| Who? |
What |
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| 1996 – European Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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Charging hard to regain position after an early first pit stop Hill nudged Diniz and both slid off the track, narrowly avoiding the gravel traps before they both rejoined.
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| 1996 – Spanish Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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4 pts
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Having made a bad set up decision Hill managed to spin on three separate occasion before he finally span into the pit wall and retirement on lap eleven. He blamed the poor visibility.
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| 1996 – British Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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Hill went off at Copse Corner and into retirement on lap twenty six. This was allegedly due to a rear wheel bearing failure.
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| 1996 – Italian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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3 pts
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Hill forced his team mate, Jacques Villeneuve across the grass at the first corner, Variante Goodyear on the first lap.
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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4 pts
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Hill span out at the first chicane and into retirement on lap six. Frank Williams was probably glad that he had decided to replace Hill with Frentzen for 1997.
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| 1996 – Portuguese Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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3 pts
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Hill indulged in a dramatic swerve at the start to keep Jean Alesi behind. The manoeuvre was so sever Alesi had to come right off the throttle to avoid a collision.
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| 1995 – Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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Hill span in the Senna S’s on lap thirty-one. This was due to the left rear suspensions turnbuckle breaking. The exact same part had been used on last year’s car that had been “terrible” over bumps and the part had not sustained one failure. “… Going into turn one at the start of lap thirty-one I selected third gear and suddenly the thing locked up and I went off” said Hill.
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| 1995 – Argentinian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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Hill span over the kerbs in the wet Friday morning free practice, damaging the under tray of his Williams. He was so angry he punched the steering wheel hurting his thumb. He was later seen with a bag of frozen prawns wrapped around the swollen appendage.
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| 1995 – British Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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Hill was on a two-stop strategy and Schumacher was on a one-stop strategy. After Hill’s second stop on lap forty-five he immerged from the pits behind the German. Hill now had the same fuel load as Schumacher but was on fresh tyres. By lap forty-five he was all over Schumacher and they were nose to tail through bridge Corner. Hill decided to have a go at Schumacher into Priory. Hill was in Schumacher’s hands and the German turned in on Hill. The Williams and the Benetton both spun out into retirement in the gravel. Schumacher was out of the car in a flash and was visibly angry, a marshal had to hold him back from Hill who just sat in his car an tried not to make eye contact. Schumacher called the manoeuvre a “crazy move,” comparing it to the incident between to two drivers at Adelaide in 1994. “What can I say? I think what Damon did was totally unnecessary. In fact, it was really stupid. There was no room for two cars, and there is no place to overtake there.” On examination of the video evidence the stewards decided it was six of one and half a dozen of the other; both were given a sever reprimand. Frank Williams was alleged to have called Hill a “prat” after the incident.
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| 1995 – German Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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Hill had a nasty surprise in morning warm-up. It is traditional that the Hockenheim crowds let off fireworks. In the warm up a rocket landed in Hill’s cockpit. He was lucky that it had expired.
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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Hill was leading Schumacher by two seconds as they passed the start finish line after the first lap. As Hill turned into the fast right hand first corner on the second lap he lost control of the car and spun off into the gravel and retirement. In Hill’s words “I’m very shocked about what happened, because I was very comfortable in the car. I went into the corner and the rear suddenly locked up and I went off. I don’t have an explanation for it.” “I was pitched into over-steer very suddenly, I was not over doing it.“ It is believed that the accident may have been caused by a problem with the car as Patrick Head later explained, “We have identified a left-hand rear drive-shaft joint showing unusual wear. It is not beyond reasonable doubt that this could have contributed to the spin.” With this revelation Hill’s accident seems to be less of a disaster as it is likely that the car would have not lasted the race distance anyway.
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| 1995 – Hungarian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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4 pts
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Hill posted a 1m16.928 lap time to take pole in Saturday qualifying. After taking pole he span off in turn one on his in lap.
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| 1995 – Belgian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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Hill collected a one-race ban, suspended for four races when he changed his mind at the last moment and cut across the grass to get into the pit lane entrance after some radio problems.
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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2 pts
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After stopping to change back to wet tyres whilst the field was behind the pace car Damon sped in the pit lane. He was awarded the mandatory ten second stop-go penalty by the race stewards.
