Graham Hill

This article is about the British racing driver. For other people with the same name, see Graham Hill (disambiguation).

Graham Hill OBE
Hill at the 1971 Dutch Grand Prix
Born	Norman Graham Hill (1929-02-15)15 February 1929 Hampstead, London, England
Died	29 November 1975(1975-11-29) (aged 46) Arkley, London, England
Cause of death	Plane crash
Spouse	Bette Shubrook ​ (m. 1955)​
Children	3, including Damon
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Active years	1958–1975
Teams	Lotus, BRM, Walker, Brabham, Hill
Entries	179 (176 starts)
Championships	2 (1962, 1968)
Wins	14
Podiums	36
Career points	270 (289)
Pole positions	13
Fastest laps	10
First entry	1958 Monaco Grand Prix
First win	1962 Dutch Grand Prix
Last win	1969 Monaco Grand Prix
Last entry	1975 Monaco Grand Prix
Champ Car career
3 races run over 4 years
Best finish	9th (1966)
First race	1966 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race	1968 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
First win	1966 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles 1 1 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1958–1966, 1972
Teams	Lotus, Porsche, NART, Aston Martin, BRM, Ferrari, Mann, Matra
Best finish	1st (1972)
Class wins	1 (1972)

Norman Graham Hill OBE (15 February 1929 – 29 November 1975) was a British racing driver, rower and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1975. Nicknamed "Mr. Monaco", 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 1972 with Matra, Hill became the first—and to this date, only—driver to complete the Triple Crown of Motorsport.

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 1959 with Lotus, Hill moved to BRM in 1960, scoring his maiden podium at the Dutch Grand Prix. BRM fielded the competitive P57 in 1962, with Hill taking his maiden victory at the season-opening Dutch Grand Prix 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 1964 title by one point to John Surtees. Hill took multiple wins in 1965 as he finished runner-up to Clark once more in the standings. After a winless 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 1967, with podiums in Monaco and the United States. Clark was killed after their 1–2 finish at the season opener in 1968, leaving Hill in a close title battle with Jackie Stewart, which Hill won at the final race of the season. In 1969, Hill became a five-time winner of the Monaco Grand Prix, a record he held for 24 years. During the United States Grand Prix, 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 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 1973 to 1975, retiring from motor racing after the Monaco Grand Prix 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 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 1976 season. Hill's son Damon went on to win the World Drivers' Championship in 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. 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.

Racing career

Hill and Colin Chapman 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!" 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.

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. 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.

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.

Hill at the 1962 German Grand Prix

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." 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."

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.

Hill at the 1969 German Grand Prix

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, 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. 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. A book accompanying the series giving advice on safer and responsible driving was co-written by him. 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.

Hill at the 1971 Race of Champions

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. 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.

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), or
• the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Formula One World Championship (1962, 1968).

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.

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. During the early 1970s, Hill moved to Lyndhurst House in Shenley in Hertfordshire. The house is now owned by musician Jeff Wayne. 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.

Rowing

Hill at the 1974 Race of Champions

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.

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.

Death

Main article: 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.

The subsequent investigation revealed that Hill's aircraft, originally registered in the US as N6645Y, 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. 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 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.

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.

