Hill

1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 2 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,279 The grand finale for the Australian Grand Prix 3 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,920 will decide the 1994 World Championship. 4 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,319 In my whole life, people have been asking me 5 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:09,639 if I was going to be a racing driver like my dad. 6 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:13,999 The truth is, 7 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,920 I've never wanted to become a racing driver. 8 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,159 And yet there I was, 9 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,959 within a point of winning the world championship. 10 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,800 It's almost like I was trying to get back to the start again. 11 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:34,640 Get back to the place that it all went off the rails. 12 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,519 A lot of people have come in the hope that this man 13 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:55,239 is going to be able to do something that his late, great father, 14 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,200 double world champion Graham Hill did. 15 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,000 And if I could get back to the start again... 16 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,800 ...maybe I could put right everything that went wrong. 17 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,000 Australia is go! 18 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,839 Oh! Damon Hill out of the Grand Prix! 19 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,960 The world championship has literally been torn from his hands. 20 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:28,999 For Damon to be saying it's too slow, 21 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,759 there must be too much wheel spin then. 22 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,679 He was kind of on the peripheries of a friendship group. 23 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:38,360 He says we went to the same parties. I have no memory of him whatsoever. 24 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,319 On one particular party night, 25 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,359 I saw him sitting outside, 26 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,399 clad from head to toe in grimy leathers 27 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,759 and sitting astride this big motorbike. And I think, 28 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,079 "Hmm, OK," you know. 29 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:56,919 And it was in a big warehouse. 30 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:01,199 And I looked across, and on the other side of the room was Damon. 31 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,559 And it was like an epiphany. 32 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,919 I understood with absolute clarity that that was my husband. 33 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,759 And it was the most peculiar thing 34 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,999 because we'd literally said two words to each other. 35 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,759 Got rid of the guy I was talking to. 36 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,719 I thought, "I better go and talk to Damon" 37 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,639 and actually find out what my husband is like. 38 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,720 A wild Mandarin... That's a wild Mandarin duck. 39 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,919 Do you like it, Georgie? Yes, it's lovely. 40 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:33,919 You like ducks, don't you? Mm. 41 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:38,440 When I met Georgie, she was wary. 42 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:44,960 I saw that as a challenge to try and convince her I was, erm... 43 00:04:46,280 --> 00:04:48,040 ...someone she could trust. 44 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:53,159 Damon was a very complicated guy. 45 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,799 Yeah, this is Damon Hill. The juggler, the ace. 46 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,559 On the surface, he was joking and mucking about. 47 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,519 but he was one of the saddest people I'd ever come across in my life. 48 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,879 Fantastic! 49 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,599 He just loved motorbikes, and that's what he wanted to do. 50 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,800 You're in your own world on a motorbike. 51 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,520 It is just freedom. 52 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,879 His father won his first world championship in 1962, 53 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,439 so he accepts whatever branch of racing he goes for, 54 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,399 he'll always be in his father's shadow. 55 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,479 I'm not my father. 56 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,319 I hope I might have a little bit of his talent, 57 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,559 but I think mostly he had determination, 58 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:53,239 and that comes from something else that you can't inherit. 59 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,119 So, I'm still trying. 60 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,239 We had this trip to some motorbike mechanic place, 61 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,239 and he needed his bike for the weekend, 62 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,079 and it all became very stressful. 63 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,639 And we suddenly screeched out, 64 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,919 to a stop outside this old church and churchyard, 65 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:10,879 and that's where his father was buried. 66 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,479 And he was absolutely bereft and in floods of tears. 67 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,479 And that was the first time he'd ever mentioned his father to me. 68 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,119 And that was six months after we'd met. 69 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,239 If you look at the amount of races he did in the 60s 70 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,399 and the places he raced in, 71 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,760 it's not surprising he wasn't there much. 72 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,360 It was almost like the house came alive when he came back. 73 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:52,119 He put on this air of being in control. 74 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,280 But also had a twinkle in his eye. 75 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,879 My dad had an attitude which was, 76 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,600 "I am going to make the most of every second of my life." 77 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,519 Motor racing, obviously, has got its dangers. 78 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,319 And because of this, 79 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,319 you become much more aware of life. 80 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,480 I mean, you extract more out of life. 81 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,239 You go out in the garden, and you look at the flowers 82 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,279 and you hear the birds, and you see the grass, 83 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,160 and then you think, "Well, I'm sure there must be a god." 84 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,000 I cannot prove to myself that there isn't one. 85 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,279 Journalists didn't think that he was a natural driver. 86 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,879 He gave the impression that he didn't have an innate ability. 87 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:51,559 I think he must have done. There's no way 88 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,039 you can win the Monaco Grand Prix five times... 89 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,239 ..without having some natural ability. 90 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,360 It can't just be done on pure determination and grit. 91 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,120 But if you combine the two things... 92 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:06,440 ...you get Graham Hill. 93 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,919 I envy Graham Hill not just because 94 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,519 he's a formidable driver but because he's also an original. 95 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,919 I wasn't a car racing fan, but I definitely was a fan of Graham Hill. 96 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,599 I didn't know to clap quite so much about that one but... 97 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,479 Being a professional racing driver was lucrative in those days. 98 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,319 You might call it danger money or whatever, 99 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:34,760 but as a family, it got a real taste of the high life. 100 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,799 Hello. Who said that? 101 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,599 I did. 102 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,319 What an extraordinary thing. 103 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,240 We were very lucky children. 104 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:48,599 Two daddies? 105 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,399 Two daddies. 