On This Day Graham Hill
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I am a bit shocked been on a few motor sport forums and not found one tribute to the late Graham Hill who on this day died in an air crash.
He was without doubt one of the best all round drivers Britain has ever produced winning the F1 World Championship, Le Mans 24 Hour and the Indianapolis 500 the only man in history to have done the triple crown.
John.
He was without doubt one of the best all round drivers Britain has ever produced winning the F1 World Championship, Le Mans 24 Hour and the Indianapolis 500 the only man in history to have done the triple crown.
John.
It just shows the silly nonsense of splitting F1 from other motorsport.
Graham Hill is a great example of how earlier generations of racing drivers could excel in different disciplines of the sport. He is still the only person to have been F1 World Champion (twice), Le Mans 24 Hour winner and Indy 500 winner.
That is something that we will most likely never see again.
On balance, a tribute to Graham Hill is best off here as he was so much more than an F1 driver.
The day his death was announced it was a big shock to me. I was 18 at the time and closely following the rise and rise of Tony Brise. Only a few weeks before the crash I'd seen Brise race a Formula Atlantic at the 1975 Phoenix Park meet in Dublin.
Graham Hill is a great example of how earlier generations of racing drivers could excel in different disciplines of the sport. He is still the only person to have been F1 World Champion (twice), Le Mans 24 Hour winner and Indy 500 winner.
That is something that we will most likely never see again.
On balance, a tribute to Graham Hill is best off here as he was so much more than an F1 driver.
The day his death was announced it was a big shock to me. I was 18 at the time and closely following the rise and rise of Tony Brise. Only a few weeks before the crash I'd seen Brise race a Formula Atlantic at the 1975 Phoenix Park meet in Dublin.
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Graham Hill is a great example of how earlier generations of racing drivers could excel in different disciplines of the sport. He is still the only person to have been F1 World Champion (twice), Le Mans 24 Hour winner and Indy 500 winner.
That is something that we will most likely never see again.
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there is also Nigel Mansell he held f1 and indycar championships at the same time, and he went to Le mans, ahh I see you r point crashed on the outlap...
Graham Hill is a great example of how earlier generations of racing drivers could excel in different disciplines of the sport. He is still the only person to have been F1 World Champion (twice), Le Mans 24 Hour winner and Indy 500 winner.
That is something that we will most likely never see again.
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there is also Nigel Mansell he held f1 and indycar championships at the same time, and he went to Le mans, ahh I see you r point crashed on the outlap...
Eric Mc said:
He is still the only person to have been F1 World Champion (twice), Le Mans 24 Hour winner and Indy 500 winner.
That is something that we will most likely never see again.
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Jacques Villeneuve came within an ace...(despite him not really being able to hold a candle to Graham). That is something that we will most likely never see again.
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I remember the evening well, foggy as hell in Elstree and was shocked when my Mother told me via friends who were close to Betty that the plane had come down on the golf course just minutes from the airport. A basic mistake lost the world some wonderful people and two children and a lovely lady lost a father and a husband, along with the other families that lost loved ones. If Graham had lived would Damon have raced, I think not. A gentleman, a great driver and a real character.
belleair302 said:
I remember the evening well, foggy as hell in Elstree and was shocked when my Mother told me via friends who were close to Betty that the plane had come down on the golf course just minutes from the airport. A basic mistake lost the world some wonderful people and two children and a lovely lady lost a father and a husband, along with the other families that lost loved ones. If Graham had lived would Damon have raced, I think not. A gentleman, a great driver and a real character.
There is an excellent account and analysis of the crash in the book Disasters in the Air (ISBN 1-84037-204-4) by Jan Bartelski (a very authoritative writer on the subject of air accidents; he himself died earlier this year).Gassing Station | General Motorsport | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff