In this episode of DRIVER I hit the golf course with 1996 F1 World Champion Damon Hill for an open and revealing conversation about his career, rivalries and his personal journey.
We discuss:
– Loosing his father, Graham Hill, at the a young age and how it shaped his path.
– His intense battles with Michael Schumacher, including their infamous title showdown clash in Adelaide 1994.
– And what it was like being Ayrton Senna’s teammate at Williams during that tragic 1994 season.
Enjoy 🙂
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True and honest as few and its two of them Nigel Mansell as well
Great watch…..🏁🏁
Won so many Monaco GPs which is the one circuit which favours the driver rather than someone with a better car – and was the first (only) driver to win F1 Champs, Indianapolis & Le Mans.
You forgot to ask him why he wasn't able to remember anything at the Senna trial…
Schumacher 🤮🤮🤮
Better driver and golfer
I met Damon about 25 years ago and I can confirm he is an absolute gentleman. I'd sooner talk to him over any of the brainless automatons on today's grid.
Lewis was a poor kid who did it on his own. Max is fantastic but he's had every advantage you could be given. Same with Senna. His dad was a millionaire. Lewis is us.
Damon won a championship against Michael, what more to say
Best drivers of all time are still: Fangio, Clark and Senna, in no particular order. Due to cheating and vile personality Schumacher and Verstappen aren't top 10, especially Verstappen
Damon looks like his father the older he gets !!
Loved his career
Underrated driver!
Sat next to him on a flight back from Lisbon many years ago, very arrogant, unpleasant man.
23:23 He said Senna was the fastest, but gave the laurels to everyone.
Always love Damon talking, I listen intently. I have read his book "Watching the wheels' after reading his mother's book "Other side of the Hill', both excellent books. Love how he details the costs back then of getting into motorsport which must have seemed colossal, but nowadays seems miniscule. I think he needed 150,000 pounds for one season in F3, and now his son informs it's 2 million per season for F3.
Damon's thoughts & descriptions were amazing. I believe he's 64. He's 4 years older than I. I now wonder if he went through a time of revelation that I went through.
My Dad did not die young.. but 4 years ago he passed of Dementia. About 1 year later I had a summer of what I call.. a very busy brain. It was all about my family & my childhood. To keep it short. There were my past feelings about my family but I realized I was still holding onto those feelings based upon the brain of the "son". But now.. as a 57 year old man (Grandpa to 2), I could suddenly recall things rather well (clearer), and many of my previous opinions were replaced by more accurate opinions. What I learned was I got many things wrong. And it's because, when I was young, I could only infer what people thought of me by my boy brain. It was often wrong. I feel bad for that "boy".. he never realized it was not as bad as it seemed.
When Damon spoke of his upbringing.. he sounded like what I sound like now. So that makes me wonder if he had a busy brain in his more mature years? Sure sounded like he reflected a lot so that he could describe his father very accurately.
what a well consdered and balanced response from a true Gent.
Terrific interview, Damon always comes across as a great bloke. I will always remember Murray’s commentary when he won the title too 😢
Damon was a very very very good driver and one if the best test drivers to exist . He had, prost, mansell and senna as teammates and never moaned and still could beat them. It's a shame he never got to mclaren
Great interview. Thank you for sharing your video.
My birthday is on the same day like Graham Hill's.
No offence, but Damon was a mediocre driver. Senna lapped him in the same car. Adrian Newey was the real winner in 1996, not him. Without his name, Damon would not be near F1.
Damon’s F1 do over: “I wouldn’t have gone down the inside of Michael Schumacher.” 😅🤣
12:19 Damon looked like a frail old man in his 80s wearing that ski hat.
24:36 Back to silver fox mode again when it was off. 😎
He was the 1994 world champion. Too bad he didnt defended senna,after all williams kicked him after 1996.still a true gent
Lucas Stewart, you clearly haven't heard of Fangio, Clark, Stewart, Lauda or Prost! Of the four mentioned, Senna by some margin, then Schuey, Verstappen and Hamilton bringing up the rear.
Hamilton is most definately not in the top 4. Maybe not even top 10. Verstappen just might be.
1. Senna
2. Prost
3. Lauda
4. Schumacher
5. Fangio
6. Clark
7. Verstappen
8. Alonso
9. Stewart
10. Piquet
They all could drive well in a non dominating car.
Hamilton can not. He proved that he needs complete team support to supress the only competion he had, and is unable to compete with an inferior car, while all the others on this list did that, although I don't know about Fangio, but probably.
Honest sportsman, true to himself and respected for it.
i love Damon Hill great Champion
So why did he lie in court during the Senna crash investigation? Or he also can't remember that?
Nothing to say other than to ask why you AI or whatever you do to REAL peoples faces in thumbnails? As if the world ain't weird enough and realities aren't being blurred without such nonsense? Genuine question. Following trends?
It is damn weird if you think about it.
Thoroughly nice chap but lacked balls and decisiveness in his f1 career and demonstrated in this video
Excellent!
I was at a bbq party at a friend's who was a good pal of Damon's, and we played football together the day after he got back from the Brazilian GP where Senna had died. Like an idiot, I asked him what had happened (he was the first round the corner after the crash), but he couldn't have been nicer and more human, and tried to explain what little was known so soon after the crash, and how he felt. A real mensch.
A true champion. His type much missed today.
Damon is a national treasure and should be protected at all costs! What a great interview.
D was a posh kid and crap driver
He looks a mess that bag will snap his back.needs give coke a rest
“Wasn’t it Arrows?”
What a proper gent, obviously knows full well it wasn’t Jordan
Your Dad would have been very proud of the man you became Damon
Growing up Damon Hill was my favorite driver, especially when fighting Schumacher in 1994. Then I came across him in a go-kart ring when he was supporting his son! He refused to meet to take any pics with anyone, a complete pillock.
Never liked or gave him a 2nd thought after that
Sir Damon Hill is probably one of the greatest drivers of all time!
It was going so well until he pronounced route the american way.what what
Loved damon very underrated champion driver
Ayrton Senna and Damon Hill had one of the most recognizable helmets in the history of F1
The Quintessential English Gentleman: that just happened to be a racing driver.