106 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,839 Two Bridgets 107 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,879 and two Damons! Gosh. 108 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:58,599 When I was 15, he announced 109 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,839 that he was going to retire from full-time racing. 110 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,959 He wanted to concentrate on his team, Embassy Racing. 111 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,199 Very good. 112 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,039 Thank God for that! 113 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,359 You know, because we've lived with this our whole lives, 114 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,919 that you could be killed in a racing car. 115 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,440 And now you're going to stop. Thank God for that. 116 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,759 Six months later, 117 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,599 I was watching TV with my younger sister, Samantha. 118 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,480 We're expecting Dad home. My mum is in the kitchen. 119 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:35,279 And then, "We interrupt this programme to bring you a news flash." 120 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:39,079 It was late last night when Hill's own Piper Aztec 121 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,679 smashed into a screen of trees... 122 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:44,079 I can remember just... 123 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,919 that kind of wave of heat coming up through my legs 124 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:48,999 and then just into my face. 125 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,399 And I just remember just... 126 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,199 clocking what this meant, 127 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,119 not being sure but being terrified. 128 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,679 The crash, on the edge of Arkley Golf course, 129 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:02,559 virtually wiped out the Embassy Hill racing team, 130 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:04,879 including two drivers and the manager. 131 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:06,679 The plane burnt out in minutes... 132 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:08,879 I went up to her and said, 133 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:10,679 "Mum, erm... 134 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:14,720 they think there's a plane crash." Erm... 135 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:18,599 "What do you mean?" 136 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,519 "I've just seen it on the television." 137 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,480 Erm... 138 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,679 And erm... She just went hysterical. 139 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:28,999 She just... started screaming and... 140 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,359 erm... saying... 141 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,600 getting very cross because she said, "I knew it was too good to be true." 142 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:16,159 That point onwards, it was just pandemonium 143 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,520 and just horror, really. 144 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:21,720 Yeah. Just... 145 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,679 That was the end, really. 146 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:53,199 Then it turns out the plane wasn't insured. 147 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,240 He didn't have the right licence... 148 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,839 ...to support the business. 149 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,320 He'd borrowed money. 150 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,559 The other men on board had families too. 151 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:10,799 Dad's estate was vulnerable from every angle. This is a mess, 152 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:15,520 and there's not gonna be anything left to look after my mum or us kids. 153 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,439 A lot of the things in the house went to auction, 154 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,760 and eventually, the house had to go. 155 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,920 I can remember... 156 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:31,000 ...feeling I would like to have been with him on the plane. 157 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,959 I didn't want to be here. 158 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,119 I want... I would... 159 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,079 I would have given up. 160 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,600 I would've exchange places with someone else on the plane. 161 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,239 We had been living together for a couple of years. 162 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,239 He'd been away for a week, and I missed him. 163 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,119 So, I'd made a nice supper and raining outside and cold and... 164 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,839 Georgie. You bought lamb chops? 165 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,359 When he got back, he came in. 166 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,120 I was literally getting the supper out the oven. 167 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,799 He said, "I'm going to race in Formula 1, 168 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,240 and I'm going to become a world champion." 169 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:31,159 "OK. That's great. Do you want some food?" 170 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,159 And we kind of carried on eating, 171 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,999 and I thought, "Well, he probably will," because he absolutely 172 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,959 is one of the most determined people I've ever met in my life. 173 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,519 It's now eight years since Graham Hill, 174 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,279 one of motor racing's greatest characters, was lost to the sport. 175 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,679 Since that time, his 23-year-old son, 176 00:13:48,680 --> 00:13:50,719 Damon Hill, has been racing motorbikes. 177 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,559 And at Brands Hatch yesterday, wearing his father's helmet, 178 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:57,759 he made his motor racing debut in the Formula Ford 2000 trophy. 179 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,439 You're on the verge of your first race. 180 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,239 What are your hopes and ambitions? 181 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,119 Where do you want to go onto in this sport? 182 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,079 Well, I'd like to go to the top. 183 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,119 After my father had died, 184 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,599 I did feel that I had a responsibility on my shoulders. 185 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,719 Especially towards my sisters. 186 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,639 I'd like to, if I could, in some way, I know it's probably impossible, 187 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:21,119 but in some way fill his shoes a little. 188 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,720 An emotional day, too, for Damon's mother, Bette... 189 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:30,519 who'd seen his father rise from a club race to world champion. 190 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:32,319 Well, you've had your first experience 191 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,479 of driving in race traffic. What do you think of it? 192 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:38,199 It's pretty amazing, actually. It's unbelievable. 193 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:46,800 I'd started late, and so I was already in my mid-20s. 194 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,279 And so, I was probably ten years too old. 195 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,559 I'd been on bikes instead of go-karts. 196 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,560 I had a bit of a steep hill to climb. 197 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,359 Was able to run and jump in, 198 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,120 only I wasn't as consistent as some of the others. 199 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,239 People I raced against started to slip away from me 200 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,319 and I got stuck on the rails a little bit 201 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,880 to the point where eventually I had no money left. 202 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,639 So, I'm 28 with no job, 203 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:29,119 no career, and we're about to have our first baby. 204 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:33,799 Well, this is it, Christmas at the Hill household. 205 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,599 Happy Christmas! 206 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,679 OK. Hitting recording. This my husband... 207 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:43,279 I was prepared to drive anything to keep my head above water 208 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,880 and pay the mortgage. 209 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:52,240 One of the guys that I'd raced with was the test driver for Williams. 