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| 1995 – Italian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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Schumacher was coming up to lap the Footwork of Inoue. Hill tried a desperate move on Schumacher coming into the first chicane. Hill misjudged his braking and savaged the back of Schumacher’s Benetton, both spinning into the gravel trap and retirement. One of the Italian marshals had to hold Schumacher back form Hill to prevent an ugly confrontation. Schumacher was livid; “I turned into the corner not expecting anything, just a normal entry into the corner. I was really into the corner, braking late compared to Gerhard and the other drivers. Suddenly I felt a big bang and Damon went into me. It was not a slight touch; he really banged into me. I am certainly very upset about it because it is the second time he has taken points off me which I could have gained by finishing ahead of him.” Hill was slightly defensive, “I wanted to have a really good race to the end but when you have got people out there who are really clueless as to what is going on around them (Inoue) then these things happen.”
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| 1995 – European Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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4 pts
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Hill span out from fourth place on lap fifty-nine and into the tyre barriers and retirement. This ended his 1995 World Championship challenge. Hill’s Williams was having handling problems after earlier contact with Alesi‘s Ferrari had left the Williams steering very stiff. “Well, I am not going to win the World championship this year, but I’ll be back. I don’t think I have disgraced myself. I put up a good fight, did everything I could to win and it didn’t come off. I am in full working order after hitting the barrier, which is good news. The championship is effectively over but I will have a bloody good go in the last three races, I want to win them all.”
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| 1995 – Pacific Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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5 pts
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During the race Hill had shut Schumacher out on a number of occasions while the German had attempted to over take Hill’s Williams. Schumacher was furious with Hill, voicing the opinion that Hill had been un-sportsman like. This was ironic given that Schumacher had employed much more extreme driving tactics in earlier races to keep Hill behind. Hill called Schumacher a “hypocrite” and in the in the post-race press conference Hill offered his repost, “It seems there is one rule for him and another for every body else at times. I just think that either you should agree to that and there should be no complaints or there are rules and you should stick to them.”
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| 1995 – Japanese Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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2 pts
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On lap thirty-seven there was a light shower of rain. Hill slid off the track and had to come into the pits for a replacement nose box as the one fitted to his Williams had been damaged in the incident. As he pitted he exceeded the pit-lane speed limit but he span out of the race for good before he could serve the penalty and was thus fined $10,000.
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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4 pts
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A couple of laps after Hill had gone of the track and pitted to have the damaged nose box on his Williams replaced he went off the track at the Spoon corner again. He was negotiating his way around the tack to go in to take a ten second stop go penalty for pit-lane speeding but as he was stuck in the gravel and had to retire he was fined $10,000 as he did not get to serve his penalty. “Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it does. There is no easy way out of this; you just have to keep pressing on. The easiest thing is to give up and it would probably be less painful that way but it is not an option.”
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| 1994 – Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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On Friday Morning Free Practice Hill was sidelined for a time as one of the fire extinguishers in his cockpit had malfunctioned and filled the cockpit of his FW16 with foam.
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| 1994 – Monaco Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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Ominously for Hill he was to spin at Lowes Hairpin in the race warm-up. He touched the barriers and had to nurse his car back to the pits in order that his mechanics could repair it in time for the race.
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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From fourth place on the grid hill made a flying start and tried to squeeze past Mika Hakkinen going into Ste Devote. The William’s front right wheel made contact with the McLaren’s left rear and hell was let loose. Hakkinen spun around into the escape road, eliminated on the spot. Hill with deranged suspension was able to limp on as far as Casino before he had to retire from the race. Hill was philosophical; “I had managed to make the best start I had all year. I was past Berger and closing on Hakkinen and it look to me as tough there was room to get by on the left but be moved off his line. I had no room I hit the wall then him. That was it.” Hakkinen had his own ideas about the incident; Coming into the first corner Schumacher braked and so did I. Then I was hit, really hard from behind which pushed me into the barrier.”
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| 1994 – German Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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At the start Katayama got a “flyer” and was in second place coming into the first chicane Schumacher, who was running in third dived up the inside of Katayama. Hill who was following Schumacher tried to follow but Katayama did not give Hill room. Katayama slammed the door in Hill’s face. Hill ran into the back of Katayama’s Tyrrell and limped back to the pits with broken suspension that was replaced during a lengthy stop. Hill was philosophical; “I missed a golden opportunity today Katayama turned in but I should have been ready for him. Frank Williams expects perfection and I don’t think he will be exactly congratulating me. Perhaps if I had been more patient I could have won the race.”
