Damon Hill

Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE (born 17 September 1960) is a retired Formula One driver who was the 1996 Formula One Champion, becoming the first son of a world champion to win a championship.
Hill started his Formula One career with in , replacing Giovanna Amati from the fourth round and onwards until the team folded mid-way during the season. Without a drive for the remainder of 1992, Hill surprisedly got a seat at the team in , getting three wins and a third place in the Drivers' Championship. He was retained for the season, having a rivalry with Michael Schumacher that lasted until the end of the season, were he won the Drivers' World Championship at the 1996 Japanese Grand Prix, the final race of the season.
Despite winning the championship, he was not retained by the team for because Williams favoured German Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Being linked to , and for a seat, he instead decided to sign for the team. Instead, the 1997 season with Arrows turned out to be uncompetitive for Hill. At the end of the season, he signed for the team in , winning at the wet-weather 1998 Belgian Grand Prix. Hill announced his retirement from Formula One racing at the end of the season.
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==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===F1 Career Record===
Year	Entrant 	Team	WDC Pts. 	WDC Pos. 	Report
 	Benetton Formula 	 	Test driver	Test driver 	
 	Canon Williams Team 	 	Test driver	Test driver 	
 	Canon Williams Team 	 	Test driver	Test driver 	Report
 	Motor Racing Developments Ltd.	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Canon Williams Team 	 	69 	align="center"	Report
 	Rothmans Williams Team 	 	91 	align="center"	Report
 	Rothmans Williams Team 	 	69 	align="center"	Report
 	Rothmans Williams Team 	 	97 	align="center"	Report
 	Bridgestone Test Team 	 	Test driver	Test driver 	Report
 	Danka Arrows Yamaha 	 	7 	12th 	Report
 	Benson & Hedges Jordan 	 	20 	6th 	Report
 	Benson & Hedges Jordan 	 	7 	12th 	Report
===Statistics===
===Wins===
No.	Race
1 	1993 Hungarian Grand Prix
2 	1993 Belgian Grand Prix
3 	1993 Italian Grand Prix
4 	1994 Spanish Grand Prix
5 	1994 British Grand Prix
6 	1994 Belgian Grand Prix
7 	1994 Italian Grand Prix
8 	1994 Portuguese Grand Prix
9 	1994 Japanese Grand Prix
10 	1995 Argentine Grand Prix
11 	1995 San Marino Grand Prix
12 	1995 Hungarian Grand Prix
13 	1995 Australian Grand Prix
14 	1996 Australian Grand Prix
15 	1996 Brazilian Grand Prix
16 	1996 Argentine Grand Prix
17 	1996 San Marino Grand Prix
18 	1996 Canadian Grand Prix
19 	1996 French Grand Prix
20 	1996 German Grand Prix
21 	1996 Japanese Grand Prix
22 	1998 Belgian Grand Prix
===Career Results===
==External links==
* Wikipedia article
* STATS F1 page
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