210 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:04,680 The test driver literally was someone who just would do the donkey work. 211 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,879 He was never going to get shot at the number one slot at all. 212 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:13,039 As a test driver, you were not going to make it in Formula 1. 213 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:16,279 But I was very keen to do this because I needed the money. 214 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,679 And I got a meeting with Frank Williams 215 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,959 and Patrick Head. 216 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:28,239 I knew of Frank because he was around when my dad was racing. 217 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,439 Is it a sport anymore? Oh, yeah. 218 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,199 The name of the game here is competition 219 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:35,839 cos we're trying to prove we're out there, the best on the racetrack. 220 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:39,319 I know what Frank wants. He wants a guy who is just going to do the job 221 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,759 and do it properly and not be a big pain in the arse. 222 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:45,479 Not like some of his drivers. 223 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,960 I'd be testing Nigel Mansell's car. 224 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,359 It was just the most amazing car I'd have driven. 225 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,719 I was there to break it. 226 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,920 To find the flaws in it. 227 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,280 And I went round and round and round. 228 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,320 Nigel Mansell called me The Monkey. 229 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,759 Damon, I suppose you'd really like to be dressed in those clothes 230 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:38,639 for the Grand Prix. 231 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,399 I wouldn't mind sleeping in them actually, you know. 232 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,159 I feel part of the Williams team when I'm wearing the overalls, 233 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,239 and obviously they're very successful. 234 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,919 And the car is, er, currently probably the best racing car 235 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,839 that's ever been built. Best Formula 1 car. 236 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,519 The world motor racing champion Nigel Mansell says he'll retire 237 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,399 from Formula 1 competition at the end of this season. 238 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,679 Alain Prost had signed, and Nigel Mansell was miffed by that 239 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:04,519 and couldn't come to an agreement 240 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:06,559 or didn't want to come to an agreement with Frank. 241 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,439 The issue of today, if you like, in my mind is... 242 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:11,239 who will be the second driver? 243 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,279 Because we shall decide this week. 244 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:16,119 And suddenly, at the end of the season, 245 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:20,359 the last moment when every other driver had signed contracts to 246 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:24,040 drive for other teams, there was this empty space at Williams. 247 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,919 And I thought, "I've got this one chance to be in line 248 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:29,880 for the best drive in Formula 1." 249 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,199 Even flew down to Adelaide in the last race of the season 250 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,239 because I wanted Frank to see me. 251 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:44,320 I hung around the back of the garage like a bad penny. 252 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,799 I was told that Frank was coming down to this test in Portugal, 253 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,040 and he's on the verge of making his decision. 254 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,760 : 255 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,359 I had to fly down to Portugal on the Sunday night 256 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:32,520 to be there for Monday to go testing. 257 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,839 Three o'clock, I got in my car to head off 258 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:39,959 and I'm stuck in this... 259 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,519 50,000 people coming out of a football match. 260 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,919 And I'm not going to make it for this test of a lifetime, 261 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,599 where Frank is going to decide whether or not I've got the drive. 262 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,199 I got to Heathrow, I was thinking, 263 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,199 "I'm leaving this car on the ramp, 264 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,880 and they can blow it up. I don't care." 265 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:02,839 I got the flight. I'm dripping in sweat. 266 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:04,719 My heart is through the roof. 267 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,440 And I look at the date... 268 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,119 ...and it's the 29th of November. 269 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:12,760 Which is the day my dad died. 270 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:15,879 And, er... 271 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,079 ..you know... 272 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:19,920 I thought, "I've got to get this." 273 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:25,919 Tell us, what's this? What's going on? 274 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,559 Oh, crikey. Hang on, Damon, there's a fax here for you. 275 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,359 Ah, it's from Frank. 276 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:33,480 Erm, "Sorry, Damon, changed our mind... 277 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,840 ...Hakkinen is now driving for us for £7 million." 278 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,719 Is it good? 279 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,239 The primary purpose of this conference 280 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:54,279 is to confirm that Damon will be a regular driver for Canon Williams 281 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,479 in the Williams Renault cars in the 1993 World Championship. 282 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,799 Primarily our requirement from him is to not crash the car, 283 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,199 is to get on the podium as often as he can. 284 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,439 And of course, therefore or thereby 285 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:11,239 to win, to obtain, as many World Championship points in 1993, 286 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,399 to help the Canon Williams team 287 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,879 retain its grip on the World Championship for Constructors. 288 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,559 "You will be responsible for your own travel 289 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,120 and accommodation expenses at Grand Prix... 290 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,559 but we will pay for your wife to attend any races you designate." 291 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,519 What's that all about? That's not right. Never mind. 292 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,199 You're not paying for your travel and accommodation, are you? 293 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,159 No. 294 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,519 You wouldn't have any money left at the end of the year. 295 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,759 Oh, no, well, that's what has to be thrashed about, you see. 296 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,399 That's my fax, 297 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,560 my contract going through to Williams. 298 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,879 What about Dad? 299 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,399 What would he have thought of all of this, do you think? 300 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,879 I think he'd be very excited indeed. 301 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,120 And perhaps he'd be a bit proud of me as well. 302 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,879 This year, there's every prospect of a season of excitement 303 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,600 and drama and real competition. 304 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,079 Three-time world champion Alain Prost is back 305 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,399 to lead the Williams team, 306 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,799 and Ayrton Senna, who we feared might be taking a year off, 307 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,320 he's here, driving an all-new McLaren Ford. 308 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,599 I was trying to be what they wanted, 309 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:38,120 but I felt like I was on a very thin ledge. 310 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,439 I knew I'd got to Formula 1 late. 311 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,680 I knew I was given a golden opportunity. 312 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:52,199 Now, I have to get the stamp of approval as a Formula 1 driver. 