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Hill (constructor)

Embassy Racing With Graham Hill
Full name Embassy Racing With Graham Hill
Base United Kingdom
Founder(s) United Kingdom Graham Hill
Noted drivers United Kingdom Graham Hill
United Kingdom Tony Brise
Australia Alan Jones
Germany Rolf Stommelen
Formula One World Championship career
First entry 1973 Spanish Grand Prix
Races entered 41
Constructors Shadow-Ford
Lola-Ford
Hill-Ford
Drivers'
Championships
0
Race victories 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
Final entry 1975 United States Grand Prix
Hill as a Formula One constructor
Formula One World Championship career
Entrants Embassy Hill
First entry 1975 Spanish Grand Prix
Last entry 1975 United States Grand Prix
Races entered 11
Race victories 0
Constructors' Championships 0
Drivers'
Championships
0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0

Embassy Hill was a short-lived Formula One team started by the two-time Formula One world-champion Graham Hill, racing as a constructor with its own chassis in 1975. The team debuted in 1973 and had limited success in three seasons of racing, but everything was cut short by the death of Hill, Tony Brise and some of the team's top personnel in the crash of a light aircraft in the autumn before the 1976 season. The team was sponsored by Imperial Tobacco's Embassy cigarette brand and ran under various names during its time.

Embassy Racing With Graham Hill first came into being when Graham Hill decided to leave his previous team, Brabham, unhappy with the atmosphere there. He announced in late 1972 he was starting his own team, acting as owner and driver. Securing sponsorship from Embassy, Hill started operating a team with cars purchased from Shadow. Things did not go well that year: the team's best finish was ninth at Zolder, being the last finisher among 9 cars (the former World Champion also started 23rd of 23 cars that race).

The chassis for 1974 were bought from Lola, and designated as the Lola T370. Graham Hill drove throughout the season and scored a point at the 1974 Swedish Grand Prix, but this was to be the team's only point that season. The second car was driven by Guy Edwards, and later Peter Gethin and Rolf Stommelen.

The T370 was still being used at the beginning of the 1975 season, until the team's new car was ready. The new car for 1975 was initially designated as the Lola T371, but when designer Andy Smallman left Lola to work full-time for Embassy Hill it was renamed the Hill GH1. Smallman's design drew heavily from the design of previous year's Lola cars.


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