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

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1958	Formula One	Team Lotus	9	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	British Saloon Car Championship	Speedwell Stable	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1959	Formula One	Team Lotus	7	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1960	Formula One	Owen Racing Organisation	8	0	0	1	1	4	15th
	Formula Two	Porsche KG	2	0	0	0	1	7	7th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Porsche KG	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	British Saloon Car Championship	Team Speedwell	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1961	Formula One	Owen Racing Organisation	8	0	0	0	0	3	16th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	North American Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	British Saloon Car Championship	Equipe Endeavour	4	1	0	2	4	28	6th
1962	Formula One	Owen Racing Organisation	9	4	1	3	6	42	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans	David Brown Organisation	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	British Saloon Car Championship	John Coombs	6	4	2	1	5	32	4th
1963	Formula One	Owen Racing Organisation	10	2	2	0	5	29	2nd
	USAC Championship Car	MT Harvey Aluminum	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Owen Racing Organisation	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	British Saloon Car Championship	John Coombs	7	3	2	3	6	49	3rd
		John Willment Automobiles	1	0	0	0	1
1964	Formula One	Owen Racing Organisation	10	2	1	1	5	39	2nd
	Tasman Series	Scuderia Veloce	2	1	0	0	1	12	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Maranello Concessionaires	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	2nd
1965	Formula One	Owen Racing Organisation	10	2	4	2	6	40	2nd
	Tasman Series	Scuderia Veloce	4	1	1	1	1	14	7th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Owen Racing Organisation	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
1966	Formula One	Owen Racing Organisation	9	0	0	0	3	17	5th
	Tasman Series		5	2	1	2	5	30	2nd
	USAC Championship Car	Mecom Racing Enterprises	1	1	0	0	1	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Alan Mann Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1967	Formula One	Team Lotus	11	0	3	2	2	15	7th
	Tasman Series		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	USAC Championship Car		1	0	0	0	1	0	NC
	British Saloon Car Championship		6	0	0	0	2	24	10th
1968	Formula One	Team Lotus	1	0	0	0	1	48	1st
		Gold Leaf Team Lotus	11	3	2	0	5
	Tasman Series	Team Lotus	4	0	0	0	3	17	4th
	USAC Championship Car		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	British Saloon Car Championship	Alan Mann Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1969	Formula One	Team Lotus	10	1	0	0	2	19	7th
	Tasman Series		7	0	0	0	2	16	5th
	USAC Championship Car		0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1970	Formula One	Rob Walker Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	7	13th
		Brooke Bond Oxo Racing – Rob Walker	9	0	0	0	0
1971	Formula One	Motor Racing Developments Ltd	11	0	0	0	0	2	21st
1972	Formula One	Motor Racing Developments Ltd	12	0	0	0	0	4	15th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Equipe Matra-Simca Shell	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
1973	Formula One	Embassy Racing	12	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1974	Formula One	Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	15	0	0	0	0	1	18th
1975	Formula One	Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Pts
1958	Team Lotus	Lotus 12	Climax FPF 2.0 L4	ARG	MON Ret	NED Ret	500	BEL Ret											NC	0
		Lotus 16	Climax FPF 2.2 L4						FRA Ret	GBR Ret		POR Ret	ITA 6	MOR 16
		Lotus 16 (F2)	Climax FPF 1.5 L4								GER Ret
1959	Team Lotus	Lotus 16	Climax FPF 2.5 L4	MON Ret	500	NED 7	FRA Ret	GBR 9	GER Ret	POR Ret	ITA Ret	USA							NC	0
1960	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM P25 2.5 L4	ARG Ret															15th	4
		BRM P48			MON 7	500	NED 3	BEL Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	POR Ret	ITA	USA Ret
1961	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P48/57	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	MON Ret	NED 8	BEL Ret	FRA 6	GBR Ret	GER Ret	ITA Ret	USA 5								16th	3
1962	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P57	BRM P56 1.5 V8	NED 1	MON 6	BEL 2	FRA 9	GBR 4	GER 1	ITA 1	USA 2	RSA 1							1st	42 (52)
1963	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P57	BRM P56 1.5 V8	MON 1	BEL Ret	NED Ret		GBR 3	GER Ret		USA 1	MEX 4	RSA 3						2nd	29
		BRM P61					FRA 3			ITA 16
1964	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P261	BRM P56 1.5 V8	MON 1	NED 4	BEL 5	FRA 2	GBR 2	GER 2	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	USA 1	MEX 11						2nd	39 (41)
1965	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P261	BRM P56 1.5 V8	RSA 3	MON 1	BEL 5	FRA 5	GBR 2	NED 4	GER 2	ITA 2	USA 1	MEX Ret						2nd	40 (47)
1966	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P261	BRM P60 2.0 V8	MON 3	BEL Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 3	NED 2	GER 4										5th	17
		BRM P83	BRM P75 3.0 H16							ITA Ret	USA Ret	MEX Ret
1967	Team Lotus	Lotus 43	BRM P75 3.0 H16	RSA Ret															7th	15
		Lotus 33	BRM P60 2.1 V8		MON 2
		Lotus 49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8			NED Ret	BEL Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	CAN 4	ITA Ret	USA 2	MEX Ret
1968	Team Lotus	Lotus 49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA 2															1st	48
	Gold Leaf Team Lotus				ESP 1
		Lotus 49B				MON 1	BEL Ret	NED 9	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 2	ITA Ret	CAN 4	USA 2	MEX 1
1969	Gold Leaf Team Lotus	Lotus 49B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA 2	ESP Ret	MON 1	NED 7	FRA 6	GBR 7	GER 4	ITA 9	CAN Ret	USA Ret	MEX					7th	19
1970	Rob Walker Racing Team	Lotus 49C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA 6	ESP 4														13th	7
	Brooke Bond Oxo Racing – Rob Walker					MON 5	BEL Ret	NED NC	FRA 10	GBR 6	GER Ret	AUT
		Lotus 72C											ITA WD	CAN NC	USA Ret	MEX Ret
1971	Motor Racing Developments Ltd	Brabham BT33	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA 9															21st	2
		Brabham BT34			ESP Ret	MON Ret	NED 10	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 9	AUT 5	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	USA 7
1972	Motor Racing Developments Ltd	Brabham BT33	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Ret	RSA 6														15th	4
		Brabham BT37				ESP 10	MON 12	BEL Ret	FRA 10	GBR Ret	GER 6	AUT Ret	ITA 5	CAN 8	USA 11
1973	Embassy Racing	Shadow DN1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP Ret	BEL 9	MON Ret	SWE Ret	FRA 10	GBR Ret	NED NC	GER 13	AUT Ret	ITA 14	CAN 16	USA 13	NC	0
1974	Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	Lola T370	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Ret	BRA 11	RSA 12	ESP Ret	BEL 8	MON 7	SWE 6	NED Ret	FRA 13	GBR 13	GER 9	AUT 12	ITA 8	CAN 14	USA 8	18th	1
1975	Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	Lola T370	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG 10	BRA 12	RSA DNQ	ESP												NC	0
		Hill GH1						MON DNQ	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)

