{"id":490369,"date":"2008-11-01T18:00:57","date_gmt":"2008-11-02T01:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=50072"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:06:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:06:41","slug":"phil-hill-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/phil-hill-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>In 2001, our Ed McDonough spoke with Phil Hill about his championship year in Formula One and the oftentimes challenging politics of racing for Ferrari in the \u201960s. In remembrance of Hill and his achievement, we reproduce that interview here, which first appeared in VR in our September 2001 issue.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_565773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-565773\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/INT200811-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-565773 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/INT200811-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Phil HillPhoto: Art Evans\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/INT200811-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/INT200811-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/INT200811-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/INT200811-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-565773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phil Hill<br \/>Photo: Art Evans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>Of course, your career has had many facets, but in focusing on your championship year, did it seem to you at the end of 1960 and the beginning of 1961 that the championship was a realistic objective?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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Phil HillPhoto: Art Evans Of course, your career has had many facets, but in focusing on your championship year, did it seem to you at the end of 1960 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":565768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11272,261,18114],"tags":[18322,60,11715,11657,11495,548,18435,12733,11470,11297,11377,16462,1148,11480,583,501,504,604,9884],"class_list":["post-490369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-people","tag-2000s-all","tag-ferrari","tag-ferrari-156-f1","tag-grand-prix","tag-monte-carlo","tag-motorsport","tag-people","tag-olivier-gendebien","tag-phil-hill","tag-richie-ginther","tag-stirling-moss","tag-interview","tag-24-hours-of-le-mans","tag-targa-florio","tag-monaco","tag-nurburgring","tag-spa","tag-f1","tag-zandvoort"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Phil Hill<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"First run in our September 2001 issue, Ed McDonough speaks with Phil Hill about his 1961 World Championship and living with Ferrari politics.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/phil-hill-2\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/phil-hill-2\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Phil Hill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First run in our September 2001 issue, Ed McDonough speaks with Phil Hill about his 1961 World Championship and living with Ferrari politics.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/phil-hill-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-11-02T01:00:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:06:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/INT200811-p3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"808\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed McDonough\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed McDonough\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/phil-hill-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/phil-hill-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ed McDonough\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/011d7505e6bfb08c26631ce799da7d56\"},\"headline\":\"Phil Hill\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-11-02T01:00:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T03:06:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/phil-hill-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2094,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/phil-hill-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2008\\\/11\\\/INT200811-p3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2000s All\",\"Ferrari\",\"Ferrari 156 F1\",\"Grand Prix\",\"Monte Carlo\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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