It is wild to think about how time moves in this sport. Many years ago, friends and admirers of Graham Hill privately worried when he insisted on carrying on as an F1 driver going into the 1973 season.
He had proved himself time and time again to be a very quick driver who could get the job done. Back in 1962 he had emerged as Jim Clark’s strongest rival and won that year’s World Championship.
Poignantly, he did it again in 1968, carrying the shattered Lotus team on his shoulders after the Scot’s death that April.
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