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[[Image:HillPhil1962.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Phil Hill 1962 at the [[Nürburgring]]]]
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'''Philip Toll Hill, Jr.''', ([[April 20]], [[1927]] &ndash; [[August 28]], [[2008]]) was a [[United States]] automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the [[Formula One]] World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero. I'm a peace-loving man, basically.
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==Career==
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Born in [[Miami, Florida]], Hill was raised in [[Santa Monica, California]], where he lived until his death. He studied [[business administration]] at the [[University of Southern California]] in 1945-47 but left early to pursue auto racing, working as a mechanic on other drivers' cars. Hill began racing cars at an early age, going to [[England]] as a [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] trainee in 1949 and signing with [[Enzo Ferrari]]’s team in 1956. He made his debut in the [[1958 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]] at [[Reims-Gueux|Reims]] [[France]] in 1958 driving a [[Maserati]]. That same year, paired with [[Belgium|Belgian]] teammate [[Olivier Gendebien]], Hill became the first American-born winner of the [[1958 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]] with Hill driving most of the night in horrific rainy conditions. He and Gendebien would go on to win the famous endurance race again in [[1961 24 Hours of Le Mans|1961]] and [[1962 24 Hours of Le Mans|1962]].
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Hill began driving full-time for the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] Formula One team in 1959, earning three podium finishes and fourth place in the Driver's Championship. In 1960 he won the [[1960 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]] at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]], the first Grand Prix win for an American driver. The [[1961 Formula One season|following season]], Hill won the [[1961 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]] and with two races left trailed only his [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] teammate [[Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips|Wolfgang von Trips]] in the season standings. Tragically, a crash during the [[1961 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]] killed von Trips and fifteen spectators. Hill won the race and clinched the championship but the triumph was bittersweet. Ferrari's decision not to travel to America for the [[1961 United States Grand Prix|season's final round]] deprived Hill of the opportunity to participate in his home race at [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]] as the newly-crowned World Champion. When he returned for [[1962 Formula One season|the following season]], his last with Ferrari, Hill said, "I no longer have as much need to race, to win. I don't have as much hunger anymore. I am no longer willing to risk killing myself."
  
[[Image:HillPhil1962.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Phil Hill 1962 at the [[Nürburgring]]]]
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After leaving Ferrari at the end of 1962 in [[History_of_Ferrari#1961_The_great_walkout|the great walkout]] of engineers, he and fellow driver [[Giancarlo Baghetti]] started for their new team [[Automobili Turismo e Sport|ATS]]. Hill continued in Formula One for a few more years until he switched to [[sports car racing]] with [[Ford Motor Company]] and the [[Chaparral Cars]] of [[Jim Hall (race car driver)|Jim Hall]].
  
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Phil Hill has the distinction of having won the first (a 3 lap event at Carrell Speedway in a [[MG T]]C on July 24 1949) and last races of his driving career, the final victory driving for Chaparral in the [[BOAC 500]] at [[Brands Hatch]] in [[England]] in 1967.  
'''Philip Toll Hill Jr.''', (born [[April 20]], [[1927]] in [[Miami, Florida]]) is the only [[United States|American]]-born driver to win the [[Formula One]] driving championship.
 
  
Raised in [[Santa Monica, California]], where he still lives, Phil Hill began racing cars at an early age, going to [[England]] as a [[Jaguar (car) |Jaguar]] trainee in [[1949]] and signing with [[Enzo Ferrari]]’s team in [[1956]]. He made his debut in the [[French Grand Prix]] at [[Reims-Gueux|Reims]] [[France]] in [[1958]] driving a [[Maserati]]. That same year, he won the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] with [[Belgium|Belgian]] team mate [[Olivier Gendebien]], driving for most of the night in horrific rainy conditions. He and Gendebien would go on to win the famous endurance race two more times.
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Following his retirement, Hill built up an award winning [[classic car]] restoration business in the 1970s called ''Hill & Vaughn'' with business partner Ken Vaughn, until they sold the partnership to Jordanian Raja Gargour and Vaughn went on run a separate business on his own in 1984. Phil remained with Gargour at Hill & Vaughn until the sale of the business again in 1995. Hill also worked as a television commentator for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s [[Wide World of Sports (US TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]
  
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Hill had a long and distinguished association with [[Road & Track]] magazine. He wrote several articles for them, including road tests and retrospective articles on historic cars and races.  He shared his "grand old man" status at R&T with '60s racing rival [[Paul Frère]], who also died in 2008.
  
