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====Graham Hill's era==== [[File:HillGraham1966Aug.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Graham Hill]] won five of his 14 Grands Prix at Monaco.]] [[United Kingdom|Britain's]] [[Graham Hill]] won the race five times in the 1960s and became known as "King of Monaco"<ref name="kingmonaco">''The Complete Encyclopedia of Formula One'', p. 262, line 10, Carlton Books Ltd. {{ISBN|1-85868-515-X}}.</ref> and "Mr. Monaco". He first won in 1963, and then won the next two years.<ref name = "GP.com" /> In the [[1965 Monaco Grand Prix|1965 race]], he took pole position and led from the start, but went up an escape road on lap 25 to avoid hitting a slow backmarker. Re-joining in fifth place, Hill set several new lap records on the way to winning.<ref name="Hill8W">{{cite web|publisher=8W|url=http://www.forix.com/8w/ghill.html|title=Graham Hill β All-rounder extraordinary|author=Richard Armstrong|access-date=23 August 2006|archive-date=28 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042749/http://www.forix.com/8w/ghill.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The race was also notable for Jim Clark's absence (he was participating in [[1965 Indianapolis 500|the Indianapolis 500]]), and for [[Paul Hawkins (racing driver)|Paul Hawkins's]] Lotus ending up in the harbour.<ref name="Hawkins">{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-hawpau.html|publisher=GrandPrix.com|title=Drivers: Paul Hawkins|access-date=28 January 2007|archive-date=19 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419071150/http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-hawpau.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hill's teammate, Briton [[Jackie Stewart]], won in 1966 and New Zealander [[Denny Hulme]] won in 1967, but Hill won the next two years, the 1969 event being his final Formula One championship victory, by which time he was a double Formula One world champion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/drivers/hall-of-fame/Graham_Hill.html|title=Graham Hill β 1962, 1968|website=Formula1.com|access-date=24 February 2017|archive-date=25 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225053314/https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/drivers/hall-of-fame/Graham_Hill.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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