On the 26th of August 2025, mourners gathered in Surrey to celebrate the life of a remarkable man, Roger Hill, with the key word here being ‘celebrate’.

No dirge-like hymns here, instead the joyous, upbeat sound of the Jeff Lynne-penned ‘Mr Blue Sky’ reverberated around the crematorium.

Richard Jenkins: Roger Hill was ‘utterly dedicated to Tyrrell’

Obituary written by Richard Jenkins.

Amongst the congregation, having flown in directly from Switzerland, was Sir Jackie Stewart, three time World Champion and a living legend of the sport and his son Paul, but also some of motorsport’s top journalists and a host of former colleagues who travelled from Scotland, Wales and all over England to be there to honour Roger Hill, who died, aged 84, on the 19th July 2025.

Roger, who would have been

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