Phil Hill

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Phil Hill

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	1958 French Grand Prix
Last start:	1964 Mexican Grand Prix
Constructors
1958 Maserati  • 1958–1962 Ferrari • 1963 ATS  • 1964 Cooper
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Champion ( 1961 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 48 3 6th 6th
World Cup points :	98
Podiums :	16
Leadership laps :	171 over 1528.2 km

Philip Toll "Phil" Hill (born April 20, 1927 in Miami , Florida , † August 28, 2008 in Salinas , California ) was an American racing car driver . He won the Formula 1 world championship title in 1961 . He is the father of racing driver Derek Hill .

Racing career

In 1961 Hill was only one point ahead of Formula 1 world champion over Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips, who died in the penultimate race . He won on Ferrari and was the first American to win this title; In 1978 Mario Andretti became the second American Formula 1 world champion.

Hill won the Le Mans 24 Hours three times : in 1958, 1961 and 1962 together with Olivier Gendebien in a Ferrari. He was also able to win the 12-hour race in Sebring and the 1000 km in Argentina three times. In 1966 he and Joakim Bonnier drove the chaparral to victory in the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring with the 2-speed automatic transmission, which is unusual for a racing car.

After the active time

Phil Hill in the Ferrari 156 in 1962

After his active career Hill worked as a commentator for the ABC telecast Wide World of Sports . He also wrote for Road & Track Magazine .

A few years before his death, Phil Hill had a state-of-the-art race track built in Savannah, America. He designed this racetrack together with the Australian track architect Bob Barnard . The race course consists of two independent courses that can be used in 16 different ways.

Hill died of complications from Parkinson's disease in Monterey County Hospital in late August 2008 , just days after appearing as a judge for the 40th time at the traditional Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance .

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

Grand Prix victories

1960 Italian Grand Prix ( Monza )  1961 Belgian Grand Prix ( Spa-Francorchamps )

1961 Italian Grand Prix (Monza)

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1958	Jo Bonnier	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	9	10.
	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari Dino 156F2	Ferrari 1.5 V6	1	-	-	-	-	-
		Ferrari Dino 246	Ferrari 2.4 V6	2	-	-	2	-	1
1959	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari Dino 246	Ferrari 2.4 V6	7th	-	2	2	-	1	20th	4th
1960	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari Dino 246	Ferrari 2.4 V6	8th	1	-	1	1	2	16	5.
	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-
1961	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 156	Ferrari 1.5 V6	7th	2	2	2	5	2	34 (38)	1.
1962	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 156	Ferrari 1.5 V6	6th	-	2	1	-	-	14th	6th
1963	Automobili Turismo e Sport	ATS 100	ATS 1.5 V8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
	Ecurie Filipinetti	Lotus 24	BRM 1.5 V8	1	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T73	Climax 1.5 V8	8th	-	-	-	-	-	1	19th
		Cooper T66		1	-	-	-	-	-
total				48	3	5	8th	6th	6th	98

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1958
						7th		9	DNA	3	3
1959
	4th		6th	2		3	DNF	2	DNF
1960
	8th	3		DNF	4th	12	7th	DNF	1	6th
1961
	3	2	1	9	2	3	1	DNA
1962
	3	2	3	DNA	DNF	DNF	11	DNS
1963
		DNF	DNF	NC			11	DNF	DNF
1964
	9	8th	DNF	7th	6th	DNF	DNF		DNF	9
1966
							DNQ

