Bojan Vrbnjak
"I thought, 'What the hell? Where did this come from now? '"It simply came to our notice then Damon Hill described a special meeting with co-founder of the Williams team, Patrick Head. The latter was still in the middle 90s technical director of the team that is Hilla after a tragic death Ayrton Senna led to racer number one.
All Hill it was not always popular. “I feel a great deal of affection for Frank Williams and Patrick Head. I have a lot to thank them for, but sometimes…“, He described Hill in a podcast with colleagues from Autosportt. Especially Head he treated him rudely and sometimes targeted him. "kick“As he calls it Hilll. "Patrick probably thought he was motivating me with this. Last but not least, it really motivated me, but more in a negative way.“This also applies to this case on the racetrack. “He was a little frustrated and after ten minutes of my first free practice on Friday I was reading Levites," so Hill.
Then his collar broke. And how did that manifest itself? “I took the steering wheel out of the cockpit, put it in his hand and said, 'Then race alone!'" Head he retreated furiously like a lynx, leaving the whole matter vague. Looking back Hill he assesses such scenes differently today than in his active time. “We really loved each other and we just wanted to get the best out of the other. But sometimes it erupts out of you and it can then become a lot of fun."
But it was also very different than the years 1994 before the season finale c Australia. On the flight to Adelaide do you go Barry Sheene, the world champion in motorcycles, literally attacked, so he had to renegotiate with the team. “Barry instilled in my head that I should renegotiate my contract next year. I started the season as number two and now I should get what belongs to me. He convinced me that I was underpaid." Hill he took this advice to heart. “So I discussed this in Adelaide with Murray Walker about how much I was valued at Williams. Then I went to the pits and stepped in front of Patrick."
At that moment, he figured out what he had done. “I was very ashamed," so Hilll. "The team was waiting for their racer and he told the media a little earlier that he did not feel appreciated enough.”And the relationship between Williams in Hill remained variable. Otherwise it is Hill leta 1996 for the traditional team won the title, but for the season 1997 did not receive a new contract and transferred to Arrows. After a further season at Jordan, Yippee Hill end of the year 1999 ended his career Formula 1. At the same time, he performs the task of a professional commentator on television.
