Hill (constructor)
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Hill was a short-lived Formula 1 team started by the two-time Formula 1 world-champion Graham Hill, racing as a constructor in 1975.
Embassy Racing With Graham Hill came first into being in 1973, when Graham Hill started operating a team with cars purchased from Shadow. 1974's chassis' were bought from Lola, until in 1975 the team debuted its own chassis, the GH1 model designed by Andy Smallman (which drew heavily from the design of previous year's Lola cars).
After failing to qualify at the 1975 Monaco Grand Prix, a race he had won five times, Hill no longer drove himself, instead driving duties were mainly assumed by Alan Jones and Tony Brise. The former scored fifth in the 1975 German Grand Prix; the latter was sixth in the 1975 Swedish Grand Prix and qualified sixth for the 1975 Italian Grand Prix.
François Migault and Vern Schuppan were also seen behind the wheel of a Hill that year.
On a foggy day in late 1975, Hill personnel were returning from France where they had tested next year's GH2 model when their plane crashed near London and everyone on board, including Hill, Smallman and Brise, were killed.
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