Ka cika wannan magana: Hill bai yi jarabawar tuƙi ba sai ya kai shekara 24, kuma shi da kansa ya kwatanta motarsa ta farko da cewa "Abin da ya faru ne. Ya kamata dan wasan tsere mai tasowa ya mallaki irin wannan motar, kamar yadda yake koyar da hankali, kwanciyar hankali da kuma tsammanin, mafi yawan abin da nake tsammani!" Ya kasance yana da sha'awar babura amma a cikin 1954 ya ga tallan don Universal Motor Racing Club a Brands Hatch yana ba da zagaye don shillings 5. Ya fara fitowa a cikin motar Cooper 500 Formula 3 kuma ya himmatu ga tsere daga baya. Hill ya shiga Team Lotus a matsayin makaniki ba da daɗewa ba amma da sauri ya yi magana a cikin jirgin. Kasancewar Lotus a cikin Formula One ya ba shi damar fara fitowa a gasar
1958 Monaco Grand Prix, ya yi ritaya tare da gazawar rabin shaft.