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Dec 14, 2017 · Bette Hill, First Lady of F1, Dies at 91. Bette Hill occupied a unique position in Formula One history, as wife and mother of two world champion drivers. Her husband Graham won the title in 1962 for BRM and again for Lotus in 1968. Her son Damon Hill did so for Williams in 1996.
Dec 12, 2017 · Bette Hill occupied a unique position in Formula One history, as the only wife and mother of world champion drivers. Her husband Graham won the title in 1962 for BRM...
Dec 30, 2017 · The life of a remarkable woman was fondly recalled on Friday when the motor racing world said goodbye to Bette Hill, wife of one world champion and mother to another.
Dec 13, 2017 · Despite Graham Hill winning the Indy 500, Bette admitted it was possibly the only race she wished he’d not competed in — although she didn’t mention her feelings to him. With a 16-car pileup ...
Dec 9, 2017 · Farewell to the remarkable Bette Hill. Loving wife and mother of two F1 world champions, Bette Hill passed away yesterday at 91 years-old. Damon Hill aptly described his Mom as "a power woman who survived the Blitz, Graham Hill and F1".
Sep 11, 2018 · Bette Hill, widow of our former Grand Prix Drivers Club member and double World Champion Graham Hill, died on December 8 2017. Bette was the real power behind Graham, who helped and encouraged him, bore him three children and survived the tragic aftermath of Graham’s death.
Apr 9, 2018 · We regret to have to inform Members that Bette Hill passed away last Friday at the age of 91. She held the unique distinction of being wife and mother of Formula 1 World Champions.
Jul 16, 2018 · Bette was a beguiling mix of the glamorous, the redoubtable, the beautiful and the formidable. Her life was every bit as colourful as that of a racing driver, and her courage unquestioned. Bette Hill met Graham at a Boxing Day rowing regatta in 1950.
Aug 4, 2023 · Bette loved sports and competed at rowing representing Great Britain in the 1952 Women’s international Regatta, and won bronze in the Quadruple Sculls in the first Women’s European Rowing Championships in 1954 as a member of the Stuart Ladies Rowing Club.
Bette hill: formidable driving force behind f1 champions graham hill and damon hillBette Hill occupied a unique position in Formula One history, as the only ...