In [[1961]], Phil Hill won the 24 hours of Le Mans again and the Formula One driving championship for the [[Ferrari]] team, although somewhat due to the death of his teammate and main championship contender [[Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips]]. Unlike [[Mario Andretti]], Hill is born in the USA, and still the only US-born F1 champion. The 1961 season was also notable for Phil Hill as he became the first man ever, during practice for the [[German Grand Prix]] to lap the Nordschleife at the [[Nürburgring]] under nine minutes.  
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Hill, in his last years, devoted his time to his vintage car collection and judged at the [[Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance]] more often than any other individual; 2007 was the 40th time he had judged the event.
  
After leaving Ferrari at the end of 1962 in the [[History_of_Ferrari#1961_The_great_walkout|the great walkout]] of engineers, he and fellow driver [[Giancarlo Baghetti]] started for their new team [[Automobili Turismo e Sport|ATS]]. Hill continued in Formula One for a few more years until he switched to [[sports car racing]] with [[Ford Motor Company]] and the [[Chaparral Cars]] of [[Jim Hall (race car driver)|Jim Hall]].
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Hill was married to Alma, and had three children: Derek, Vanessa and Jennifer. Derek raced in [[Formula 3000|International Formula 3000]] in 2001, [[2002 Formula 3000 season|2002]] and [[2003 Formula 3000 season|2003]], but was forced to retire when Hill became ill with [[Parkinson's Disease]].  
  
Phil Hill has the distinction of having won the first (a 3 lap event at Carrell Speedway in a [[MG T]]C on July 24 1949) and last races of his driving career, the final victory driving for Chaparral in the "BOAC 500" at [[Brands Hatch]] in [[England]] in [[1967]].
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After traveling to the [[Monterey Historic Automobile Races]] in August of 2008, Hill was taken to a hospital, where he died after a short illness from complications of Parkinson's Disease in [[Salinas, California]] on August 28th.
  
He has had a long and distinguished association with [[Road & Track]] magazine. He has written several articles for them, including road tests and retrospective articles on historic cars and races.  He shares his "grand old man" status at R&T with '60s racing rival [[Paul Frère]].
 
  
His son Derek raced in [[Formula 3000]] in 2001, [[2002 Formula 3000 season|2002]] and [[2003 Formula 3000 season|2003]].
 
  
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==Formula One World Championship results==
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| [[1958 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br><small></small>
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! [[Maserati]] [[Maserati 250F|250F]]
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| [[1958 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><font color=black><small></small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1958 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>7</small>
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| [[1958 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br><font color=black><small></small>
| [[1958 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small>
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| [[1958 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><font color=black><small></small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1958 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1958 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br><font color=black><small>7</small>
| [[1958 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br><small></small>
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| [[1958 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><font color=black><small></small>
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1958 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1958 Moroccan Grand Prix|MOR]]<br><small>3</small>
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!rowspan="2"| [[Scuderia Ferrari]]
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1959 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1959 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>6</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| [[1959 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>2</small>
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| [[1959 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1959 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1959 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| [[1959 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>2</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1959 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1958 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br><font color=black><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| ''[[1958 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]''<br><font color=black><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1959 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br><font color=black><small>4</small>
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| [[1959 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br><font color=black><small></small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1959 Dutch Grand Prix|<font color=black>NED]]<br><font color=black><small>6</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| [[1959 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br><font color=black><small>2</small>
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| [[1959 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><font color=black><small></small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1959 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br><font color=black><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1959 Portuguese Grand Prix|<font color=black>POR]]<br><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| ''[[1959 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]''<br><font color=black><small>2</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1959 United States Grand Prix|<font color=black>USA]]<br><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 
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! 20
 
