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Philip Toll Hill Jr. (April 20, 1927 – August 28, 2008) was an American racing driver. He was one of two American drivers to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, and the only one who was born in the United States (the other, Mario Andretti, was born in Italy and later became an American citizen).
Feb 9, 2024 · Phil Hill was one of only a few drivers to win both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Formula 1 World Championship. He is remembered as a motorsport icon, known for his kindness, easy-going manner and immense talent. Here is a look back at the career of an extraordinary American driver.
Aug 25, 2021 · Phil Hill, who in September 1961 became America’s first Formula 1 world drivers’ champion, began his climb to the top 11 years earlier with his maiden significant victory. That happened at Pebble Beach near Monterey, California, when he forced his own Jaguar XK120 from the back to the front with a drive that commanded national attention.
Aug 28, 2008 · Motor racing legend and the only American-born Formula One world champion Phil Hill has died tonight in a California hospital due to complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 81 years old.
Apr 20, 2021 · Formula 1 World Champion, four-time Sebring winner, three-time Le Mans winner, two-time Nurburgring 1000km winner, Phil Hill was undeniably one of the aces of his era.
Sep 8, 2021 · In 1961 Monza, Italy, F1 crowned its first American champion. But it was a day of triumph and tragedy for Phil Hill, whose team mate and title rival Wolfgang von Trips lost his life, along with...
Phil Hill. The first American to become World Champion had a love/hate relationship with the sport. Profoundly intelligent and deeply sensitive, he was also remarkably candid about personal demons that caused inner turmoil and made his racing life a bittersweet experience.
Apr 16, 2024 · Phil Hill was the first American-born race-car driver to win (1961) the Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix world championship of drivers. Hill began in racing as a mechanic for midget-car racing in the Santa Monica, Calif., area, where he grew up. In 1949 he won his first sports car competition, and in 1956.
Aug 29, 2008 · Phil Hill, one of the greatest of American auto racers, an introspective and cerebral champion whose celebrated driving career began when he took a neighbor’s new Oldsmobile for a spin as a...
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.
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