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(Norman) Graham Hill - Complete Formula One results, Indy 500 results

Motor-racing driver, born in London, UK. He won 14 races from a record 176 starts (since surpassed) between 1958 and 1975, and was world champion in 1962 (in a BRM) and in 1968 (Lotus). He won the Monaco Grand Prix five times (1963–5, 1968–9). In 1975 he started his own racing team, Embassy Racing, but was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed near Hendon, N London. His son, Damon, also went into motor-racing.

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Team WDC Points
1958 Lotus ARG
MON
Ret
NED
Ret
500
BEL
Ret
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
POR
Ret
ITA
6
MOR
16
Lotus - 0
1959 Lotus MON
Ret
500
NED
7
FRA
Ret
GBR
9
GER
Ret
POR
Ret
ITA
Ret
USA
Lotus - 0
1960 BRM ARG
Ret
MON
7
500
NED
3
BEL
Ret
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
POR
Ret
ITA
USA
Ret
BRM 15th 4
1961 BRM MON
Ret
NED
8
BEL
Ret
FRA
6
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
ITA
Ret
USA
5
BRM 16th 3
1962 BRM NED
1
MON
6
BEL
2
FRA
9
GBR
4
GER
1
ITA
1
USA
2
RSA
1
BRM 1st 42
1963 BRM MON
1
BEL
Ret
NED
Ret
FRA
3
GBR
3
GER
Ret
ITA
16
USA
1
MEX
4
RSA
3
BRM 2nd 29
1964 BRM MON
1
NED
4
BEL
5
FRA
2
GBR
2
GER
2
AUT
Ret
ITA
Ret
USA
1
MEX
11
BRM 2nd 39
1965 BRM RSA
3
MON
1
BEL
5
FRA
5
GBR
2
NED
4
GER
2
ITA
2
USA
1
MEX
Ret
BRM 2nd 40
1966 BRM MON
3
BEL
Ret
FRA
Ret
GBR
3
NED
2
GER
4
ITA
Ret
USA
Ret
MEX
Ret
BRM 5th 17
1967 Lotus RSA
Ret
MON
2
NED
Ret
BEL
Ret
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
CAN
4
ITA
Ret
USA
2
MEX
Ret
Lotus 7th 15
1968 Lotus RSA
2
ESP
1
MON
1
BEL
Ret
NED
9
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
2
ITA
Ret
CAN
4
USA
2
MEX
1
Lotus 1st 48
1969 Lotus RSA
2
ESP
Ret
MON
1
NED
7
FRA
6
GBR
7
GER
4
ITA
9
CAN
Ret
USA
Ret
MEX
Lotus 7th 19
1970 Lotus RSA
6
ESP
4
MON
5
BEL
Ret
NED
NC
FRA
10
GBR
6
GER
Ret
AUT
ITA
DNS
CAN
NC
USA
Ret
MEX
Ret
Lotus 13th 7
1971 Brabham RSA
9
ESP
Ret
MON
Ret
NED
10
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
9
AUT
5
ITA
Ret
CAN
Ret
USA
7
Brabham 21st 2
1972 Brabham ARG
Ret
RSA
6
ESP
10
MON
12
BEL
Ret
FRA
10
GBR
Ret
GER
6
AUT
Ret
ITA
5
CAN
8
USA
11
Brabham 15th 4
1973 Shadow ARG
BRA
RSA
ESP
Ret
BEL
9
MON
Ret
SWE
Ret
FRA
10
GBR
Ret
NED
NC
GER
13
AUT
Ret
ITA
14
CAN
16
USA
13
Shadow - 0
1974 Lola ARG
Ret
BRA
11
RSA
12
ESP
Ret
BEL
8
MON
7
SWE
6
NED
Ret
FRA
13
GBR
13
GER
9
AUT
12
ITA
8
CAN
14
USA
8
Lola 18th 1
1975 Lola ARG
10
BRA
12
RSA
DNQ
ESP
MON
DNQ
BEL
SWE
NED
FRA
GBR
GER
AUT
ITA
USA
Hill - 0

Indy 500 results

Year Car
number
Start Qual.
speed
Speed
rank
Finish Laps
completed
Laps
led
Race
status
1966 24 15 159.243 23 1 200 10 Running
1967 81 31 163.317 21 32 23 0 Piston
1968 70 2 171.208 2 19 110 0 Crash T2
Hill's 1966 victory marked the first win by a rookie driver since Frank Lockhart's 1927 win and the last until Juan Montoya's visit to Victory Lane in 2001.

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