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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.

   American racing legend Phil Hill has died - Autosport

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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 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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   How old was Phil Hill when he died?

   • 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 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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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Phil_HillPhil Hill - Wikipedia

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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)

3. www.motorsport.com › f1 › newsPhil Hill – America’s first F1 champion and Le Mans legend

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   Hill drives co-driver Gendebien to the podium ceremony atop the Ferrari 250TR, following the first of their three Le Mans 24 Hour wins together. Photo by: Motorsport Images. Come hell or...

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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.

6. www.britannica.com › biography › Phil-HillPhil Hill | Formula 1, Grand Prix & Champion | Britannica

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   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.

   • Author: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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   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...

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9. www.motorsportmagazine.com › archive › articleThe grace of Phil Hill - Motor Sport Magazine

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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.

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    Sep 8, 2021 · 08 September 2021. Beyond The Grid. 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.