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| 1994 – Hungarian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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4 pts
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In Friday Qualifying Hill span off into the gravel on his in lap. “I spun on the in lap because I was talking to the pit on the radio and just lost concentration. I was a little disappointed as I felt that I was having to work too much but I’m on the front row so I am not too disappointed.”
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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5 pts
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After the race Hill was critical of the back markers. He voiced the opinion that they were not as helpful as they could have been. He was also displeased with the two-stop strategy that he had been put on by the team. “Three refuelling stops was certainly the right strategy, other wise I wouldn’t be here.” Schumacher acknowledged. Hill was reeling with the team but refused to be openly critical; “I kept up the pressure to a certain point but he started to slip away and it became apparent that he was in fact going to stop three times. Then I pushed hard, thinking we were in with a chance but in the traffic you loose huge chunks of time. I found when I had fuller tanks I was not able to pass some people on the straight, so that was something of a failure with our strategy.” “Some people were particularly uncooperative but it was the same for Michael too.”
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| 1994 – Belgian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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5 pts
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After the events of Imola the drivers had expressed safety concerns about the famous Eau Rogue series of corners. To appease the driver’s fears the stewards installed a chicane where the great corner used to be as a temporary measure for 1994 until something could be done to the run off areas for 1995. Hill was very vocal about what he though of the chicane. “Well we asked to have Eau Rouge made safer and the driver request a chicane until safety at the long point can be improved on a long-term basis. The chicane is OK but I preferred the old Eau rouge. However, I don’t know whether the risk factor has been reduced that much because now you come down the hill and brake absolutely straight towards the barrier. So your line into Eau rogue is changed a bit – which is not necessarily safer.”
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| 1993 – South African Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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4 pts
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Hill was running second after the start in his first Grand Prix for Williams. He closed right up on to the tail of Senna’s McLaren and the loss of down force caused a loss of control that resulted in a spin. He was lucky he did not collect his team mate Prost as well as half the field.
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| 1993 – San Marino Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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Hill was lucky to retain his lead form Senna on the opening lap as he cut over the grass at the Aqua Minerali chicane.
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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3 pts
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Hill boxed in Senna after the Brazilian exited the pit lane after changing on to dry weather tyres. This allowed Prost to pass them both. Senna immediately took the place from Hill a few corners later and he made a rather rude hand signal to Hill. “I just managed to hold off Ayrton, I came out of the pits but I slid slightly wide onto a damp patch coming out of Tosa just as Senna seemed poised to scramble inside me. Suddenly, Alain seemed to come from nowhere and overtook us both. He appeared to be running at least 5 mph faster than me.” Explained Hill.
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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4 pts
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Hill slid into the gravel and retirement under braking for Tosa hairpin, just where Barrichello had spun in front of him a few laps earlier. “I had been grappling with a slightly long brake pedal moment. Then, suddenly the problem seemed to get worse and I slid off the circuit. I am very browned off…” recounted a disappointed Hill.
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| 1993 – Monaco Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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In Saturday free practice a hairline crack was detected in one of the rear suspension wishbones in Prost’s car. This was duly replaced. With ten minutes of the session left to run out Hill was sweeping through the tunnel at 170 mph when a similar crack in his suspension caused the wishbone to break. The result was a very sizable near accident. “I suddenly felt the rear sit down long before I entered the breaking area for the chicane,” recounted Hill.“ Miraculously the car came to rest in a huge cloud of tyre smoke without actually hitting anything.
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| 1993 – Canadian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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In Friday’s qualifying session Karl Wendlinger’s Sauber C15 expired as it came into the ess bends before the start / finish straight, deposition oil all over the track. This caught out Hill on his second qualifying run. He lost control of his Williams on the oil and spun into the wall.
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| 1993 – French Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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On his second run in Saturday qualifying Hill came upon Michele Alboreto’s Lola Ferrari. Alboreto took his normal line but Hill sliced up the inside. There was not enough room and the cars collided. Hill’s left-front wheel hit Alboreto’s rear-right wheel. This broke the Lola’s suspension and Alboreto spun to a halt in the middle of the track. Ironically hill continued with any damage to his car at all. “The impact was hard enough to have broken a steering arm and although I got way with it the steering felt a little strange for the rest of the lap,” confessed a grinning Hill.
