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Lost Ferrari rides again

In 1961, Phil Hill was crowned F1 champion at Monza driving the Ferrari 156 –a race in which team-mate Wolfgang von Trips and 14 spectators were killed. Almost 60 years later, Phil’s son Derek Hill takes the wheel of a ‘Sharknose’ to experience what life was like for his father
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