The Birth of his New Racing Car
Narrated by Graham Hill

'You win races by taking as few chances as possible - it's a calculated risk and you have to calculate on your car's performance and your own performance' - Graham Hill should know, twice World Champion, the oldest (at 44) Grand Prix driver still racing, with more Grands Prix under his belt than any other driver - ever. Next Saturday Graham Hill will race in his 153rd Grand Prix the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. He will be racing for the first time in this country his new car Shadow, described by Graham as 'a mobile fuel tank on wheels, divided into three compartments, two for fuel and one for me in the middle.'

This documentary is a personal record of weeks of intensive effort by Graham and his mechanics.
To build it he had to find the money - it can cost up to £100,000 to run one racing car for one Grand Prix season. 'It was a hell of a financial gamble; I had to turn myself into a businessman literally overnight.'