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Raised in Santa Monica, California, where he still lives, Phil Hill began racing cars at an early age, going to England as a Jaguar trainee in 1949 and signing with Enzo Ferrari’s team in 1956. He made his debut in the French Grand Prix at Reims France in 1958 driving a Maserati. That same year, he won the 24 hours of Le Mans with Belgian team mate Olivier Gendebien (1924-1998), driving for most of the night in horrific rainy conditions. He and Gendebien would go on to win the famous endurance race two more times. Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica is a coastal city located in western Los Angeles County, California, USA, by the Pacific Ocean, south of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, west of Westwood, Los Angeles, and north of Venice. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Jaguar Cars is a British automobile manufacturer famous for luxury saloon and sports cars. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Enzo Anselmo Ferrari (February 18, 1898 - August 14, 1988) was the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team and subsequently of the Ferrari car manufacturer. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The French Grand Prix is a Formula One race held as part of Fédération Internationale de lAutomobiles annual Formula One automobile racing championship season. ... Location within France Reims (English traditionally Rheims) (pronounced in French) is a city of northern France, 144 km (89 miles) east-northeast of Paris. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Present Maserati logo (see also original logo) Maserati is a famous Italian manufacturer of racing cars and sports cars, established in 1914 in Bologna. ... 1952 Le Mans race, depicted on cover of Auto Sport Review magazine 24 hours of Le Mans (24 heures du Mans) is the most famous sports car endurance race held at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... Olivier Gendebien, born January 12, 1924 in Brussels, Belgium and died on October 2, 1998 in Les Baux de Provence, in the Bouches-du-Rhône departement of France, was a war hero and race car driver. ...

In 1961, Phil Hill won the 24 hours of Le Mans again and the Formula One driving championship for the Ferrari team, although somewhat due to the death of his teammate and main championship contender Wolfgang Von Trips. After leaving Ferrari at the end of 1962, he continued in Formula One for a few more years until he switched to sports car racing with Ford and Jim Hall’s Chaparral racing cars. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Ferrari Gestione Industriale badge on the front of a 330 GTC Ferrari is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and high-performance sports cars formed by Enzo Ferrari in 1929. ... Wolfgang von Trips (May 4, 1928 - September 10, 1961) was a Formula One driver from Germany. ... Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ...

Phil Hill has the distinction of having won the first and last races of his driving career, the final victory driving for Chaparral in the "BOAC 500" at Brands Hatch in England in 1967. Brands Hatch is a British motor racing circuit. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1991, he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer. ...

His son Derek raced in Formula 3000 in 2003. Formula 3000 is a type of formula racing. ...

Primary career victories :

• 24 hours of Le Mans (3)  : 1958, 1961, 1962
• 12 Hours of Sebring (3) : 1958, 1959, 1961
• Argentine 1000 Km (2) : 1958, 1960
• Nurburgring 1000 km (2) : 1962, 1966
• F1 Italian Grand Prix (2) : 1960, 1961
• F1 Belgian Grand Prix (1) : 1961

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External links

• The Official Web Site of Phil Hill
• Phil Hill's World Championship Season, Race-by-race