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1960 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br><small>8</small>
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 256|256]]
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1960 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>3</small>
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[V6 engine|V6]]
| [[1960 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br><small></small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1960 Argentine Grand Prix|<font color=black>ARG]]<br><font color=black><small>8</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1960 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1960 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br><font color=black><small>3</small>
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1960 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1960 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>12</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1960 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>7</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| ''[[1960 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]''<br><font color=black><small>4</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1960 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1960 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br><font color=black><small>12</small>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| '''[[1960 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]'''<br><small>1</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1960 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br><font color=black><small>7</small>
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1960 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br><small>6</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1960 Portuguese Grand Prix|<font color=black>POR]]<br><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1960 United States Grand Prix|<font color=black>USA]]<br><font color=black><small>6</small>
 
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! [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]
 
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| [[1961 Formula One season|1961]]
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari]]
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1961 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>3</small>
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari 156|156]]
|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| '''[[1961 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]'''<br><small>2</small>
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[V6 engine|V6]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| '''[[1961 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]'''<br><small>1</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1961 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br><font color=black><small>3</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| '''[[1961 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''<br><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| '''[[1961 Dutch Grand Prix|<font color=black>NED]]'''<br><font color=black><small>2</small>
|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| '''[[1961 British Grand Prix|GBR]]'''<br><small>2</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| '''[[1961 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]'''<br><font color=black><small>1</small>
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| '''[[1961 German Grand Prix|GER]]'''<br><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| '''''[[1961 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]'''''<br><font color=black><small>9</small>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| [[1961 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>1</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| '''[[1961 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]'''<br><font color=black><small>2</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| [[1961 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]<br><font color=black><small>1</small>
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| [[1961 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br><font color=black><small></small>
 
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| [[1962 Formula One season|1962]]
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|rowspan="2"| {{F1|1962}}
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari]]
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1962 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| [[1962 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>2</small>
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[V6 engine|V6]]
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1962 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1962 Dutch Grand Prix|<font color=black>NED]]<br><font color=black><small>3</small>
| [[1962 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small></small>
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|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| [[1962 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br><font color=black><small>2</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1962 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1962 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]<br><font color=black><small>3</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1962 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1962 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>11</small>
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| [[1962 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br><small></small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1962 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
| [[1962 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br><small></small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1962 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]<br><font color=black><small>11</small>
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! 14
 
 
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| [[1963 Formula One season|1963]]
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! [[Porsche in motorsport|Porsche System Engineering]]
! [[Automobili Turismo e Sport|ATS]]
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! [[Porsche]] [[Porsche 804|804]]
| [[1963 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small></small>
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! [[Porsche]] [[flat-8|F8]]
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1963 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1963 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1963 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>NC</small>
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| [[1963 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small></small>
 
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1963 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br><small>11</small>
 
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1963 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
 
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1963 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br><small>Ret</small>
 
| [[1963 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br><small></small>
 
 
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| [[1963 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><font color=black><small></small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1963 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]<br><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1963 Dutch Grand Prix|<font color=black>NED]]<br><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1963 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]<br><font color=black><small>11</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1963 United States Grand Prix|<font color=black>USA]]<br><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1963 Mexican Grand Prix|<font color=black>MEX]]<br><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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! [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] [[Cooper T73|T73]]
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! [[Coventry Climax|Climax]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|  [[1964 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br /><font color=black><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1964 Dutch Grand Prix|<font color=black>NED]]<br /><font color=black><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1964 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]<br><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1964 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br /><font color=black><small>7</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1964 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br /><font color=black><small>6</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1964 Mexican Grand Prix|<font color=black>MEX]]<br /><font color=black><small>9</small>
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! [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1964 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>6</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1964 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1964 Austrian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUT]]<br /><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
| [[1964 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small>
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! 19th
 
