The life of a remarkable woman was fondly recalled on Friday when the motor racing world said goodbye to Bette Hill, wife of one world champion and mother to another.
In many ways, Bette Hill was the 'First Lady' of motor racing thanks to her staunch support for husband Graham and selfless work helping other wives in an era when tragedy would intrude, almost on a weekly basis.
On 29 November 1975, Bette became a sufferer herself when Graham's Piper Aztec crashed in fog while returning from a test session at Paul Ricard, killing the double world champion, Tony Brise (a brilliantly talented 23-year-old protégé of Hill following his retirement from the cockpit that summer) and four members of his eponymous F1 team.