of Le Mans
|align=left|Owen Racing Organisation |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |N/A |10th |
rowspan=4|1966
|align=left|Formula One |rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Owen Racing Organisation |9 |0 |0 |0 |3 |17 |5th |
align=left|Tasman Series
|5 |2 |1 |2 |5 |30 |style="background:#DFDFDF"|2nd |
align=left|USAC Championship Car
|align=left|Mecom Racing Enterprises |1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}}{{efn|Hill won the 1966 Indianapolis 500.}} |
align=left|24 Hours of Le Mans
|align=left|Alan Mann Racing |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |N/A |{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} |
rowspan=4|1967
|align=left|Formula One |rowspan="4" style="text-align:left"|Team Lotus |11 |0 |3 |2 |2 |15 |7th |
align=left|Tasman Series
|1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}} |
align=left|USAC Championship Car
|1 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}} |
align=left|British Saloon Car Championship
|6 |0 |0 |0 |2 |24 |10th |
rowspan=5|1968
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Formula One |align=left|Team Lotus |1 |0 |0 |0 |1 |rowspan=2|48 |rowspan="2" style="background:#FFFFBF"|1st |
align=left|Gold Leaf Team Lotus
|11 |3 |2 |0 |5 |
align=left|Tasman Series
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Team Lotus |4 |0 |0 |0 |3 |17 |4th |
align=left|USAC Championship Car
|1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}} |
align=left|British Saloon Car Championship
|align=left|Alan Mann Racing |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}} |
rowspan=3|1969
|align=left|Formula One |rowspan="3" style="text-align:left"|Team Lotus |10 |1 |0 |0 |2 |19 |7th |
align=left|Tasman Series
|7 |0 |0 |0 |2 |16 |5th |
align=left|USAC Championship Car
|0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}} |
rowspan=2|1970
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|Formula One |align=left|Rob Walker Racing Team |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |rowspan=2|7 |rowspan=2|13th |
align=left|Brooke Bond Oxo Racing – Rob Walker
|9 |0 |0 |0 |0 |
align=left|1971
|align=left|Formula One |align=left|Motor Racing Developments Ltd |11 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |21st |
rowspan=2|1972
|align=left|Formula One |align=left|Motor Racing Developments Ltd |12 |0 |0 |0 |0 |4 |15th |
align=left|24 Hours of Le Mans
|align=left|Equipe Matra-Simca Shell |1 |1 |0 |0 |1 |N/A |style="background:#FFFFBF"|1st |
align=left|1973
|align=left|Formula One |align=left|Embassy Racing |12 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}} |
align=left|1974
|align=left|Formula One |align=left|Embassy Racing with Graham Hill |15 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |18th |
align=left|1975
|align=left|Formula One |align=left|Embassy Racing with Graham Hill |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |{{abbr|NC|Not classified}} |
=Complete Formula One World Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
Year
! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! {{Tooltip|WDC|World Drivers' Championship}} ! Pts{{efn|name="droppedpoints"|Up until {{F1|1990}}, not all points scored by a driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (see list of points scoring systems for more information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.{{cite web|last=Diepraam|first=Mattijs|title=World Championship points systems|url=http://8w.forix.com/6thgear/points.html|work=8W|date=18 January 2019|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924032459/http://8w.forix.com/6thgear/points.html|url-status=live}}}} |
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rowspan=3| {{F1|1958}}
!rowspan=3| Team Lotus | ARG |style="background:#efcfff;"| MON |style="background:#efcfff;"| NED | 500 |style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=3| NC !rowspan=3| 0 |
Lotus 16
| | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR | |style="background:#efcfff;"| POR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MOR | | | | |
Lotus 16 (F2)
| | | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| GER | | | | | | | |
{{F1|1959}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| MON | 500 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED |style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#efcfff;"| GER |style="background:#efcfff;"| POR |style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA | USA | | | | | | ! NC ! 0 |
rowspan=2| {{F1|1960}}
!rowspan=2| Owen Racing Organisation |style="background:#efcfff;"| ARG | | | | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 15th !rowspan=2| 4 |
BRM P48
| |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MON | 500 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| NED |style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#efcfff;"| POR | ITA |style="background:#efcfff;"| USA | | | | | |
{{F1|1961}}
|style="background:#efcfff;"| MON |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED |style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#efcfff;"| GER |style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| USA | | | | | | | ! 16th ! 3 |
{{F1|1962}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| NED |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MON |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| BEL |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GBR |style="background:#ffffbf;"| GER |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ITA |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| USA |style="background:#ffffbf;"| RSA | | | | | | |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 42 (52) |
rowspan=2| {{F1|1963}}
!rowspan=2| Owen Racing Organisation |style="background:#ffffbf;"| MON |style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#efcfff;"| NED | |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| GBR |style="background:#efcfff;"| GER | |style="background:#ffffbf;"| USA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MEX |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| RSA | | | | | | rowspan=2 style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd | rowspan=2 style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 29 |
BRM P61
| | | |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| FRA | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA | | | | | | | | |
