The Triple Crown champion - Remembering Graham Hill

About this episode

The episode commemorates Graham Hill, the only driver to achieve the Triple Crown in motor racing, discussing his legacy and impact on the sport.

On the latest episode of And Colossally That’s History , Matt Bishop and Richard Williams raise a glass to Graham Hill, killed 50 years ago this week, along with five members of his team, in a light aircraft crash. Hill was just 46 years old at the time, and he left behind not only a wife and a young family but a sizeable void in the sport of motor racing.  Matt and Richard describe how despite a late start - he didn’t get his driving license until the age of 24! - Hill was able to achieve incredible success at the highest level of racing. Not only was he able to win two world championship titles in one of F1’s most talent-heavy eras, he remains to this day the only driver to have completed motor racing's fabled 'Triple Crown' by winning the sport’s three most prestigious and historically significant races: The Monaco Grand Prix, the Indianapolis 500, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.  Matt and Richard describe how he completed each leg of that significant achievement (five times in the case of Monaco!), while also discussing the many attributes that made him so special both in and out of the cockpit. They also look at which drivers have come closest to emulating Hill’s…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Bishop, Richard Williams

Topics covered

• motor racing
• Triple Crown
• Graham Hill
• F1 history
• sports achievements

Keywords

• Graham Hill
• Triple Crown
• Monaco Grand Prix
• Indianapolis 500
• 24 Hours of Le Mans
• F1
• motor racing history

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