Knowing yourself: Damon Hill
Resolving complicated feelings, recognising patterns and understanding yourself better 鈥� with the 1996 Formula One World Champion.
Resolving complicated feelings, recognising patterns and understanding yourself better with the 1996 Formula One World Champion. When Damon Hill secured the F1 Championship, he ensured that he and his father Graham Hill entered the record books as the first father-and-son pair to win Formula One's biggest prize. But sadly, Graham was not there to see Damon do it, as he had died in a plane crash in 1975 shortly after retiring from the sport. Damon initially resisted the urge to follow his father into Formula One, but once he did he quickly rose through the ranks 鈥� driving alongside Ayrton Senna when he died in 1994, and engaging in some legendary battles with Michael Schumacher before securing his crowning glory in '96. Damon retired in 1999, and thereafter went on a journey of self-discovery, battling depression and questions of identity 鈥� as well as understanding and unpicking patterns that get passed down through the generations. @simonmundie
