Hey everybody, my name is Nolan Sykes. I'm from Past Gas by Donut Media. We are an

automotive history show and this week we're talking about a guy named Phil Hill.

Phil Hill spent his youth dreaming of driving foreign cars who'd read British

race publications back to back. He grew to idolize racers like Juan Manuel Fongeo

and Alberto Escarri and cars like Maserade's, Ferraris and Triams. But for most of

his life it was just a dream. So how did the nervous son of a postmaster and

him composer become one of the most talented race car drivers of all time?

Why did you leave racing near the peak of his career? What unfortunate event led

him to winning a world championship? The down past gas? Part one of the story of Phil Hill

in the 1961 Formula One season. You can find past gas wherever you get your

podcasts, check it out. Past gas.

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All right, now for the show.

When you picture Ert and Senna, you see his dark, focused eyes and a mop of hair

covering a surprisingly goofy pair of ears. Maybe you picture his iconic yellow

helmet with a green and blue stripe representing his home country of Brazil.

But perhaps more vividly than anything else. You see Senna as he was on

race day during the years when he became maybe the greatest racer of all time

wearing the iconic red jumpsuit of the McLaren Formula One racing team.

McLaren is where Senna transformed from a promising F1 racer struggling with

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