Norman Graham Hill was born in February 15, 1929, in Hampstead, London. He was a two times world champion from England. He was also the only driver to win the "Triple crown of motorsport" (the Indianapolis 500 in 1966, the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1972 and the Monaco Grand Prix in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968 and 1969).
After serving in the military, Hill became a mechanic for Smiths Instruments, and then joined th Lotus team as a mechanic in the mid 1950s. At the unusually late age of 30 he started racing for the team and due to the teams presence in formula one he got to race there debuting in the Monaco Grand Prix in 1958, retiring with a halfshaft failure. In 1960 Hill joined the BRM team and won the world championship with them in 1962. Hill was also a part of the "British invasion" of drivers in the Indianapolis 500 during the mid 1960s, winning there in 1966 with a Lola-Ford.
In 1967 Hill joined Lous again and helped the team develop the Lotus 49 with a Cosworth-V8 engine. After teammates Jim Clark and Mike Spence were killed in early 1968, Hill led the Lotus team and won the title in 1968. An accident in 1969 United States Grand Prix, caused Hill to brake his legs and interrupted his career. But Hill did not retire from formula one. He continued racing but with little success. His last win in formula one came in the non-championship international Trophy at Silverstonein 1971, with the Brabham BT34. The next year he and Henri Pescarolo won the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans for Matra. This victory completed the Triple Crown of Motorsport for Hill as he had already won the Monaco Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500.
In 1973 he started his own racing team, Embassy Hill. The team used chassis from Lola and Shadow before itnroducing its own design in 1975. After Hill failed to qualify for the Monaco Grand Prix, where he already had won five times, he retired to concentrate on running his team.
In November 1975, a Piper Aztec aeroplane, which Graham Hill was piloting at the time crashed in foggy conditions. Hill was killed along with five members of the Embassy Hill team were killed in the accident including the driver Tony Brise. Hill was uninsured so his wife was prosecuted by the families of the other drivers and settling the states wiped out Hill's estate. Hill had two doughters and a son named Damon wh later followed his fathers steps and won the formula one champion title. He is the only son of a former champion to do so. Graham Hill competed 178 races and won 14 of them, and two world championships. He had 36 podium finishes, 13 pole positions, 10 fastest laps and scored a total of 270 championship points.