313 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,799 Got to make this stick. 314 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,879 Away they go. Senna's got a superb start. 315 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,159 Damon Hill is into second position 316 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,479 as they go into the first left corner. 317 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,239 And look at that! A complete spin by Damon Hill. 318 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,440 He's over done it. 319 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,119 And Damon Hill is in 12th position. 320 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:24,880 Ah, that's Hill going off with Zanardi. 321 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,240 Disappointing debut for Williams. 322 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,960 Not a great start. 323 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,479 I satisfied everyone's doubts about me because... 324 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,759 there were a lot of people who were doubtful that Frank 325 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,680 had done the right thing, signing someone as inexperienced as myself. 326 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,479 There are definitely drivers who have no doubts about themselves. 327 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,599 Second place driver, Ayrton Senna. 328 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,599 My confidence was conditional on me performing well. 329 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,799 If I performed badly, then the little gremlins would creep in 330 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:09,720 and go, "Well, maybe I'm not up to it." 331 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,760 But I could not afford to fail. 332 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,160 We didn't expect our first child to have a learning disability. 333 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:34,519 For me, the first 24 hours were really hard, 334 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,879 and I just thought, "I'm... 335 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,960 "I don't know if I can do this. 336 00:24:42,120 --> 00:24:44,159 I'm going to be overwhelmed by this." 337 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,639 And the hospital that we had him in, 338 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,119 they were giving us little addresses of care homes 339 00:24:54,120 --> 00:24:57,840 written on scraps of envelopes. 340 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,759 He wasn't even 12 hours old, and they laid out his future for him. 341 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,320 And I felt... 342 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,359 "Right, OK. If that's all he's worth, 343 00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:12,119 he's worth a lot more to us." 344 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,079 Feeling this responsibility, 345 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,159 I had to support Oliver and Georgie, 346 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,359 really focused my determination. 347 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,639 The Brazilian Grand Prix now comes down 348 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,720 to a straight fight between Senna and Damon Hill. 349 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,040 Well, he's in a position to try. 350 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,000 And Hill has done it. 351 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:50,839 Oh! 352 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,919 Senna uses all his superior experience. 353 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:59,039 And to the delirious delight of his countrymen wins in Brazil. 354 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,319 After the race, he sent his manager round, 355 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,919 and he said, "Ayrton would like to see you in his motor home." 356 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,279 So, I went round dutifully and sat down, 357 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,039 listened to Ayrton giving me a little bit of fatherly advice. 358 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,359 "It's dangerous, and you need to be more careful." 359 00:26:19,360 --> 00:26:21,480 Lovely day for it. 360 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,799 I was quite pleased with myself, actually, 361 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,639 that I'd upset him. 362 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,439 You think they're probably... 363 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,560 Yeah, I think you'll find its the tyres, though. 364 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,239 I was watching the gap between me and Alain. 365 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,000 I was, at times, quicker than him. 366 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,679 I knew the car better than him. 367 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,519 I knew the team better than him. And from time to time, 368 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:52,080 I did a better job in the car. Then you start to believe in yourself. 369 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,439 Damon Hill passes Alain Prost. 370 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,719 Makes no bones about it either. 371 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,759 He was supposed to win the championship, 372 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,200 and I was often told to back off if I got close. 373 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:07,839 Damon, he just checked his mirror 374 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,640 to see exactly where Prost was behind him. 375 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,999 And Prost takes the lead. No fight from Damon. 376 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:22,200 Very neatly done. Almost looked like a beautiful team drill. 377 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,239 Exactly what were the orders for Damon? 378 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,479 Damon was asked to give way to Alain, 379 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,399 which is the basis of his contract and really not too surprising 380 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,879 when you consider that Damon is in his first year of Formula 1. 381 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:43,359 In France, you received orders from the boss not to pass Prost, right? 382 00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:45,679 What is the position here for Silverstone? 383 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,799 You just asked the wrong question. Mm-hm? 384 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,919 I said I'd answer one question. I can't answer that one. 385 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:52,800 This time, Damon can win? 386 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:55,999 Yes. Yeah. 387 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,519 He is leading and if he is still there on lap 49 388 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:12,319 if his car's reliable, we can hope, from the English point of view, 389 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,680 that he is going to win his first Grand Prix. 390 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,319 The race that his father never did win. 391 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,159 It would be wonderful for Damon to get his first Grand Prix victory 392 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,400 here in front of his home crowd. 393 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,000 This is Damon Hill's supreme day. 394 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,879 And there's an engine blowing! 395 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:40,759 It... It... 396 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,719 It's Damon Hill. 397 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,680 Ah... Argh! 398 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:51,119 What can I or anybody say? 399 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:54,880 Damon Hill's Renault engine has expired. 400 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,679 And the Englishman is not going to win. 401 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,720 Alain Prost goes into the lead. 402 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,119 And, er, ... I can just imagine 403 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,639 what's going through Damon Hill's mind now. 404 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,200 "What have I got to do to win a Grand Prix?" 405 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,199 My dad travelled on determination and enthusiasm. 406 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,880 Not being put off by disappointment. 407 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,279 Say Daddy's good, Olly. 408 00:29:54,880 --> 00:30:00,279 The Formula 1 World Champion of 1993 Alain Prost. 409 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,159 He finished third in the FIA World Drivers Championship. 410 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,800 Ladies and gentlemen, a warm welcome, please, for Damon Hill. 411 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,439 He gave us an extremely hard time on occasions last year, 412 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,239 and I'm glad to say he's now on the same side. 413 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,000 Ladies and gentlemen, Ayrton Senna. 414 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:47,160 The journalists were asking, "How are you going to cope with Ayrton?" 415 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,039 What a great introduction I had: 416 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:55,239 Nigel Mansell, Alan Prost and now Ayrton Senna. 417 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:59,879 I wanted to find out how I could be rated against these benchmarks. 