Damon Hill

"Oh, thats Grahams Son" was the saying that preceeded Damon wherever he went for the first 4 years of his Grand Prix career. In fact, It took that long to win the world title with one of the most successful teams around to prove his doubters wrong. Damon has a famous racing father from the 1960's in case anyone is wondering. Graham Hill. He was the Darling of Monaco winning there many times, a feat Damon could not repeat. He did however win the British grand Prix, something his father failed to do. It was not Cars that interested a young Damon though. He prefered the thrill of 2 wheels to 4 and competed in Bike races. Hew ...

In my opinion, this man is one of the all time greats of Formula One driving. Being a patriotic follower of anything British, I naturally took an interest in this man and remained one of his fans through the various different teams he drove for, including Williams, Arrows and Jordan. One of my greatest memories of this man is when he drove Jordan to their first Grand Prix victory in the rain at Spa, and another is when he came so close to securing a win for Arrows in Hungary only for his engine to have problems right on the last lap to give Jacques Villeneuve the chequered flag and leave Damon in second. Maybe it is a good thing that Damon retired when he did as to not ...

Damon Hill was a great driver in his time, he won the world championship, following in the footsteps of his father. But you cant help but feel that it all started to go down hill when he left Williams (through no choice of his own) to join Arrows. A noble move, but one that unfortunately turned out to look stupid. After failing to achieve at Arrows he joined Jordan, and despite winning one classic race at Spa he didnt have a good time of it there either. At times he seemed to give up after doing badly, OK, so it may be hard to be motivated if your last but it doesnt show you off as a good sportsman. He left Jordan to end his career, not on a high ...