{{F1|1964}}
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| MON |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NED |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BEL |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| FRA |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| GBR |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| GER |style="background:#efcfff;"| AUT |style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#ffffbf;"| USA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MEX | | | | | |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 39 (41) |
{{F1|1965}}
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| RSA |style="background:#ffffbf;"| MON |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BEL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| GBR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NED |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| GER |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ITA |style="background:#ffffbf;"| USA |style="background:#efcfff;"| MEX | | | | | |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 40 (47) |
rowspan=2| {{F1|1966}}
!rowspan=2| Owen Racing Organisation |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| MON |style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| GBR |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| NED |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 5th !rowspan=2| 17 |
BRM P83
| | | | | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#efcfff;"| USA |style="background:#efcfff;"| MEX | | | | | | |
rowspan=3| {{F1|1967}}
!rowspan=3| Team Lotus |style="background:#efcfff;"| RSA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=3| 7th !rowspan=3| 15 |
Lotus 33
| |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| MON | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lotus 49
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | | |style="background:#efcfff;"| NED |style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#efcfff;"| GER |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAN |style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| USA |style="background:#efcfff;"| MEX | | | | |
rowspan=3| {{F1|1968}}
!rowspan=3| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| RSA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | rowspan=3 style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st | rowspan=3 style="background:#ffffbf;"| 48 |
rowspan=2| Gold Leaf Team Lotus
| |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ESP | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lotus 49B
| | |style="background:#ffffbf;"| MON |style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED |style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| GER |style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAN |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| USA |style="background:#ffffbf;"| MEX | | | |
{{F1|1969}}
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| RSA |style="background:#efcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#ffffbf;"| MON |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED |style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#efcfff;"| CAN |style="background:#efcfff;"| USA | MEX | | | | ! 7th ! 19 |
rowspan=3| {{F1|1970}}
!rowspan=3| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| RSA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ESP | | | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=3| 13th !rowspan=3| 7 |
rowspan=2| Brooke Bond Oxo Racing – Rob Walker
| | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MON |style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GBR |style="background:#efcfff;"| GER | AUT | | | | | | |
Lotus 72C
| | | | | | | | | | ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CAN |style="background:#efcfff;"| USA |style="background:#efcfff;"| MEX | | |
rowspan=2| {{F1|1971}}
!rowspan=2| Motor Racing Developments Ltd !rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| RSA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 21st !rowspan=2| 2 |
Brabham BT34
| |style="background:#efcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#efcfff;"| MON |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED |style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER |style="background:#dfffdf;"| AUT |style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#efcfff;"| CAN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| USA | | | | |
rowspan=2| {{F1|1972}}
!rowspan=2| Motor Racing Developments Ltd !rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#efcfff;"| ARG |style="background:#dfffdf;"| RSA | | | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 15th !rowspan=2| 4 |
Brabham BT37
| | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MON |style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER |style="background:#efcfff;"| AUT |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CAN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| USA | | | |
{{F1|1973}}
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA |style="background:#efcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#efcfff;"| MON |style="background:#efcfff;"| SWE |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#efcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| NED |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER |style="background:#efcfff;"| AUT |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CAN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| USA ! NC ! 0 |
{{F1|1974}}
! Embassy Racing with Graham Hill ! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#efcfff;"| ARG |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| RSA |style="background:#efcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MON |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SWE |style="background:#efcfff;"| NED |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER |style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUT |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CAN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| USA ! 18th ! 1 |
rowspan=2| {{F1|1975}}
