Graham Hill's career was one of the most remarkable in modern motor racing. It spanned 20 turbulent years in the history of the sport. His first racing cars were the conventional front-engined cars of the 1950s, which were painted in national colors. In his final races, in the 1970s, he drove sophisticated, bewinged rear-engined cars that carried the colors of their commercial sponsors. At his peak in the mid-1960s he was at the forefront of grand prix and sports car racing, competing against the very best drivers of the era - Clark, Surtees, Gurney, Rindt, Stewart. Today his name, along with theirs, evokes one of the classic ages of motor racing. John Tipler's new biography of this determined and popular man recalls the great victories in his long versatile career - his two Formula 1 world championships and 14 grand prix wins and triumph at the Indianapolis 500 and the Le Mans 24 Hours. But he also explores Hill's background and character and shows how his courage and persistence earned him a pre-eminent position as one of the best all-around drivers and outstanding competitors of his day. He also considers Hill's later move from driving to team ownership, a new stage in a tireless career which was so cruelly cut short when he and the principal members of his team were killed in a plane crash in 1975.
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LIKE many boys brought up in the middle of the 20th century, Graham Hill cut his mechanical teeth on a Meccano set. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
saloon car race, nicer class, setting fastest lap, gearbox failure, world championship points, number one driver, starting money, sports car race, lap record, practice laps, reigning world champion, low oil pressure, road circuit, support race, pole time, starting grid Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Grand Prix, Tony Rudd, Brands Hatch, Graham Hill, Watkins Glen, Oulton Park, Jackie Stewart, Phil Hill, Colin Chapman, Rob Walker, Roh Walker, Clark's Lotus, Grands Prix, Monte Carlo, Dan Gurney, New Zealand, Race of Champions, Targa Florio, John Coombs, Sir Alfred Owen, Stirling Moss, Tourist Trophy, Alan Mann, Maranello Concessionaires, Frank Gardner New!
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LIKE many boys brought up in the middle of the 20th century, Graham Hill cut his mechanical teeth on a Meccano set. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
saloon car race, nicer class, setting fastest lap, gearbox failure, world championship points, number one driver, starting money, sports car race, lap record, practice laps, reigning world champion, low oil pressure, road circuit, support race, pole time, starting grid Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Grand Prix, Tony Rudd, Brands Hatch, Graham Hill, Watkins Glen, Oulton Park, Jackie Stewart, Phil Hill, Colin Chapman, Rob Walker, Roh Walker, Clark's Lotus, Grands Prix, Monte Carlo, Dan Gurney, New Zealand, Race of Champions, Targa Florio, John Coombs, Sir Alfred Owen, Stirling Moss, Tourist Trophy, Alan Mann, Maranello Concessionaires, Frank Gardner New!
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- Monaco Grand Prix by Jetty St. John on 5 pages
- Rob Walker by Evans Cooper on 4 pages
- Team Lotus: The Indianapolis Years by Andrew Ferguson on page 10, page 140, and Back Matter
- Mr Monaco by Tony Rudlin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Racing Cars (How It Works Series) by Ian Graham in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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