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
1957	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T43 (F2)	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	SYR	PAU	GLV	NAP	RMS	CAE	INT 13	MOD	MOR
1958	Team Lotus	Lotus 12	Climax FPF 2.0 L4	GLV Ret	SYR		INT 8	CAE
		Lotus 12 (F2)	Climax FPF 1.5 L4			AIN 7
1959	Team Lotus	Lotus 16	Climax FPF 2.5 L4	GLV Ret	AIN 11	INT Ret	OUL 5	SIL Ret
1960	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P48	BRM P25 2.5 L4	GLV 5	INT 3	SIL 2	LOM Ret	OUL 3
1961	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P48/57	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	LOM	GLV 2	PAU	BRX	VIE	AIN 3	SYR Ret	NAP	LON	SIL 13	SOL	KAN	DAN	MOD 7	FLG	OUL Ret	LEW	VAL	RAN	NAT	RSA
1962	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P57	BRM P56 1.5 V8	CAP	BRX DSQ	LOM 2	LAV	GLV 1	PAU	AIN Ret	INT 1	NAP			RMS 2	SOL				OUL 2	MEX	RAN Ret	NAT NC
	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Lotus 18/21	Climax FPF 1.5 L4										MAL 3	CLP
		Lotus 24	Climax FWMV 1.5 V8														KAN Ret	MED	DAN
1963	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P57	BRM P56 1.5 V8	LOM 1	GLV 9	PAU	IMO	SYR	AIN 1	INT Ret	ROM	SOL	KAN	MED	AUT	OUL 3	RAN
1964	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P261	BRM P56 1.5 V8	DMT Ret	NWT Ret	SYR	AIN 2	INT 2	SOL Ret	MED
	John Willment Automobiles	Brabham BT11	BRM P56 1.5 V8								RAN 1
1965	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P261	BRM P56 1.5 V8	ROC Ret	SYR	SMT 2	INT Ret	MED	RAN
1966	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P83	BRM P75 3.0 H16	RSA	SYR	INT	OUL Ret
1967	Team Lotus	Lotus 48 (F2)	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	ROC	SPR 8			OUL 3
		Lotus 33	BRM P60 2.1 V8			INT 4	SYR
		Lotus 49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8						ESP 2
1968	Gold Leaf Team Lotus	Lotus 49	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC Ret	INT Ret
		Lotus 49B				OUL Ret
1969	Gold Leaf Team Lotus	Lotus 49B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC 2	INT 7	MAD
	Roy Winkelmann Racing	Lotus 59B (F2)	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4				OUL Ret
1970	Rob Walker Racing Team	Lotus 49C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC 5
	Brooke Bond Oxo Racing – Rob Walker				INT 9
		Lotus 72C				OUL Ret
1971	Motor Racing Developments Ltd	Brabham BT34	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	ROC Ret	QUE Ret	SPR	INT 1	RIN	OUL	VIC 8
1972	Motor Racing Developments Ltd	Brabham BT37	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC	BRA	INT 7	OUL	REP	VIC Ret
1973	Embassy Racing	Brabham BT37	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC Ret	INT
1974	Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	Lola T370	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	PRE	ROC NC	INT Ret
1975	Embassy Racing with Graham Hill	Hill GH1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC	INT 11	SUI

Complete USAC Championship Car results

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	INDY DNQ	MIL	LAN	TRE	SPR	MIL	DUQ	ISF	TRE	SAC	PHX																	–	0
1966	PHX	TRE	INDY 1	MIL	LAN	ATL	PIP	IRP	LAN	SPR	MIL	DUQ	ISF	TRE	SAC	PHX													-	0
1967	PHX	TRE	INDY 32	MIL	LAN	PIP	MOS	MOS	IRP	LAN	MTR	MTR	SPR	MIL	DUQ	ISF	TRE	SAC	HAN	PHX	RIV								-	0
1968	HAN	LVG	PHX	TRE	INDY 19	MIL	MOS DNQ	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	INDY Wth	MIL	LAN	PIP	CDR	NAZ	TRE	IRP	IRP	MIL	SPR	DOV	DUQ	ISF	BRN	BRN	TRE	SAC	KEN	KEN	PHX	RIV					-	0