418 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,959 Same team, same car. I'd know. I'd find out. 419 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,359 Ayrton had signed up for what he thought was going to be 420 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,839 the kind of experience that Alain Prost had had with a dominant car. 421 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,679 And it wasn't going to plan. 422 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,199 The International Motorsports Federation 423 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,119 has banned some of the controversial computer devices 424 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,959 which help drivers in Formula 1 motor racing. 425 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:25,239 The ban is designed to stop the domination 426 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,239 of the richest Formula 1 teams like Williams Renault, 427 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:29,999 the world champions. 428 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,919 Hi, Ayrton, how do you feel about driving with the new regulations? 429 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,679 It just makes it harder. 430 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:39,399 I think with electronic suspension, the cars were more controlled. 431 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,079 Traction control used to give a great help. 432 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,799 You cannot afford to go on the throttle 433 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:47,879 and let the traction control do the work for you. 434 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,479 So, it is more of a challenge than anything. 435 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,479 When we first ran the car, 436 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:55,399 it was difficult to drive. 437 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,400 Straight into the lead goes Schumacher. 438 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:07,959 And a spinner there. That is Senna. 439 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,920 Ayrton Senna is out. 440 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,119 And off goes Damon Hill. 441 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,000 My goodness, this is not Williams' race. 442 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:23,799 Ayrton stood by the edge of the track 443 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:28,040 and felt he heard something that was suspicious from Michael's car. 444 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,319 There was suspicions about whether or not 445 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,760 Benetton still had traction control. 446 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,999 And Michael Schumacher wins the Pacific Grand Prix. 447 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,759 Out comes the fist of victory. 448 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:50,839 He's dominated in Japan, as he dominated in Brazil. 449 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,759 You don't want to be racing against someone 450 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,680 who you think is not playing with a fair deck. 451 00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,759 But the attitude of Williams was, 452 00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,159 "We don't have evidence, We don't know what they're doing. 453 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,520 We're just gonna have to beat them with what we've got." 454 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:25,359 There was this pregnant feel about returning to Europe. 455 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:29,400 The fact that Imola marked the start of the championship proper. 456 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,359 If you are going to become world champion, 457 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,720 you'd have to start winning. 458 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,959 Almost like the feeling that there was this thunder cloud 459 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:42,800 that had to release all its energy... 460 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,799 ...hanging over this race. 461 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:49,320 The race starts in just over two hours' time now. 462 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,919 The drivers have had their mandatory briefing, 463 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:57,280 and they talk through safety aspects on the track. 464 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,879 Imola, it's, for us, I think, 465 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,799 drivers, it's a very fast circuit, 466 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:08,039 very demanding, because the speeds we do around here are pretty high. 467 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:13,119 And it takes a lot of concentration to maintain, 468 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:16,519 most of the time, control over the machine. 469 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:21,199 It's also a circuit where the G-forces 470 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,119 in our body and the neck are pretty high 471 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:27,839 because we're doing this corner at 290 kilometres an hour. 472 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,559 It's a long corner and the neck goes, goes, goes and the same... 473 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,679 I had gone to sit in the motorhome. 474 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:38,800 I'm reading my book, and the door opens, and in comes Ayrton. 475 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,799 He starts to get dressed. 476 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:44,879 I'm thinking, "Do you want me to leave?" 477 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,399 And he'd go, "No, no, stay and talk. 478 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:51,239 Tell me, you've got little boys." And I'm thinking, "Really? 479 00:34:51,240 --> 00:34:53,799 Ayrton's about to go out and race, 480 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,279 does he really want to hear about my little boys?" 481 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,079 But he really did. 482 00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:03,359 He was talking about how happy he was when he was with his nephews, 483 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,519 and that was his favourite thing in the world 484 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:08,200 to be playing with them in the sea. 485 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:13,079 He's leaving, 486 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,999 and he stops and turns around and says, 487 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,319 "Don't worry about Damon. He's going to be fine. 488 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,639 Williams are a great team, and they are safe. 489 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,319 They'll look after him. Don't you worry about him." 490 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,879 He literally walked out 491 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,279 and went straight into the garage, got in his car. 492 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,399 And that was that. 493 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:37,840 Ayrton was flying. 494 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:43,920 We're on lap six now. And Senna is followed by Schumacher. 495 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,519 Now, that is Senna! My goodness. 496 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:00,440 I just saw him plunge off to the right. 497 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,519 I'd seen him go off. And my first thought was, 498 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,360 "He'll be annoyed because he hasn't finished the race." 499 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:21,199 I can tell from the radio communications 500 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,480 that it's pretty serious. 501 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,080 The tone of voice is worrying. 502 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:34,840 "How serious?" 503 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,000 "Serious serious." 504 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,240 What the hell? 505 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:51,880 How could he go off on that corner? 506 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,479 I was getting limited information from Williams 507 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,439 because they were concerned about finding out 508 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,479 what had caused the accident 509 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:13,040 and what they could advise me to not have the same problem. 510 00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:17,279 So, we'd had power steering on the car. 511 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,479 They wanted to be reassured 512 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:23,439 that there wasn't something that was amiss with that. 513 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,679 They said to me on the grid, "Turn it off. 514 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:27,959 We're going to run without it, just to be sure." 515 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,560 "Right. That's going to be tough." 516 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,400 I was upset. 517 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:43,799 You know, "Just bring him in. 518 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,720 Why are you keeping him out if you don't know?" 519 00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:09,599 I was in the garage, 520 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:13,199 and I saw one of the team come in 521 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,600 and make a beeline for Patrick. 