5 Former F1 drivers who won Indy 500

2017 Indy 500
2017 Indy 500

#2 Graham Hill - 1966

Graham Hill at the 1965 Indy 500
Graham Hill at the 1965 Indy 500

Just one year after fellow F1 World Champion Jim Clark won the Indy 500, 1962 and 1968 F1 World Champion Graham Hill, made his way to Indianapolis to take a victory. It must not have been the greatest feeling for the full-time Indycar drivers to see F1 superstars take the victory two years in a row.

The race wasn't controversy-free however, as Graham Hill only led 10 laps in the entire race. In second place was the previous year's winner Jim Clark, and after the race was done, there was confusion as to whether Hill had actually passed Clark, or whether there was an error in the time card that deleted one of Hill's laps.

Once it was all said and done however, it didn't matter and the result stood. Graham Hill etched his name in history and added the Indy 500 to his list of accolades. With his Le Mans win in 1972, it also made him the first and only driver to win the triple crown of Motorsports, along with his five Monaco GP wins.

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