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Car number	Start	Qual. speed	Speed rank	Finish	Laps completed	Laps led	Race status	Chassis
1966	24	15	159.243	23	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

Starts	3
Poles	0
Front row	1
Wins	1
Top 5	1
Top 10	1
Retired	2

• 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.
• 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

Year	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
1964	Brabham BT4	LEV	PUK	WIG	TER	SAN	WAR 4	LAK	LON 1	6th	12
1965	Brabham BT11A	PUK 1	LEV	WIG	TER	WAR 5	SAN Ret	LON 4		7th	14
1966	BRM P261	PUK 1	LEV	WIG	TER	WAR 2	LAK 1	SAN (3)	LON 2	2nd	30 (34)
1967	Lotus 48	PUK	WIG	LAK	WAR Ret	SAN	LON			NC	0
1968	Lotus 49T	PUK	LEV	WIG	TER	SUR 2	WAR 2	SAN 3	LON 6	4th	17
1969	Lotus 49T	PUK Ret	LEV Ret	WIG 2	TER 2	LAK 4	WAR 11	SAN 6		5th	16

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-driver	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1958	Team Lotus	Cliff Allison	Lotus XV-Climax	S 2.0	3	DNF	DNF
1959	Team Lotus	Derek Jolly	Lotus XV-Climax	S 2.0	119	DNF	DNF
1960	Porsche KG	Jo Bonnier	Porsche 718/4 RS	S 2.0	191	DNF	DNF
1961	North American Racing Team	Stirling Moss	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	GT3.0	121	DNF	DNF
1962	David Brown Organisation	Richie Ginther	Aston Martin DP212	Exp 4.0	78	DNF	DNF
1963	Owen Racing Organisation	Richie Ginther	Rover-BRM	ACO Prize	310	(8th)*	(1st)*
1964	Maranello Concessionaires	Jo Bonnier	Ferrari 330P	P 4.0	344	2nd	2nd
1965	Owen Racing Organisation	Jackie Stewart	Rover-BRM	P 2.0	284	10th	2nd
1966	Alan Mann Racing	Brian Muir	Ford GT Mk.II	P 7.0	110	DNF	DNF
1972	Equipe Matra-Simca Shell	Henri Pescarolo	Matra-Simca MS670	S 3.0	344	1st	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.)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Pts	Class
1958	Speedwell Stable	Austin A35	A	BRH	BRH	MAL	BRH	BRH	CRY	BRH	BRH Ret	BRH			NC	0	NC
1960	Team Speedwell	Jaguar Mk II 3.8	+2600cc	BRH	SNE	MAL	OUL	SNE	BRH Ret*						NC	0
		Austin Mini Seven								BRH Ret	BRH
1961	Equipe Endeavour	Jaguar Mk II 3.8	D	SNE	GOO 2	AIN	SIL 1	CRY	SIL 2	BRH	OUL 2	SNE			6th	28	3rd
1962	John Coombs	Jaguar Mk II 3.8	D	SNE 3	GOO 1	AIN 1	SIL 1	CRY	AIN	BRH Ret	OUL 1				4th	32	2nd
1963	John Coombs	Jaguar Mk II 3.8	D	SNE 2	OUL 1	GOO 1	AIN 1	SIL Ret	CRY 3†	SIL	BRH 2	BRH			3rd	49	1st
	John Willment Automobiles	Ford Galaxie											OUL 2	SNE
1967	Team Lotus	Ford Cortina Lotus	C	BRH 2	SNE 4	SIL 3	SIL Ret	MAL	SIL	SIL	BRH Ret	OUL Ret†	BRH		10th	24	2nd
1968	Alan Mann Racing	Ford Escort TC	C	BRH	THR	SIL	CRY	MAL	BRH	SIL	CRO	OUL Ret	BRH	BRH	NC	0	NC
Source:

† 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)

Year	Team	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos	Pts
1966	Team Surtees	Lola T70 Mk.2	Chevrolet	MTR	BRI	MOS	LAG	RIV 3	LVG	9th	4
Source:

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. 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.

Hill was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1968 Birthday Honours for services to motor racing. 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.

See also

• Formula One drivers from the United Kingdom

External links

• Graham Hill profile at The 500 Owners Association
• Grand Prix History – Hall of Fame, Graham Hill Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Graham Hill Statistics
• Graham Hill Photos
• The Greatest 33
• The Greatest 33 Profile
• Graham Hill at Find a Grave