522 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,600 I saw her say to him that Ayrton had died. 523 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,840 I don't think I've ever felt so powerless in my whole life. 524 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:45,040 It was horrible waiting for him to just come in in one piece. 525 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,159 We got in our little hire car. 526 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:18,360 Damon curled up in a little ball in the back seat. 527 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:23,680 He kind of vaguely pointed me in the right direction for the airport. 528 00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:27,920 The plane was utterly silent. 529 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,399 And every now and then you'd hear somebody having a cry. 530 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:35,999 I mean, it was utterly silent. 531 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:44,680 Everyone in the team was just drained of... 532 00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:48,600 any ability to comprehend. 533 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,760 I didn't want to go to any funerals. 534 00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:34,319 Jackie Stewart called me 535 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:36,439 and asked me, "Are you going to go to the funeral?" 536 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:38,839 And I said, "I don't want to go, Jackie. 537 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:41,320 Erm... I-I don't want to go." 538 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,759 He said, "You'll regret it for the rest of your life if you don't go. 539 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:48,839 You have to go." So, for me, 540 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:52,119 that is like my dad telling me, "You're going to the funeral." 541 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:55,639 You know? Jackie was really close with my dad. 542 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:59,039 He was of that generation. And he'd seen enough of his mates 543 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,560 lose their lives. And so, he knew the right thing to do. 544 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:06,719 And I got on the plane and went to Ayrton's funeral 545 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:10,160 and helped carry the coffin. 546 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,480 The last funeral I'd been to was my dad's. 547 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,720 It was hell emotionally. 548 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,279 It just brought back all those... 549 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:38,319 feelings, fears, 550 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:41,880 that I had experienced when I'd been to my dad's funeral. 551 00:41:58,120 --> 00:41:59,999 For most people in the team, 552 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,479 this was something they'd never experienced before. 553 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:06,159 I had to tell my mum that one of her close friends 554 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:10,520 and my dad's teammate, Jim Clark, died when I was six years old. 555 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:17,959 I knew that my dad had experienced losing his friends in this sport. 556 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:21,599 And I knew it was a reality. It was a real possibility. 557 00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:25,119 Did the loss of Jimmy make you feel any more vulnerable? 558 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,759 Well, yes, quite. I mean, that was horrible, 559 00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:33,399 and of course, it really brings it home with a terrible jolt, 560 00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,479 and you just feel empty, 561 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:40,159 and it's a terrible time for any driver. 562 00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:44,039 And it's very difficult to describe loss and how it affects you. 563 00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:49,160 But you've just got to draw a blank across it. 564 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:55,079 I mean, what he went through with Jim Clark was absolutely horrific. 565 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:57,399 He'd literally picked up the pieces 566 00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:00,639 and put them in the truck and telling the mechanics to get that car 567 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:04,120 back to the UK, and we'll work out what happened later. 568 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:15,439 I did admire him enormously for his stoicism 569 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:21,400 and his ability to cope with these really extreme situations. 570 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:26,760 I wanted to be as responsible as him. 571 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,519 If I could be of any help 572 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,639 or provide any kind of comfort or solace, 573 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,719 the only way I could do that would be to produce the results 574 00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:48,320 that they'd worked so hard for. 575 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:05,599 And that onto the story of my dad and Jim Clark in that the first race 576 00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:08,959 they won after losing Jim Clark was the Spanish Grand Prix. 577 00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:21,359 I understood something about my dad in that process. 578 00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:36,919 This victory must go to everyone at Williams. 579 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:38,999 We've been through terrible times. 580 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:42,199 And also to all fans of Ayrton Senna, 581 00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,879 who said to me that they would be very pleased 582 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,519 to see the Williams team do well. And er... 583 00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:50,719 So, really, to everyone, thank you very much. 584 00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:15,399 "OK, listen. We're not beaten yet. 585 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:17,519 There's still a lot of races to go. 586 00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,599 I can win this championship. 587 00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:23,119 But I need support. I need all the good gear. 588 00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:25,399 I need to be able to spearhead this 589 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:28,240 and I want you to believe that I can do it." 590 00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:33,639 But following Senna's death, Renault felt they needed a big name. 591 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:36,040 What do they do? They get Nigel back. 592 00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:40,039 I felt undermined by that. 593 00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,160 OK. Ready to go to work? 594 00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:47,919 It seemed to me to be a vote of no confidence. 595 00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,279 And I think it probably looked like that 596 00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:52,319 to Michael, who I'm trying to race against. 597 00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:56,440 Michael! Michael! Michael! Michael... 598 00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:00,319 My best chance to show what I can do 599 00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:02,240 was going to be at the British Grand Prix. 600 00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:16,759 Damon Hill has pole position. 601 00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:21,840 I got pole position, and he didn't like that. 602 00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:28,239 During the warmup, 603 00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:31,360 the rules are, you follow the pole guy to the grid. 604 00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:36,080 So, he does this weird thing where he shoots off and then he overtakes me. 605 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,199 And then we had a restart, 606 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:48,280 and he did it again. 607 00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:54,320 He's overtaken me twice now. 608 00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:58,960 "What is going on?" 609 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:03,160 He'd play these games. 610 00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:08,559 It's a stop and go penalty. 611 00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:10,359 But this time, he got penalised. 612 00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:12,520 And I won the race. 613 00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:17,880 Felt great. 614 00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:26,480 And I was beginning to close the gap. 615 00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:29,759 Alright. 616 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,079 "The Princess of Wales presents Damon Hill 617 00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:34,239 with his trophy..." 618 00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:45,159 By the time we get to Japan, 619 00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:48,560 the championship was a real possibility. 620 00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:52,679 But they brought Nigel back again. 621 00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:55,919 "Why are you guys not behind me? 622 00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:58,359 He can't win the championship. 