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Philip Toll Hill Jr. ( Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos; 20 de abril de 1927- Salinas, California, Estados Unidos; 28 de agosto de 2008) fue un piloto de automovilismo de velocidad estadounidense. Fue el primer estadounidense que ganó un campeonato de Fórmula 1, logrado en 1961.
Philip Toll Hill Jr. (April 20, 1927 – August 28, 2008) was an American racing driver. He was one of two American drivers to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, and the only one who was born in the United States (the other, Mario Andretti, was born in Italy and later became an American citizen).
26 de abr. de 2020 · Philip Toll Hill Jr. es quizás el campeón del mundo menos valorado en la historia de la Fórmula 1, y uno se pregunta si eso es simplemente el resultado de ser tan inteligente.
Phil Hill. The first American to become World Champion had a love/hate relationship with the sport. Profoundly intelligent and deeply sensitive, he was also remarkably candid about personal demons that caused inner turmoil and made his racing life a bittersweet experience.
Learn about Phil Hill, the American racing champion who won the Formula One World Championship in 1961. Explore his life, career, achievements, and the upcoming book project.
Phil Hill was a racing driver of promise since his childhood when he was 9 years old and found himself behind the wheel of a car simulating being a racing driver with the steering wheel and the pedals. One outing was enough to inflame his passion for motorsports.
16 de abr. de 2024 · Phil Hill was the first American-born race-car driver to win (1961) the Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix world championship of drivers. Hill began in racing as a mechanic for midget-car racing in the Santa Monica, Calif., area, where he grew up. In 1949 he won his first sports car competition, and in 1956.
