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   How old was Phil Hill when he won the Ferrari World Championship?

   • He was 81 years old Phil Hill won the world championship driving for Ferrari in 1961, becoming the first American to do so, later to be followed only by Mario Andretti. But Hill remains to date the only native-born American to win the title. "It's a sad day," Carroll Shelby, a close friend of Hill's, told the LA Times.

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   Who was Phil Hill?

   • Phil Hill was a Ferrari works F1 driver from the last part of 1958 through to 1962. During the three full seasons he rode the Prancing Horse, ’59 to ’61, he won a total of three grands prix. Not a sensational percentage, but one worthy of respect. Especially so for someone whose youth was not bathed in the culture and mystique of European F1.

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   Did Phil Hill ever suffer a serious injury in a racing car?

   • Yes, drivers worried about injury and death — so did we passionate onlookers — but the defence measure was to race with intelligence, vigilance and care. Which he did. Phil Hill never suffered a serious injury in a racing car. Yet he won the world championship.

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   Who is Philip toll Hill?

   • 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).

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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).

   • Best finish: 1st ( 1958, 1961, 1962)
   • Years: 1953, 1955-1967

   • Class wins: 3 ( 1958, 1961, 1962)

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   Nurburgring, May 1962: Phil Hill at the wheel of the Ferrari Dino 246SP on his way to victory in the 1000km sportscar race. He shared the drive with Belgian Olivier Gendebien. © Schlegelmilch As a Formula One driver Hill left his inferiority complex behind, but his tendency for deep introspection continued to cause him inner turmoil.

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   A significant win, despite the absence of the British teams. Hill's 1960 triumph at Monza was the last for a front-engined Grand Prix car, and the first for an American driver in almost 40 years.

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   Apr 16, 2024 · Phil Hill (born April 20, 1927, Miami, Fla., U.S.—died Aug. 28, 2008, Monterey, Calif.) was the first American-born race-car driver to win (1961) the Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix world championship of drivers.

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   Phil Hill won the world championship driving for Ferrari in 1961, becoming the first American to do so, later to be followed only by Mario Andretti.

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   Phil Hill was a American F1 driver who won the Drivers' Championship in 1961 for Ferrari. He competed from 1958–1964 and 1966.

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    Aug 25, 2021 · Phil Hill was a Ferrari works F1 driver from the last part of 1958 through to 1962. During the three full seasons he rode the Prancing Horse, ’59 to ’61, he won a total of three grands prix. Not a sensational percentage, but one worthy of respect.