623 00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:01,639 And if he's going to take championship points off me, 624 00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:03,959 why would you do it?" 625 00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:06,359 I had a bit of a sulk on, 626 00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:10,240 and Patrick, he gave me a kind of talking to about my attitude. 627 00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:15,040 At that point I just thought, "Do you know what? Screw all of you. 628 00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:20,039 If you cannot be grateful for what I have done 629 00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:24,399 and tried to do for your team and you think I'm just a misery guts, 630 00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:26,440 I'm just going to race for myself." 631 00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:30,160 In a way, it released me. 632 00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:34,080 It released me from the feeling of obligation to them. 633 00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:38,960 It was like going back to racing bikes. 634 00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:44,120 It was just freedom. 635 00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:08,039 I have to beat Michael. 636 00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:10,079 If I didn't... 637 00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:11,840 it was over. 638 00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:19,720 It had got quite dark because it was so wet and cloudy. 639 00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:32,960 He got in front of me. 640 00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:36,439 I can see the light on his gearbox, 641 00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:39,600 and I thought, "If I lose sight of that, he's gone." 642 00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:43,799 So, I'm literally driving and just looking at the red dot 643 00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:47,400 and thinking, "Just... keep following that light." 644 00:50:54,360 --> 00:50:56,720 I ended up on the road ahead of him. 645 00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:02,320 But I could see he was going to catch me at the last lap. 646 00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:07,079 This is it. 647 00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:09,279 In my head, I said, 648 00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:11,840 "Ayrton, if you're up there, I could do with a hand." 649 00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:16,240 And something happened. 650 00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:23,280 My foot went to the floor. 651 00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:29,880 My arms are moving in a way that I felt like it wasn't in my hands. 652 00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:35,279 And then I'm going round turn two 653 00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:38,480 and through the S's absolutely like a bat out of hell. 654 00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:43,159 I'm released from this conscious driving 655 00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:45,159 that I've been doing up until now. 656 00:51:45,160 --> 00:51:49,079 I'm absolutely committed to going as fast as possible, 657 00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:51,560 come what may. 658 00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:01,960 I just felt like I'd been visited by some sort of... 659 00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:04,880 ...spirit. 660 00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:26,119 Damon Hill wins the Japanese Grand Prix 661 00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:30,119 to close the World Championship gap between himself 662 00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:33,760 and Michael Schumacher to just one point. 663 00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:18,799 The Australian Grand Prix will decide the 1994 World Championship. 664 00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:22,920 Never has a World Championship been as close for ten years now. 665 00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:29,000 I was so close. 666 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:33,079 Simple maths: 667 00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:36,999 neither of us finish... then he's the world champion. 668 00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:39,239 I come in front of him, 669 00:53:39,240 --> 00:53:41,639 I'm the world champion. 670 00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:46,319 It was like we'd just literally got the cars off the plane from Suzuka 671 00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:48,400 and just re-started the race in Adelaide. 672 00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:55,360 Got a great start, the race was on. 673 00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:09,840 Gradually he started to eke away a bit of a gap. 674 00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:15,360 "Ah, no. He's cracked me." 675 00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:21,919 We got to this part of the track where you couldn't see the next guy. 676 00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:24,639 He's gone round the 90-degree left. 677 00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:26,640 Michael disappears. 678 00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:30,879 I can see him scrabbling to get back on the track. 679 00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:32,879 His car was damaged. 680 00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:35,600 Now's my chance. 681 00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:40,399 Oh! Out goes Schumacher! 682 00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:43,960 The German is out of the Australian Grand Prix. 683 00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:51,479 And Damon Hill only has to keep going to be world champion of 1994, 684 00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:53,879 but can he keep going? 685 00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:58,239 Schumacher should have known his car was damaged. Damon had the line. 686 00:54:58,240 --> 00:55:00,439 That was a desperate manoeuvre by Schumacher 687 00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:02,680 to stop Damon Hill winning the championship. 688 00:55:09,920 --> 00:55:12,240 Do we have anything to clamp through it? 689 00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:20,319 Michael Schumacher had waited for Damon Hill to come round. 690 00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:23,600 But he must know by now that the Englishman is in trouble. 691 00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:31,000 And Hill's shaking his head. 692 00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:43,319 Damon Hill retires from the Australian Grand Prix, 693 00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:46,079 and the 1994 World Championship 694 00:55:46,080 --> 00:55:49,560 has been won by Michael Schumacher. 695 00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:54,800 Hey, what you doing? Hey! 696 00:56:56,040 --> 00:56:58,199 There abouts. 697 00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:00,000 Warm up now. 698 00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:03,919 And as soon as he saw Damon... 699 00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:06,279 Sees you, turns in. 700 00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:08,520 See, look in the mirror. Yeah. 701 00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:16,960 Frank and Patrick were very stoic. Not in their nature to complain. 702 00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:20,120 The FIA should have looked at it. 703 00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:25,720 But they didn't. 704 00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:30,320 Well, the world's just seen all that. 705 00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:36,599 I was drained at the end of '94. 706 00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:39,359 I had to do a load of PR. 707 00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:59,760 It just ran from one season straight into the next. And I think I was... 708 00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:04,160 ...very on edge, tired and drained. 709 00:58:10,080 --> 00:58:14,960 He hadn't had even time to process what had happened to Ayrton. 710 00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:20,240 And he just bulldozed his way through. 711 00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:27,439 The Williams team, they have the same engine, 712 00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:30,519 and there is no difference between us. 713 00:58:30,520 --> 00:58:33,319 Maybe then the difference is in the drivers. 714 00:58:33,320 --> 00:58:36,159 Some can keep it for the whole race, 715 00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:38,680 this performance, and some do it for one lap. 716 00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:44,200 Thank you. 717 00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:49,079 Damon, congratulations on the first pole of the year. 718 00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:51,159 How do you feel about the Benetton? 719 00:58:51,160 --> 00:58:53,599 The only thing I can say is that, erm, 720 00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:56,320 I've learned from the last year never to underestimate the guy. 721 00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:11,360 Michael Schumacher had this imperious air about him. 722 00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:15,399 He was naturally very confident, very smart guy, 723 00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:18,839 and he never wanted to give anybody anything to go on. 724 00:59:18,840 --> 00:59:20,119 Michael! Michael... 725 00:59:20,120 --> 00:59:21,879 The moment he was inside that paddock, 726 00:59:21,880 --> 00:59:24,360 he had a wall around himself. 727 00:59:26,480 --> 00:59:29,640 He wasn't going to show any sign of emotion about anything. 728 00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:34,119 He knew when somebody was weak. 729 00:59:34,120 --> 00:59:37,479 He treated his competitors with an air of disdain. 