The Path to Formula One has never been simple or straight forward, and Graham Hill was more aware of this than perhaps any other Formula One World Champion, as he succeeded against all the odds to reach the pinnacle of any extremely competitive sport.
Only one driver has won the Formula One World Championship, the Indianapolis 500 and the Le Mans 24-hour Race, and that driver was Graham Hill. In this episode of Racing through Time the late Graham Hills wife, Bette Hill, tells the story of Grahams long career, his dogged determination, undoubted ability, and the personality that made him a British National sporting hero.
From Grahams early life and subsequent successful racing career, all the way to his untimely death in November 1975, this fascinating programme has all the action from all of the key races of one of Britain’s most highly acclaimed champions and is a fitting tribute to a true sporting legend.
Director: Jason Fenwick
Series: Racing Through Time
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Among the first to click on this, pretty cool
Love this!! 💗
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Dobrý dokument.
Legend
I watched Graham race in Australia at the Warwick Farm track in the late 60s.
Somewhat ironically, he spent all those years driving without seat belts, then when he has a big accident, he HAS seat belts but isn’t wearing them!
Sad for Bette and Damon, that they ended up having to put up with much different circumstances after Hill crashed his aircraft and died. His night flying and instrument ratings had expired. The aircraft was unregistered and so had no certificate of airworthiness. Hence Hill was uninsured.
F1 LEGEND HILL❤ FOREVER
Nice thumbnail picture of Bruce McLaren
Lovely – just to say, the person who 'jumped into the lead' off the line in the 1968 South African GP was Jackie Stewart, but Clark soon passed him and won the race with Graham second.
What a personality he was. Always a funny quip or one liner when he was hosting or presenting something.
My first real look at motorsports was at the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring when I was just nine years old. It was lap #1 at turn 17 (the big wide, sweeping corner which leads onto the start/finish line straight); what I saw standing there next to my father in the Corvette Corral was a dramatic sight I'll never forget: a gorgeous red and black Ford GT40 leading the entire field and executing a perfect four wheel drift, then blasting past us with a roar and rapidly disappearing under the Martini & Rossi Bridge; I saw the driver of the GT40 wearing that iconic black helmet with the vertical white oars (representing the London Rowing Club of which he was a member) but of course didn't know who it was until years later: Graham Hill!! 🤟🤟🤟