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| [[1966 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small></small>
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! [[Anglo American Racers|Eagle]] [[Eagle Mk1|T1G]]
| [[1966 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small></small>
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| [[1966 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small></small>
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|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[1966 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>
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*[[F1]] [[Belgian Grand Prix]] (1) : [[1961]]
 
*[[F1]] [[Belgian Grand Prix]] (1) : [[1961]]
  
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==External links==
 
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* [http://home.cinci.rr.com/usgp/history/am_wdc61.html Phil Hill's World Championship Season, Race-by-race]
 
* [http://home.cinci.rr.com/usgp/history/am_wdc61.html Phil Hill's World Championship Season, Race-by-race]
 
* [http://www.4mula1.ro/history/driver/Phil_Hill Phill Hill statistics]
 
* [http://www.4mula1.ro/history/driver/Phil_Hill Phill Hill statistics]
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* [http://jalopnik.com/5043145/phil-hill-racing-legend-dead-at-81/ Death of Phil Hill]
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* [http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/hill/2892642 Phil Hill - Obituary and Tribute]
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* [http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/493/ Formula One tribute to Phil Hill]
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* [http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/1959/0316_large.jpg ''Sports Illustrated'' cover, March 16, 1959: Sports Car Driver of the Year]
  
 
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Phil Hill.jpg
Phil Hill
Manufacturer: Alfa Romeo
Nationality 22px-Flag of the United States.png American
Years 1958 - 1964, 1966
Team(s) Maserati
Ferrari
Cooper
Porsche
ATS (Ita)
Lotus
Eagle
Races 51
Championships 1
Wins 3
Podiums 16
Poles 6
Fastest laps 6
First race 1958 French Grand Prix
First win 1960 Italian Grand Prix
Last win 1961 Italian Grand Prix
Last race 1966 Italian Grand Prix
Phil Hill 1962 at the Nürburgring


Philip Toll Hill, Jr., (April 20, 1927August 28, 2008) was a United States automobile racer and the only American-born driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero. I'm a peace-loving man, basically.

Career

Born in Miami, Florida, Hill was raised in Santa Monica, California, where he lived until his death. He studied business administration at the University of Southern California in 1945-47 but left early to pursue auto racing, working as a mechanic on other drivers' cars. Hill began racing cars at an early age, going to England as a Jaguar trainee in 1949 and signing with Enzo Ferrari’s team in 1956. He made his debut in the French Grand Prix at Reims France in 1958 driving a Maserati. That same year, paired with Belgian teammate Olivier Gendebien, Hill became the first American-born winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Hill driving most of the night in horrific rainy conditions. He and Gendebien would go on to win the famous endurance race again in 1961 and 1962.

Hill began driving full-time for the Ferrari Formula One team in 1959, earning three podium finishes and fourth place in the Driver's Championship. In 1960 he won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, the first Grand Prix win for an American driver. The following season, Hill won the Belgian Grand Prix and with two races left trailed only his Ferrari teammate Wolfgang von Trips in the season standings. Tragically, a crash during the Italian Grand Prix killed von Trips and fifteen spectators. Hill won the race and clinched the championship but the triumph was bittersweet. Ferrari's decision not to travel to America for the season's final round deprived Hill of the opportunity to participate in his home race at Watkins Glen as the newly-crowned World Champion. When he returned for the following season, his last with Ferrari, Hill said, "I no longer have as much need to race, to win. I don't have as much hunger anymore. I am no longer willing to risk killing myself."

After leaving Ferrari at the end of 1962 in the great walkout of engineers, he and fellow driver Giancarlo Baghetti started for their new team ATS. Hill continued in Formula One for a few more years until he switched to sports car racing with Ford Motor Company and the Chaparral Cars of Jim Hall.

Phil Hill has the distinction of having won the first (a 3 lap event at Carrell Speedway in a MG TC on July 24 1949) and last races of his driving career, the final victory driving for Chaparral in the BOAC 500 at Brands Hatch in England in 1967.