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1953	Rees T. Makins	Osca MT4 1300	Fred Wacker	failure	Power transmission
1955	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 121LM	Umberto Maglioli	failure	Clutch damage
1956	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 625LM Spider Touring	André Simon	failure	Power transmission
1957	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 335MM	Peter Collins	failure	Engine failure
1958	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250TR58	Olivier Gendebien	Overall victory
1959	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250TR59	Olivier Gendebien	failure	Motor overheated
1960	Scuderia Ferrari SPA	Ferrari 250TR59 / 60	Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips	failure	no petrol
1961	Scuderia Ferrari SPA	Ferrari 250TRI61	Olivier Gendebien	Overall victory
1962	SPA Ferrari Sefac	Ferrari 330TRI LM Spyder	Olivier Gendebien	Overall victory
1963	Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.	Aston Martin DP215	Lucien Bianchi	failure	Gearbox damage
1964	Ford Motor Company	Ford GT40	Bruce McLaren	failure	Gearbox damage
1965	Shelby American Inc.	Ford GT40	Chris Amon	failure	Gearbox damage
1966	Chaparral Cars Ltd.	Chaparral 2D	Joakim Bonnier	failure	alternator
1967	Chaparral Cars Ltd.	Chaparral 2F	Mike Spence	failure	Power transmission

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1953	William Spear	Ferrari 225S	Bill Spear			failure	differential
1954	William Spear	Ferrari 375MM	Bill Spear			failure	Damage to the stern
1955	Allen Guiberson	Ferrari 750 Monza Spyder	Carroll Shelby			Rank 2
1956	George Tilp	Ferrari 857S	Masts Gregory			failure	Bearing damage
1957	Ferrari Factory	Ferrari 290MM	Wolfgang von Trips			failure	battery
1958	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250TR / 58	Peter Collins			Overall victory
1959	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250TR59	Olivier Gendebien	Dan Gurney	Chuck Daigh	Overall victory
1961	Sefac Automobile Ferrari	Ferrari 250TRI	Olivier Gendebien			Overall victory
1962	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250TRI / 61	Olivier Gendebien			Rank 2
1963	Shelby American Inc.	Shelby Cobra	Dan Gurney			Rank 28
1964	Ford of France	Shelby Cobra Roadster	Jo Schlesser			Rank 6
1965	Shelby American Inc.	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	Jim Adams	Lew Spencer		Rank 21
1966	Chaparral Cars Inc.	Chaparral 2D	Joakim Bonnier			failure	Oil leak

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1953	Bill Spear Rees Matkins Allen Guiberson	Ferrari 225S Osca MT4 Ferrari 340 Mexico	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
			DNF		DNF				DNF
1954	Allen Guiberson Bill Spear	Ferrari 340 Mexico Ferrari 375MM	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
			DNF	DNF				2
1955	Allen Guiberson Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 750 Monza Ferrari 121LM	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
				2		DNF
1956	Scuderia Ferrari George Tilp	Ferrari 857S Ferrari 290MM	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
			2	DNF		3	1
1957	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 290MM Ferrari 335S	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
				DNF			DNF	2	1
1958	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250TR	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
			1	1	4th	4th	1
1959	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250TR	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
			1	DNF	2	DNF	3
1960	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250TR Ferrari Dino 246S	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
			1		2	3	DNF
1961	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 250TRI Ferrari Dino 246SP	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
			1	DNF	DNF	1
1962	North American Racing Team Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari Dino 246SP	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
			2		2				1	1
1963	Carroll Shelby International Porsche Team Aston Martin	Shelby Cobra Porsche 718 GTR Aston Martin DP215	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
					28				DNF			DNF
1964	North American Racing Team Ford France Ford Advanced Vehicles	Ferrari 250 GTO Shelby Cobra Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
			1	6th	DNF		22nd		DNF		DNF	DNF			11
1965	Carroll Shelby International	Shelby Daytona Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
				21st							8th			DNF
1966	Chaparral Cars	Chaparral 2D	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
			DNF	DNF				1	DNF
1967	Chaparral Cars	Chaparral 2F	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
			DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF			1

Web links

Commons : Phil Hill  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Phil Hill website
• Phil Hill at motorsportmemorial.org (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Los Angeles Times : Phil Hill, 81; first US-born driver to win the Formula One title on August 28, 2008.