Does Graham Hill’s superb drive in the
1960 British Grand Prix outclass Lewis
Hamilton’s win in São Paulo last year?
Re Johnny Herbert’s January column in which Damon Hill stated that he thought Lewis Hamilton’s Brazil performance was the best he has ever seen. There was another performance that Damon would like to have seen, and that was his father Graham’s charge through the pack at the 1960 British GP. Having qualified his P48 BRM second, he had the misfortune to stall it as the flag dropped. As coolly and smoothly as Lewis, he drove through the field ultimately passing leader Jack Brabham and his Cooper to take the lead. Regrettably it all came to naught when the single rear disc brake let him down.