Following his retirement, Hill built up an award winning classic car restoration business in the 1970s called Hill & Vaughn with business partner Ken Vaughn, until they sold the partnership to Jordanian Raja Gargour and Vaughn went on run a separate business on his own in 1984. Phil remained with Gargour at Hill & Vaughn until the sale of the business again in 1995. Hill also worked as a television commentator for ABC's Wide World of Sports

Hill had a long and distinguished association with Road & Track magazine. He wrote several articles for them, including road tests and retrospective articles on historic cars and races. He shared his "grand old man" status at R&T with '60s racing rival Paul Frère, who also died in 2008.

Hill, in his last years, devoted his time to his vintage car collection and judged at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance more often than any other individual; 2007 was the 40th time he had judged the event.

Hill was married to Alma, and had three children: Derek, Vanessa and Jennifer. Derek raced in International Formula 3000 in 2001, 2002 and 2003, but was forced to retire when Hill became ill with Parkinson's Disease.

After traveling to the Monterey Historic Automobile Races in August of 2008, Hill was taken to a hospital, where he died after a short illness from complications of Parkinson's Disease in Salinas, California on August 28th.


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 WDC Pts.
1958 Joakim Bonnier Racing Team Maserati 250F Maserati L6 ARG
MON
NED
500
BEL
FRA
7
GBR
10th 9
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Dino 156 Ferrari V6 GER
9
POR
Ferrari Dino 246 Ferrari V6 ITA
3
MOR
3
1959 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 256 Ferrari V6 MON
4
500
NED
6
FRA
2
GBR
GER
3
POR
Ret
ITA
2
USA
Ret
4th 20
1960 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 256 Ferrari V6 ARG
8
MON
3
500
NED
Ret
BEL
4
FRA
12
GBR
7
POR
Ret
ITA
1
5th 16
Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T51 Climax L4 USA
6
1961 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 156 Ferrari V6 MON
3
NED
2
BEL
1
FRA
9
GBR
2
GER
3
ITA
1
USA
1st 34 (38)
1962 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 156 Ferrari V6 NED
3
MON
2
BEL
3
FRA
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
ITA
11
6th 14
Porsche System Engineering Porsche 804 Porsche F8 USA
DNS
RSA
1963 Automobili Turismo e Sport ATS 100 ATS V8 MON
BEL
Ret
NED
Ret
ITA
11
USA
Ret
MEX
Ret
RSA
- 0
Ecurie Filipinetti Lotus 24 BRM V8 MON
FRA
NC
GBR
GER
1964 Cooper Car Company Cooper T73 Climax V8 MON
9
NED
8
BEL
Ret
FRA
7
GBR
6
GER
Ret
USA
Ret
MEX
9
19th 1
Cooper T66 Climax V8 AUT
Ret
ITA
1966 Anglo American Racers Eagle T1G Climax L4 MON
BEL
FRA
GBR
NED
GER
ITA
DNQ
USA
MEX
- 0


Awards


Primary career victories :


External links



3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Scuderia Ferrari
Personnel:
22px-Flag of France.png Jean Todt | 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Mario Almondo | 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Stefano Domenicali | 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Luca Baldisseri
Current drivers:
22px-Flag of Finland.png Kimi Räikkönen | 22px-Flag of Brazil.png Felipe Massa | 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Luca Badoer | 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Giancarlo Fisichella (Test Driver) 22px-Flag of Spain.png Marc Gené (Test Driver)
Notable Former drivers:
22px-Flag of Germany.png Michael Schumacher | 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Alberto Ascari | 22px-Flag of Argentina.png Juan Manuel Fangio | 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.png Mike Hawthorn | 22px-Flag of Austria.png Niki Lauda | 22px-Flag of South Africa.png Jody Scheckter | 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.png John Surtees | 22px-Flag of the United States.png Phil Hill | 22px-Flag of Brazil.png Rubens Barrichello | 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.png Eddie Irvine | 22px-Flag of France.png Jean Alesi | 22px-Flag of France.png Alain Prost | 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.png Nigel Mansell | 22px-Flag of Austria.png Gerhard Berger | 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Michele Alboreto | 22px-Flag of France.png René Arnoux | 22px-Flag of France.png Patrick Tambay | 22px-Flag of the Canada.png Gilles Villeneuve | 22px-Flag of Argentina.png Carlos Reutemann | 20px-Flag of Switzerland.png Clay Regazzoni | 22px-Flag of the United States.png Mario Andretti | 22px-Flag of Belgium (civil).png Jacky Ickx | 22px-Flag of Germany.png Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips | 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Lorenzo Bandini
Formula One cars:
125 | 275 | 340 | 375 | 500 | 553 | 625 | 555 | D50 | 801 | 412 | 246 | 256 | 156 | 158 | 1512 | 312 | 312B | 312T | 126C | 156/85 | F1/86 | F1/87 | 640 | 641 | 642 | 643 | F92A | F93A | 412T | F310 | F310B | F300 | F399 | F1-2000 | F2001 | F2002 | F2002B | F2003-GA | F2004 | F2004M | F2005 | 248 | F2007 | F2008 | F60 | F10 | 150° Italia | F2012