!rowspan=2| Embassy Racing with Graham Hill !rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ARG |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BRA |style="background:#ffcfcf;"| RSA | ESP | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| NC !rowspan=2| 0 |
Hill GH1
| | | | |style="background:#ffcfcf;"| MON | 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)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
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 |
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{{F1|1957}}
| SYR | PAU | GLV | NAP | RMS | CAE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INT | MOD | MOR | | | | | | | | | | | | |
rowspan=2| {{F1|1958}}
!rowspan=2| Team Lotus |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GLV | SYR | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INT | CAE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lotus 12 (F2)
| | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
{{F1|1959}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GLV |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AIN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
{{F1|1960}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLV |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| INT |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LOM |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OUL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
{{F1|1961}}
| LOM |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GLV | PAU | BRX | VIE |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AIN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SYR | NAP | LON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL | SOL | KAN | DAN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOD | FLG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL | LEW | VAL | RAN | NAT | RSA |
Rowspan=3| {{F1|1962}}
| CAP |style="background:#000000; color:white"| BRX |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LOM | LAV |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GLV | PAU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AIN |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| INT | NAP | | |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RMS | SOL | | | |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OUL | MEX |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RAN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NAT | |
Rowspan=2| R.R.C. Walker Racing Team
| | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAL | CLP | | | | | | | | | | |
Lotus 24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KAN | MED | DAN | | | | | |
{{F1|1963}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LOM |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLV | PAU | IMO | SYR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AIN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INT | ROM | SOL | KAN | MED | AUT |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OUL | RAN | | | | | | | |
rowspan=2| {{F1|1964}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DMT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWT | SYR |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AIN |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| INT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SOL | MED | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
John Willment Automobiles
| | | | | | | |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RAN | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
{{F1|1965}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROC | SYR |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SMT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INT | MED | RAN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
{{F1|1966}}
| RSA | SYR | INT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
rowspan=3| {{F1|1967}}
!rowspan=3| Team Lotus ! Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4 | ROC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPR | | |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OUL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lotus 33
| | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| INT | SYR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lotus 49
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | | | | | |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
rowspan=2| {{F1|1968}}
!rowspan=2| Gold Leaf Team Lotus !rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lotus 49B
| | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
rowspan=2| {{F1|1969}}
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ROC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INT | MAD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Roy Winkelmann Racing
! Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4 | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
rowspan=3| {{F1|1970}}
!rowspan=3| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ROC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
rowspan=2| Brooke Bond Oxo Racing – Rob Walker
| |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lotus 72C
| | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
{{F1|1971}}
! Motor Racing Developments Ltd ! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| QUE | SPR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| INT | RIN | OUL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VIC | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
{{F1|1972}}
! Motor Racing Developments Ltd ! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ROC | BRA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INT | OUL | REP |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VIC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
{{F1|1973}}
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROC | INT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
{{F1|1974}}
! Embassy Racing with Graham Hill ! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | PRE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
{{F1|1975}}
! Embassy Racing with Graham Hill ! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ROC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INT | SUI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
