Josh Hill (racing driver)

Josh Hill
Josh Hill
	Hill in 2013
Nationality	British
Born	Joshua Damon Devereux Hill; 9 January 1991 (age 35); Surrey, England
Relatives	Damon Hill (father); Graham Hill (grandfather)
Categorisation	FIA Silver
Previous series
2013; 2012-2013; 2012; 2011-2012; 2011-2012; 2011; 2009-10; 2008	FIA Formula 3 European Championship; MRF Challenge; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC; Toyota Racing Series; Formula Renault 2.0 UK; British Formula Ford Championship; Ginetta Junior Championship
Championship titles
2008	Ginetta Junior Winter Series

Joshua Damon Devereux Hill (born 9 January 1991) is a former British racing driver from Surrey, England, United Kingdom. He is the son of 1996 Formula One world champion Damon Hill and the grandson of two-time Formula One world champion Graham Hill.

Career

Hill started racing in September 2006, aged 15, in the Club100 karting championship.

In 2008, Hill stepped into car racing, competing in the Ginetta Junior Championship, getting a podium in only his second weekend and finishing 3rd overall before becoming Winter Series champion.

Hill debuted in single-seaters in the British Formula Ford Championship, contesting the 2009 and 2010 seasons with Jamun Racing, finishing fifth overall in 2010 with 12 podiums including five wins.

Hill entered the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship Winter Series ^[1] at the end of 2010 before starting a full campaign in 2011 with Manor Competition, finishing in seventh. He also appeared in New Zealand's Toyota Racing Series,^[2] finishing fourth in the New Zealand Grand Prix, and the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup, joining the series from round 11 with Keerbergs Transport Racing. After a difficult season, Hill contested the 2011 Formula Renault UK 2.0 Finals Series^[3]^[4] with Fortec Motorsport, achieving six pole positions and two wins from six races.

In January 2012, Hill again competed in the Toyota Racing Series, scoring a win and four other podiums on his way to 4th overall.^[5]

It was announced at the Autosport International show in January 2012 that Hill was now part of the MSA Team UK line up. Shortly after, he was also named as a BRDC Superstar on 27 February 2012.

Plans to race in Formula Renault UK 2.0 for 2012 were halted after it was announced in March that the championship would not go ahead that year, with the series eventually folding in September. Instead Hill re-entered the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC, finishing third overall and taking five wins. As a result of his top 3 finish, Hill was awarded a Formula Renault 3.5 Series test at MotorLand Aragón, which he completed with Fortec Motorsport and ISR Racing.

Following a strong 2012 season, Hill secured a spot as a finalist in the end of year Autosport BRDC Award "Young Driver of the Year" category. Along with a fitness, media, and simulator assessments, he and his fellow finalists were given tests in a FIA Formula Two Championship Williams JPH1, a McLaren MP4-12C GT3, and a Mercedes-AMG C-Coupé DTM. On 2 December 2012, it was announced that the award would be going to Jake Dennis, Hill's teammate for the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC.

Hill competed in the final round of the MRF Challenge in February 2013, winning on his debut and collecting two more podiums across the weekend.

Staying with Fortec Motorsport for 2013, he entered the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. After mixed results, that included a second place finish, on 9 July 2013, Hill announced his decision to quit motor racing, citing a current lack of focus on motorsport and a desire to pursue other interests.^[6]^[7]