1959 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 27th 24 Hours of Le Mans, Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 20 and 21 June 1959, on Circuit de la Sarthe. It was also the fourth round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. The prospect of an exciting duel between Ferrari, Aston Martin and giantkillers Porsche was enough to draw large crowds and some 150,000 spectators gathered for France's classic sports car race, around the 8.38-mile course.
The winning Aston Martin DBR1 of Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby.
The DB Panhard of Cotton and Cornet, which won the GT750 class and the Index of Performance.
Phil Hill
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Philip Toll Hill Jr. was an American racing driver. He was one of two American drivers to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, and the only one who was born in the United States. He also scored three wins at each of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring sports car races.
Hill driving a Ferrari 250 TR at the 12 hours of Sebring (1958)
Hill driving for Ferrari at the 1962 German Grand Prix