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| 1993 – British Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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4 pts
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In the rain soaked Friday Free Practice session Hill span off into the sand trap at Stowe corner after only completing four laps. One of these laps was the fastest lap of the session though. “I just hit the brakes at Stowe and locked up at 130 mph. From there on there was nothing I can do.”
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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After the engine in his Williams expired Hill was forced into retirement on lap forty-two. He signalled his displeasure by giving the car a hefty kick as he left it stranded on the circuit. ”In situations like this you feel just empty,” said a philosophical Hill. “It is only the second time this year that one of our Renault engines has blown up and both times it has cost me a race. I feel anger and a furious sense of disbelief. You do everything right and something stops you. It was very disappointing.”
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| 1993 – German Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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4 pts
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The FW15C’s poor handling over the bumps at Hockenheim contributed significantly to Hill’s spin at the Ostkurve in Saturday qualifying. “It felt as though somebody was trying to apply a handbrake to the rear wheels every time I turned into a corner” insisted Hill.
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| 1993 – Portuguese Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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1 pts
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Hill flew off the track at the first corner on his first lap of the Friday’s qualifying session. “I was just going too quickly on cold tyres,” Hill admitted, “and I was lucky to get out of the sand trap by the skin of my teeth. If I hadn’t escaped then I obviously wouldn’t have got a time today and might have been in real trouble on Saturday if it had rained.”
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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7 pts
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The Williams mechanics were having trouble staring hill’s engine on the grid. The external starter had become dislodged and they had difficulty in relocating it. When the engine fired up it was burbling. If Hill had waited a couple of seconds it would have begun to rev normally but he selected first gear and it stalled. As a result he had to start the race from the back of the grid, his second career pole position wasted, his championship hopes dashed.
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| 1993 – Australian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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4 pts
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Hill spun his Williams after vaulting up to third place in Saturday qualifying. He then spun his Williams again and although he was able to select reverse gear he was not able to continue as he could not find a forward gear. He was not happy at having to abandon his car on the circuit.
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Hill, Damon (Williams)
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4 pts
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Hill spun in the closing stages as he was trying to steal second place from his team mate Alain Prost. Hill made a desperate lung going into the hairpin at the end of the back straight on lap sixty-eight, got onto the dirty part of the track, lost adhesion and spun. He almost took Brundle Ligier out as he recovered from the spin. “It was sort of a half-baked go,” admitted Hill. “The other times just had a look to see f it was possible, but I never really got close enough to get a tow from him.”
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| 1992 – San Marino Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Brabham)
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1 pts
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Hill had a miserable time enroute to non-qualification. The team did not take part in the first practice session as there was a dispute with John Judd, who supplied the team’s V10’s. Then when the cars were allowed on the track Hill’s car was found to be underweight at scrutineering.
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| 1992 – British Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Brabham)
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4 pts
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A missed gear change in the Saturday’s wet qualifying session resulted in a quick spin and an over revved engine for Hill who had just scrapped on to the back of the grid in the Friday’s dry session.
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| 1992 – Hungarian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Brabham)
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1 pts
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Hill had a massive accident in the Saturday’s qualifying session that would see him slightly injure his neck. In determined fashion he jumped into the spare and qualified in twenty-fifth place.
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| 1998 – Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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1 pts
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At post race scrutineering it was found that Damon Hill’s Jordan was seven kilograms under weight. A mid race water leak and ballast miscalculation were to blame. Hill was disqualified fro the results. “It doesn’t get much worse than this,” rued Eddie Jordan.
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| 1998 – Argentinian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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4 pts
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Hill spun his Jordan at the last corner of his last flying lap in qualifying at touch too much enthusiasm?
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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1 pts
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Fighting for ninth place on lap forty-six Damon Hill rammed the left rear wheel of Johnny Herbert’s Sauber. Herbert limped back to the pits but his Sauber was too badly damaged to continue. “I am surprised Damon did that given all his experience,” commented Herbert. Hill claimed that Herbert had left the door wide open and then chopped across him while he was attempting a legitimate manoeuvre.
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| 1998 – San Marino Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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1 pts
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At the start of the race Alexander Wurz was slow off the mark due top a gear selection problem. Hill did not anticipate this and he rammed the Benetton form behind. They both pitted at the end of the first lap, Hill for a new nose box and Wurz for a new steering wheel to cure the gear selection problem.
