

Phil Hill: the sad F1 hero
It was, as Charles Dickens once wrote, the best of times and the worst of times. As Phil Hill completed the final laps of the 1961 Italian Grand Prix he…
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On the journey to and from Charterhall we discovered again what it sad and sorry road is Al, south of Granthatn. The traffic hold-ups were caused by lorries on the way up and holiday motorists on the way down, along this tragically narrow, undulating and winding ” Great” North Road. Let it be whispered thin we also lost time on the way home finding a blacksmith (yes, really !) to repair our stricken Morgan Plus Four, after garages had merely laughed at our plight. * * *