Who becomes the first father-son duo to be F1 world champions?

Perhaps the most famous father-son pairing in F1. Graham Hill’s F1 career spanned 17 years, during which he was crowned world champion twice; once in 1962 driving for BRM and again in 1968 for Lotus. To date he is the only driver to win the triple crown, winning the Indy 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Monaco Grand Prix as a driver. He won the latter of these five times in the 1960s, earning him the nickname ‘Mr Monaco’.

Graham Hill died in a plane crash when son Damon was still a teenager, and several years passed before the younger Hill took up motor racing. Initially racing motorbikes, Damon Hill eventually found his way into F1 as a test driver for Brabham. He then moved to Williams, where he earned all but one of his 22 grand prix victories and sole world title in 1996.

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