Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 17 September 1960
Drivers championships:
1996
Grand Prix victories: 22
Races started: 115
Pole positions: 20
Teams:
Jordan 1998 - 1999,
Arrows 1997,
Williams 1993 - 1996,
Brabham 1992
Damon Hill career
Son of the great Graham Hill and despite the pressure put upon him to follow his father and carry British hopes of a world champion driver, he was a good racer who won his title with Williams in 1996 and pushed Michael Schumacher in the mid 1990's. Hill came to F1 late, being 32 when he started for Brabham. He moved to Williams in 1993 and led the team following the tragic death of Senna in 1994 when he lost the championship by 1 point to Michael Schumacher after they collided and both retired in Australia. Following his championship winning season in 1996, he had an unsuccessful season at Arrows before moving to Jordan. Damon Hill subsequently took over the running of the BRDC and over saw the successful redevelopment of the Silverstone circuit. Damon Hill was the last driver to win a race by 2 laps at the 1995 Australian GP (Jackie Stewart being the other driver to do this).
Previous seasons
1999
Team: Jordan
Position: 12
Points: 7
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He struggled this season with the Jordan and decide to retire at the end of the season. This was however Jordan's best season finishing 3rd in the constructors championship.
1998
Team: Jordan
Position: 6
Points: 20
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0 The first half of the season was a struggle but the car was better in the second half of the season. He won in Belgium which was Jordan's first F1 GP win.
1997
Team: Arrows
Position: 12
Points: 7
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 For 1997 he moved to Arrows, but this was not a competitive car and the Yamaha engine generally underpowered. However he did manage a 2nd place in Hungary.
1996
Team: Williams
Position: 1
Points: 98
Race wins: 8
Pole positions: 9 This was Damon Hill's championship winning season with the FW18 being the dominant car. He started every race from the front row of the grid and winning 8 races. Despite his success with Williams he was dropped at the end of the season.
1995
Team: Williams
Position: 2
Points: 69
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 6 Damon Hill had another strong season but again lost out in the driver's championship to Michael Schumacher.
1994
Team: Williams
Position: 2
Points: 91
Race wins: 5
Pole positions: 2 This was a good season in terms of race results with Damon Hill just missing out on the title after a coming together with Michael Schumacher in the final race that gave Schumacher the championship. It was however a sad year with the loss of Ayrton Senna his team mate in a fatal accident in Imola. The team did though win the constructors championship.
1993
Team: Williams
Position: 3
Points: 69
Race wins: 3
Pole positions: 2 He had a good consistent first full season in F1 finishing on the podium in 10 out of 15 races.
1992
Team: Brabham
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 In his first season in Formula 1 he completed two races for Brabham whilst being test driver for Williams.