=Complete USAC Championship Car results=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! 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 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| INDY |MIL | LAN | TRE | SPR | MIL | DUQ | ISF | TRE | SAC | PHX |colspan=16| ! – ! 0 |
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1966
| PHX | TRE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| INDY | MIL | LAN | ATL | PIP | IRP | LAN | SPR | MIL | DUQ | ISF | TRE | SAC | PHX |colspan=12| !- !0 |
1967
| PHX | TRE |style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY | MIL | LAN | PIP | MOS | MOS | IRP | LAN | MTR | MTR | SPR | MIL | DUQ | ISF | TRE | SAC | HAN | PHX | RIV |colspan=7| !- !0 |
1968
| HAN | LVG | PHX | TRE |style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY | MIL |style="background:#FFCFCF;" | MOS | 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 |style="background:#DFC484;"| INDY | MIL | LAN | PIP | CDR | NAZ | TRE | IRP | IRP | MIL | SPR | DOV | DUQ | ISF | BRN | BRN | TRE | SAC | KEN | KEN | PHX | RIV | colspan=4| !- !0 |
=Indianapolis 500 results=
{{col-begin|width=auto}}
{{col-break}}
class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |
Year{{cite web|url=http://www.indy500.com/stats/drivers.php?drivername=Graham%20Hill |title=Graham Hill Indy 500 Race Stats |publisher=Indy500.com |access-date=21 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015183237/http://www.indy500.com/stats/drivers.php?drivername=Graham+Hill |archive-date=15 October 2007}} || Car number || Start || Qual. speed || Speed rank || Finish || Laps completed || Laps led || Race status|| Chassis |
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1966
| 24 || 15 || 159.243 || 23 || style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st|| 200 || 10 || Running || Lola-Ford |
1967
| 81 || 31 || 163.317 || 21 || 32 || 23 || 0 || Piston || Lotus-Ford 42/B1 |
1968
| 70 || 2 || 171.208 || 2 || 19 || 110 || 0 || Crash T2 || Lotus – Pratt&Whitney 56/3 |
{{col-break|gap=1em}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
Starts
|3 |
---|
Poles
|0 |
Front row
|1 |
Wins
|1 |
Top 5
|1 |
Top 10
|1 |
Retired
|2 |
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- 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.{{cite web|url=http://thompson-motorsports.com/indy6302.html |title=Mickey Thompson – Indy 500 1963 |publisher=Thompson-motorsports.com |access-date=21 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214060923/http://thompson-motorsports.com/indy6302.html |archive-date=14 February 2012}}Car and Driver August 1963
- Hill's 1966 victory marked the first win by a rookie driver since George Souders' 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=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
Year
! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! Rank ! Points |
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1964
|LEV |PUK |WIG |TER |SAN |style="background:#dfffdf;"|WAR |LAK |style="background:#ffffbf;"|LON ! 6th ! 12 |
1965
|style="background:#ffffbf;"|PUK |LEV |WIG |TER |style="background:#dfffdf;"|WAR |style="background:#efcfff;"|SAN |style="background:#dfffdf;"|LON | ! 7th ! 14 |
1966
! BRM P261 |style="background:#ffffbf;"|PUK |LEV |WIG |TER |style="background:#dfdfdf;"|WAR |style="background:#ffffbf;"|LAK |style="background:#ffdf9f;"|SAN |style="background:#dfdfdf;"|LON !style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd !style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 30 (34) |
1967
! Lotus 48 |PUK |WIG |LAK |style="background:#efcfff;"|WAR |SAN |LON | | ! NC ! 0 |
1968
|PUK |LEV |WIG |TER |style="background:#dfdfdf;"|SUR |style="background:#dfdfdf;"|WAR |style="background:#ffdf9f;"|SAN |style="background:#dfffdf;"|LON ! 4th ! 17 |
1969
|style="background:#efcfff;"|PUK |style="background:#efcfff;"|LEV |style="background:#dfdfdf;"|WIG |style="background:#dfdfdf;"|TER |style="background:#dfffdf;"|LAK |style="background:#cfcfff;"|WAR |style="background:#dfffdf;"|SAN | ! 5th ! 16 |
=24 Hours of Le Mans results=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
Year
! Team ! Co-driver ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class |
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1958
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Team Lotus |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Cliff Allison |align="left"| Lotus XV-Climax | S 2.0 | 3 | DNF | DNF |
1959
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Team Lotus |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Derek Jolly |align="left"| Lotus XV-Climax | S 2.0 | 119 | DNF | DNF |
1960
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRG}} Porsche KG |align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Jo Bonnier |align="left"| Porsche 718/4 RS | S 2.0 | 191 | DNF | DNF |
1961
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|USA}} North American Racing Team |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stirling Moss |align="left"| Ferrari 250 GT SWB | GT3.0 | 121 | DNF | DNF |
1962
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} David Brown Organisation |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Richie Ginther |align="left"| Aston Martin DP212 | Exp 4.0 | 78 | DNF | DNF |
1963
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Owen Racing Organisation |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Richie Ginther |align="left"| Rover-BRM | ACO Prize | 310 | (8th)* | (1st)* |
1964
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Maranello Concessionaires |align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Jo Bonnier |align="left"| Ferrari 330P | P 4.0 | 344 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |
1965
|align="left"| {{flagicon|UK}} Owen Racing Organisation |align="left"| {{flagicon|UK}} Jackie Stewart |align="left"| Rover-BRM | P 2.0 | 284 | 10th |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd |
1966
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Mann Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Brian Muir |align="left"| Ford GT Mk.II | P 7.0 | 110 | DNF | DNF |
1972
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Equipe Matra-Simca Shell |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Pescarolo |align="left"| Matra-Simca MS670 | S | 344 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st |
- 1963 Rover-BRM ran for the ACO prize for a gas turbine car covering a minimum of 3600 km, not officially classified.
