America’s first F1 champion Phil Hill, as remembered by his son

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

Leisure, Sports News, News, Sports, Automotive

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In 1961, Phil Hill became the first American to win the Formula 1 World Championship after triumphing for Ferrari in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. But that moment of monumental personal achievement was extraordinarily bittersweet, with team mate and title rival Wolfgang von Trips losing his life, along with scores of spectators, in the very same race. In this special episode of Beyond The Grid, Phil’s son Derek Hill tells Tom Clarkson how his father coped with both the win and the loss. He also describes in vivid detail his father’s beginnings as a mechanic and hot rod enthusiast in California, and how that led, via sportscar racing in the US, to an invitation to race in Europe for Enzo Ferrari. With fascinating insights into his father’s unique character, struggles with self-esteem and driving style, this is Phil Hill’s extraordinary F1 story.

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0:33.1	Winning the world title meant everything to my father.
0:41.7	Did he know spectators were killed?
0:43.5	Did he know trips was killed? No.
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1:04.0	Welcome everybody to Beyond the Grid with me, Tom Clarkson.
1:08.4	This week we're celebrating the life and career of a Formula One legend,
1:13.3	a man who won the world championship 60 years ago this week.
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