24 Hours of Daytona winners
Five-time Hurley Haywood
Four-time Peter Gregg · Pedro Rodríguez ·Rolf Stommelen · Bob Wollek
Three-time Derek Bell · Butch Leitzinger · Scott Pruett · Brian Redman ·Andy Wallace
Two-time Mauro Baldi ·

Elliott Forbes-Robinson · A. J. Foyt · Al Holbert · Jan Lammers · Ken Miles · Juan Pablo Montoya · John Paul, Jr. · Lloyd Ruby · Wayne Taylor · Didier Theys · Al Unser, Jr.

One-time Amon ·

J. Andretti · M. Andretti · Angelelli · Ballot-Léna · Bandini · Barber · Beretta · Bergmeister · Bernhard · Boesel · Borcheller · Bouchut · Boutsen · Brundle · Collard · Dismore · Dixon · Donohue · Dupuy · Durán · Duxbury · Dyson · Elford · Fellows · Field · Fittipaldi · Fitzpatrick · Franchitti · Fréon · Garretson · Gentilozzi · Graves · Gurney · Hasemi · Helmick · Henn · Herrmann · Hezemans · Hill · Hoshino · Ickx · Jelinski · Joest · D. Jones · P. Jones · Kinnunen · Kneifel · Krages · Lässig · Lavaggi · Lienhard · Luyendyk · Martin · Mears · Merl · Millen · Moran · Moretti · Neerpasch · Nielsen · O'Connell · Oliver · Ongais · Pace · Papis · Parsons · Paul, Sr. · Pescarolo · Pilgrim · Rahal · Robinson · Rojas · Schneider · Schrom · Sharp · Siffert · Suzuki · Unser, Sr. · van der Merwe · Weaver · Wendlinger · Werner · Wheldon

Formula One World Drivers' Champions
(1950Nino Farina ·(1951Juan Manuel Fangio ·(195253Alberto Ascari ·(1954,55,56,57Juan Manuel Fangio ·(1958Mike Hawthorn · (195960Jack Brabham · (1961Phil Hill ·

(1962Graham Hill · (1963Jim Clark · (1964John Surtees · (1965Jim Clark · (1966Jack Brabham · (1967Denny Hulme · (1968Graham Hill · (1969Jackie Stewart · (1970Jochen Rindt · (1971Jackie Stewart · (1972Emerson Fittipaldi · (1973Jackie Stewart · (1974Emerson Fittipaldi · (1975Niki Lauda · (1976James Hunt · (1977Niki Lauda · (1978Mario Andretti · (1979Jody Scheckter · (1980Alan Jones · (1981Nelson Piquet · (1982Keke Rosberg · (1983Nelson Piquet · (1984Niki Lauda · (198586Alain Prost · (1987Nelson Piquet · (1988Ayrton Senna · (1989Alain Prost · (199091Ayrton Senna · (1992Nigel Mansell · (1993Alain Prost · (199495Michael Schumacher · (1996Damon Hill · (1997Jacques Villeneuve · (199899Mika Häkkinen · (2000,01,02,03,04Michael Schumacher · (200506Fernando Alonso