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| 1998 – Monaco Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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1 pts
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The Thursday practice session was barely minutes old before Hill mangled hi J198 in a crash in the swimming pool section.
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| 1998 – British Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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4 pts
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Hill spun off the track at Brooklands and although his Jordan was undamaged he was unable to continue as he had stalled its Mugen Honda engine. “I feel very sorry not to have given my fans a good result,” mused “Nige Jnr..”
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| 1998 – Italian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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1 pts
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Hill, Takagi and Tuero were all guilty of straight lining the first chicane on the second lap. All escaped without penalty.
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| 1998 – Japanese Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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5 pts
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After Schumacher had started form the back of the grid after stalling at the start of the parade lap on the restart he was making strong progress through the field. When he came up to pass Hill, Damon pulled every trick in the book to keep the German behind until he was asked by his team to let the Ferrari though. Revenge is sweet. Hill must have been thinking about Adelaide 1994.
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| 1999 – Monaco Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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1 pts
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Hill put his Jordan into the guardrail in the dying moments of qualifying. Hakkinen set his pole position time passing the static yellow flag for Hill’s strickened car.
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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1 pts
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Under braking for the chicane, Hill tried to overtake Ralf Schumacher for fifteenth place on the fourth lap. The Williams and the Jordan touched and Hill was out on the spot. “The incident was my fault. I was simply being too ambitious. Starting in seventeenth place I had to be very aggressive with my strategy and I decided after two laps that I was going to have to overtake. Ralf was defending hi line, so I do not blame him t all.”
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| 1999 – Spanish Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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5 pts
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At the weekend of the Spanish race Damon Hill lambasted the 1999 technical regulations. “I’m not happy with these cars,” said hill referring to the fourth groove in the front tyres. I have driven grand Prix cars under three regulations and have driven much nicer cars than these. I find them completely frustrating at the moment. They are all dependent on their aerodynamic performance and anything that upsets that throws a real spanner into the works. They are too heavily dependant on aerodynamic down force.”
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| 1999 – Canadian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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1 pts
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On lap fifteen Hill crashed his J99 in the ess bend that led on to the start/finish straight, terminally damaging it’s suspension. “I made a mistake. I lost control of the car and hit the wall. The track was slippery but it was my mistake to crash.”
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| 1999 – French Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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1 pts
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On lap twenty-one Hill pitted to fit wet weather tyres. As he exited the pit lane he banged into de la Rosa’s Arrows, puncturing one of the Jordans tyres, pitching Hill into a spin. He recovered the Jordan and nursed it back to the pits to have a new set of tyres fitted.
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| 1999 – British Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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5 pts
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Hill was surrounded by rumours of a mid-season retirement after a truly appalling race in France. He did nothing to confirm or deny the rumours. Many believed he just stayed because the next race would be his home Grand Prix.
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| 1999 – German Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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1 pts
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Damon Hill came into the pits to retire on lap fourteen. As hill fled to the team’s motor home he jostled with BBC radio reporter Peter Slater. Jordans team manager, Trevor Foster admitted that there was nothing mechanically wrong with the car. “Damon made us look a bit silly. We asked him on the radio if he wanted to pit and he said nothing then he came in and suddenly compounded that by stopping ten feet shot of his pit. We changed the tyres, inspected and refuelled the car and put on a new nose as a precaution and then he cut the engine and said he did not want to continue.” Damon later explained “we had to change the brake material between the warm-up and the race and I had problems with it. I was finding it difficult to stop the car and though it pointless to continue. The team wanted me to but I took the decision that it was not sage for me to carry on.”
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| 1999 – Italian Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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5 pts
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Hill finished the race in a distant tenth position after his team mate, Frentzen won the race. He was not aided by an overlong pit stop in which Hill had accidentally turned the engine off form the cockpit.
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| 1999 – Japanese Grand Prix |
| Misc |
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Hill, Damon (Jordan)
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1 pts
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Hill ended his Formula One career in pathetic style. After a spin at the spoon curve that damaged his car he pitted and rejoined but he then decided to give up on lap twenty-two, parked his Jordan on the track and retired. “I spun off just before I was due in for my pit stop and had to change the nose cone which lost me a lot of time. After that I decided to there was little to gain and too much to loose by carrying on. I have to acknowledge that F1 for me is a thing of the past and I have made the right decision to retire.”
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