Graham Hill

Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 15 February 1929 - 29 November 1975
Drivers championships: 1968, 1962
Grand Prix victories: 14
Races started: 176
Pole positions: 13
Teams: Embassy 1973 - 1975, Brabham 1971 - 1972, Lotus 1967 - 1970, BRM 1960 - 1966, Lotus 1958 - 1959

Graham Hill career

Graham Hill started his career with Lotus, before moving to BRM where he won his first drivers championship in 1962. In 1967 he moved back to Lotus to win the drivers championship again in 1968. A crash at the US Grand Prix in 1969 broke both his legs and after this his career never again reached it previous heights. He is the only driver to have won Monaco (5 times), Indianapolis 500 (1966) and Le Mans 24 hours (1972) - the motor sport Triple Crown. He and his son Damon Hill are the only father and son to win the F1 drivers championship. He was killed when his plane crashed in 1975.

1975

Team: Embassy
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
After failing to qualify for the Monaco GP he stopped racing and was killed in a plane crash later in the year.

1974

Team: Embassy
Position: 18
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This year he ran a customer Lola car with a best result of 6th in Sweden.

1973

Team: Embassy
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This season he set up his own team using a customer Shadow car but with no success.

1972

Team: Brabham
Position: 14
Points: 4
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This was another difficult season with only 3 finishes in the points.

1971

Team: Brabham
Position: 21
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
He moved to Brabham this season but only finished once in the points this season.

1970

Team: Rob Walker Racing
Position: 13
Points: 7
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
He moved to Rob Walker Racing but was a difficult season with only 4 points finishes.

1969

Team: Lotus
Position: 7
Points: 19
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
This year he won in Monaco but a crash in America left him with two broken legs. Although he returned to racing the next year he was not as competitive in subsequent seasons.

1968

Team: Lotus
Position: 1
Points: 48
Race wins: 3
Pole positions: 2
This was his second drivers championship with 3 race wins and three 2nd places.

1967

Team: Lotus
Position: 7
Points: 15
Race wins: 3
Pole positions: 0
This year he returned to Lotus and had two 2nd and a 4th, but failed to complete the rest of the races.

1966

Team: BRM
Position: 5
Points: 17
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
He had 5 retirements in his final season with BRM leaving him 5th in the championship.

1965

Team: BRM
Position: 2
Points: 40
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 0
This was his third consecutive runner up in the drivers championship, losing out again to Jim Clark in a Lotus.

1964

Team: BRM
Position: 2
Points: 39
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 1
This was another good season for Graham Hill, missing out on the title by one point to John Surtees in a Ferrari.

1963

Team: BRM
Position: 2
Points: 29
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 2
This was a good consistent season, but he lost out to Jim Clark in the dominant Lotus.

1962

Team: BRM
Position: 1
Points: 42
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 1
This was the first of his two drivers championships. He finished all 9 races and won four of them along with two 2nd place finishes.

1961

Team: BRM
Position: 16
Points: 3
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
His second season at BRM was not much better, finishing only 3 races.

1960

Team: BRM
Position: 15
Points: 4
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
In 1960 he moved to BRM for the first of 7 seasons with them. He took his first podium finish at the Dutch GP. This was one of only 2 races he finished.

1959

Team: Lotus
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
His second season at Lotus was no better finishing only 2 of 7 races entered.

1958

Team: Lotus
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0
In his first season in F1 he only finished 2 of the 9 races he entered.