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Phil Hill
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Phil Hill (1927–2008) was an Austrian male figure associated with racing and music. In racing, he recorded 55 starts, achieving 3 wins, 6 pole positions, and 16 podium finishes, for a total of 98 points. He is also identified as a piano player.
Hill is credited with four works in Open Library records, including *Ferrari, a Champion's View* and *Church of the Third Millennium*. Crossref data lists five works associated with him. His musical activity is tagged with piano on Last.fm, where he has 11 listeners and 65 plays.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- Philip Toll Hill Jr. , ( 1927-04-20 ) April 20, 1927, Miami , Florida , U.S.
- Died
- August 28, 2008 (2008-08-28) (aged 81), Monterey, California , U.S.
- Spouse
- Alma Varanowski ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1971 )
- Children
- 3, including Derek
- Nationality
- American
- Active years
- 1958 – 1964 , 1966
- Teams
- Bonnier , Ferrari , BRP , Porsche , ATS , Filipinetti , Cooper , privateer Lotus , privateer McLaren , Eagle
- Entries
- 52 (49 starts)
- Championships
- 1 ( 1961 )
- Career points
- 94 (98)
- First entry
- 1958 French Grand Prix
- First win
- 1960 Italian Grand Prix
- Last win
- 1961 Italian Grand Prix
- Last entry
- 1966 Italian Grand Prix
- Participating years span years
- 1953 , 1955 – 1967
- Best finish
- 1st ( 1958 , 1961 , 1962 )
- Class wins
- 3 ( 1958 , 1961 , 1962 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Miami
- Place of death
- Salinas
- Occupation
- racing automobile driver
- Educated at
- USC Marshall School of Business
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Sport
- auto racing
- Country for sport
- Dominican Republic
- Image
- Phil Hill 1991 USA (cropped).jpg
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- place of burial
- Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- Commons category
- Phil Hill
- date of birth
- 1927-04-20
- date of death
- 2008-08-28
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- number of wins
- 3
- points for
- 98
- pole positions
- 6
- podium finishes
- 16
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 55
- name in native language
- Philip Toll Hill Jr.
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Encyclopedic overview
Philip Toll Hill Jr. (April 20, 1927 – August 28, 2008) was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1966. Hill won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1961 with Ferrari, and won three Grands Prix across eight seasons. In endurance racing, Hill was a three-time winner of both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring, all with Ferrari. Upon winning the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1964 with NART, Hill became the first driver to complete the Triple Crown of endurance racing.
Hill was one of two American drivers to win the World Drivers' Championship alongside Mario Andretti, and the only one who was born in the United States. Hill was described as a "thoughtful, gentle man" and once said, "I'm in the wrong business. I don't want to beat anybody, I don't want to be the big hero. I'm a peace-loving man, basically."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phil Hill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.