=Complete British Saloon Car Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! DC ! Pts ! Class |
1958
! Speedwell Stable ! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} | BRH | BRH | MAL | BRH | BRH | CRY | BRH |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH | BRH | | ! NC ! 0 ! NC |
rowspan=2| 1960
!rowspan=2| Team Speedwell ! +2600cc | BRH | SNE | MAL | OUL | SNE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH | | | | | !rowspan=2| NC !rowspan=2| 0 |rowspan=2| |
Austin Mini Seven
! | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH | BRH | | | |
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1961
! {{Tooltip|D|Class D}} | SNE |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GOO | AIN |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL | CRY |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SIL | BRH |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OUL | SNE | | ! 6th ! 28 |style="background:#FFDF9F"| 3rd |
1962
! {{Tooltip|D|Class D}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GOO |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AIN |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL | CRY | AIN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL | | | ! 4th ! 32 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |
rowspan=2| 1963
!rowspan=2| {{Tooltip|D|Class D}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GOO |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| AIN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CRY | SIL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRH | BRH | | |rowspan=2 style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd |rowspan=2 style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 49 |rowspan=2 style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st |
John Willment Automobiles
| | | | | | | | | |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OUL | SNE |
1967
! {{Tooltip|C|Class C}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL | MAL | SIL | SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL | BRH | ! 10th ! 24 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd |
1968
! {{Tooltip|C|Class C}} | BRH | THR | SIL | CRY | MAL | BRH | SIL | CRO |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL | BRH | BRH ! NC ! 0 ! NC |
colspan="18"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite web |last1=de Jong |first1=Frank |title=British Saloon Car Championship |url=http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/BSCC.html |website=History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993 |access-date=10 September 2022}}}}}} |
† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
- Car over 1000cc - Not eligible for points.
=Complete Canadian-American Challenge Cup results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! Pos ! Pts |
1966
! Lola T70 Mk.2 |style="background:#;"| MTR |
|style="background:#;"| BRI
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"| MOS
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"| LAG
{{small|}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RIV
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#;"| LVG
{{small|}}
! 9th
! 4
|-
!colspan="12"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite web|url=http://wsrp.ic.cz/tablecanam.html |title=Can-Am - final positions and tables |publisher=World Sports Racing Prototypes |date=2 October 2005 |accessdate=20 May 2022 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026021543/http://wsrp.ic.cz/tablecanam.html |archivedate=26 October 2020 }}}}}}
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Honours and awards
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.{{cite news|title=Jim'll Fix It|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a013217dbbe848da9dad410654ee35c9|access-date=29 September 2017|work=Radio Times|date=12 June 1975|pages=15}} 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.{{cite news|title=20 Years of Jim'll Fix It|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e2793fd0d271410d8343b970cdcac901|access-date=29 September 2017|work=Radio Times|date=29 December 1994|pages=106}}
Hill was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1968 Birthday Honours for services to motor racing.United Kingdom list: {{London Gazette |issue=44600 |date=31 May 1968 |page=6310 |supp=y}} In 1990, he 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.
Notes
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See also
References
External links
{{Commons}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100211190547/http://www.500race.org/Men/Hill.htm Graham Hill profile at The 500 Owners Association]
- [http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/hill_bio.htm Grand Prix History – Hall of Fame, Graham Hill] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010180355/http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/hill_bio.htm |date=10 October 2012}}
- [http://www.4mula1stats.com/driver/graham_hill Graham Hill Statistics]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070316081112/http://www.artemisimages.com/gallery.aspx?photomode=5&keywords=Graham%20Hill%20Lotus Graham Hill Photos]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724044601/http://www.thegreatest33.com/default.aspx#selecteddrivers?s=graham_hill The Greatest 33]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120322131605/http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/history/45977/ The Greatest 33 Profile]
- {{Find a Grave|6952059}}
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