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Phil Hill and Wolfgang Von Trips ahead of the 1961 Belgian Grand Prix. Hill qualified in pole position, breaking the track record with the first ever sub four minute lap time. Von Trips qualified second. According to Michael Cannell "The lead switched back and forth between Hill and von Trips as they swung through curves at 150 mph. Hill eventually pulled away, three times recording track records. A heavy rain closed in and the pack slowed by about ten seconds a lap, impeding von Trips from challenging Hill, though he surely would have pressed had he known that Hill was vulnerable. A tiny pebble had lodged in Hill’s eye on the twentieth lap. He drove the last third of the race half blind. Once again [Romolo] Tavoni held out a sign freezing the positions, this time with Hill beating von Trips by barely a half-second. Hill called it 'more of a joke than a race' because of Tavoni’s orchestration." The 3rd round grand prix was Hill's first win of his 1961 championship season. He would go on to win only one more race that season, at Monza. | photograph from The Cruel Sport - Robert Daley; quote from The Limit - Michael Cannell

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