730 00:59:37,480 --> 00:59:41,159 In a way, you're beating them already by doing that 731 00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:43,799 because that irritates any competitor. 732 00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:46,080 They're not regarded as worthy. 733 00:59:47,640 --> 00:59:50,799 Would you ever consider being in the same team as Damon Hill? 734 00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:54,519 I don't have a problem to be in the same team than Damon Hill, 735 00:59:54,520 --> 00:59:58,960 and I'm sure he would accept to be second driver then, so... 736 01:00:01,720 --> 01:00:03,640 And he got under my skin. 737 01:00:04,920 --> 01:00:09,319 But it also worked on Frank and Patrick. 738 01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:13,319 They also regarded him as being the kind of driver 739 01:00:13,320 --> 01:00:15,319 they'd prefer to have rather than me. 740 01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:18,839 Damon, what is his advantage on Michael Schumacher? 741 01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:20,559 Erm... 742 01:00:20,560 --> 01:00:23,679 I'm not sure he has an advantage. We'll have to see in the race. 743 01:00:23,680 --> 01:00:26,440 And you start to doubt yourself. 744 01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:30,199 Off goes Damon Hill, out of the race! 745 01:00:30,200 --> 01:00:33,520 And Michael Schumacher takes the lead. 746 01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:39,520 Being in Formula 1, it's a very exposing experience. 747 01:00:42,360 --> 01:00:44,960 If you have an ounce of doubt... 748 01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:47,559 ...it's found the crack in your armour 749 01:00:47,560 --> 01:00:49,960 and it's straight into the central nervous system. 750 01:00:51,080 --> 01:00:55,519 Because you yourself might believe there might be part of that is true. 751 01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:58,760 This way, Damon! Down here... 752 01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:04,680 This way, Damon! Down here... 753 01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:10,999 Aged 11, I just couldn't stop thinking about this motorbike. 754 01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:14,479 And eventually my dad bought me one for a birthday present. 755 01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:16,520 Oh! Is it mine? 756 01:01:17,680 --> 01:01:20,839 But he presented it to me in front of everyone. 757 01:01:20,840 --> 01:01:23,839 Now, you want to be careful with all these people here. 758 01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:27,199 He wanted to do it at Brands Hatch, in the paddock, 759 01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:30,760 so that it could be filmed. It was on display. 760 01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:35,079 Nice to see you're here. - Thank you, Bruce. - And you, Damon. 761 01:01:35,080 --> 01:01:37,399 Hello, thank you. Go on, say something. 762 01:01:37,400 --> 01:01:39,399 Something. Alright, something. 763 01:01:39,400 --> 01:01:41,679 He's not like you. He can't chat as much as you, can he? 764 01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:43,879 My dad was good at it. 765 01:01:43,880 --> 01:01:46,159 I wasn't cut out for it. 766 01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:48,520 I didn't want to be pushed into the limelight. 767 01:01:49,800 --> 01:01:52,120 Being pushed forward because you're the son of. 768 01:01:56,520 --> 01:01:59,200 If your dad is the star of the show, then who are you? 769 01:02:02,680 --> 01:02:07,599 He was really, really trying hard to make this thing happen. 770 01:02:07,600 --> 01:02:10,959 I think he felt there were lots of things trying to stop him 771 01:02:10,960 --> 01:02:12,840 from achieving that. 772 01:02:13,880 --> 01:02:17,759 He would try to make situations as difficult as they could possibly be, 773 01:02:17,760 --> 01:02:20,159 to kind of rev himself up. 774 01:02:20,160 --> 01:02:23,319 To get him into that laser focus 775 01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:28,559 that he would need to function at his highest level. 776 01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:36,960 On occasion involved annoying me so much that I would bite back. 777 01:02:38,080 --> 01:02:40,039 We were in the motorhome. 778 01:02:40,040 --> 01:02:44,279 He started having this argument with me, which is completely ridiculous. 779 01:02:44,280 --> 01:02:46,559 And I just thought, "Do you know what? I can't do this." 780 01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:49,999 And I picked up this massive, big flower display 781 01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:53,480 and just lobbed it at Damon and then went storming off. 782 01:02:56,480 --> 01:02:59,560 It was not nice being used as... 783 01:03:00,720 --> 01:03:02,439 ...the wind up. 784 01:03:02,440 --> 01:03:04,879 I was anxious. 785 01:03:04,880 --> 01:03:08,200 Too anxious to prove other people wrong. 786 01:03:11,560 --> 01:03:13,600 And I was angry. 787 01:03:14,520 --> 01:03:17,560 And anger is your worst enemy in racing. 788 01:03:20,840 --> 01:03:22,959 It will get you to do something stupid. 789 01:03:22,960 --> 01:03:26,399 And this is really hotting up to a tremendous battle 790 01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:28,719 between the top two in the championship. 791 01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:31,079 Well, this is what the championship should be about. 792 01:03:31,080 --> 01:03:33,759 Two drivers, the very top of their careers, 793 01:03:33,760 --> 01:03:35,640 battling for the lead. 794 01:03:36,720 --> 01:03:38,480 I was catching Michael. 795 01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:42,040 And he would have known that. 796 01:03:50,560 --> 01:03:55,080 There was something in the way he opened the door in that corner. 797 01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:01,719 And I got suckered into a move. 798 01:04:01,720 --> 01:04:04,879 Oh, Hill's off! Hill's off! 799 01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:07,719 Oh, disaster, what has happened to Damon Hill? 800 01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:09,439 Oh, he's hit. The two cars have collided. 801 01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:11,279 Damon has tried to pass Michael Schumacher. 802 01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:13,880 And the two cars collided. 803 01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:20,479 Full back page of The Sun. 804 01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:22,880 It says the words "prat". 805 01:04:24,120 --> 01:04:26,399 And it's a quote from your team boss, 806 01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:28,480 the guy that employs you. 807 01:04:32,120 --> 01:04:34,280 That hurts. 808 01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:44,879 Damon Hill needs to get up to Michael Schumacher 809 01:04:44,880 --> 01:04:48,479 and get past him to improve his World Championship chances. 810 01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:51,919 Oh, and Hill hits Schumacher. 811 01:04:51,920 --> 01:04:53,879 They both go off! They both go off. 812 01:04:53,880 --> 01:04:56,800 This is a repetition of Silverstone. Amazing! 813 01:05:01,560 --> 01:05:04,079 The second time now I'm in front of Damon. 814 01:05:04,080 --> 01:05:07,999 And he took away the possibility for me to extend the lead too. It's him. 815 01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:11,079 Well, fundamentally, that was a mistake from Damon Hill. 816 01:05:11,080 --> 01:05:13,119 I think he underestimated 817 01:05:13,120 --> 01:05:15,279 where Michael Schumacher was going to break. 818 01:05:15,280 --> 01:05:17,039 The disgusted, 819 01:05:17,040 --> 01:05:20,120 angry Michael Schumacher walks back with Damon Hill. 820 01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:26,879 Damon, your opinion's important for us. 821 01:05:26,880 --> 01:05:28,959 Because we only have Schumacher's view. 822 01:05:28,960 --> 01:05:31,919 Alright, I'll say something. Yeah, OK. 823 01:05:31,920 --> 01:05:34,719 I just wanna know why Michael was going so slowly. 824 01:05:34,720 --> 01:05:37,759 Why does he suddenly go so slowly in the middle of the chicane like that, 825 01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:40,159 you know? He was going flat out, 826 01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:42,159 every lap up until then we're going to flat out. 827 01:05:42,160 --> 01:05:45,799 And then suddenly he's going about 20ks an hour slower. 828 01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:48,600 The peak of it came in Suzuka. 829 01:05:51,600 --> 01:05:53,839 I had a nightmare race. 830 01:05:53,840 --> 01:05:58,320 Off goes Damon Hill, bouncing across the gravel. 831 01:05:59,240 --> 01:06:02,159 And this time, he is out of the race. 832 01:06:02,160 --> 01:06:04,160 Well, words fail me. 833 01:06:10,760 --> 01:06:12,599 And I remember going to the changing room. 834 01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:15,320 And there was Frank and Patrick on one side of the room. 835 01:06:18,360 --> 01:06:21,440 I suddenly thought, "I want to cry. 836 01:06:28,880 --> 01:06:31,920 It's gone so badly I wouldn't blame them if they sacked me on the spot." 837 01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:39,720 And I did go into a depression. 838 01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:49,240 It was just that kind of cycle of confusion. 839 01:06:50,280 --> 01:06:52,520 "Why is this happening to me?" 840 01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:57,359 Why did you run off two times at the same corner? 841 01:06:57,360 --> 01:07:00,320 Aren't you frustrated? Yes. 842 01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:07,199 So, it's really funny to see you laughing. 843 01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:08,959 Well... 844 01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:11,760 if you don't laugh, you cry. So, it's better to laugh. 845 01:07:13,600 --> 01:07:17,039 Are there sometimes moments in your life when you want to stop racing? 846 01:07:17,040 --> 01:07:21,359 Er, well, there's been a few this year. 847 01:07:21,360 --> 01:07:24,080 Thank you. OK? 848 01:07:39,200 --> 01:07:42,600 Damon was just 21 when I met him. 849 01:07:44,960 --> 01:07:48,440 It's not that long ago that his father had died and... 850 01:07:51,160 --> 01:07:53,759 ...there was something about his seriousness 851 01:07:53,760 --> 01:07:57,839 and the fact that he was a survivor of this awful thing. 852 01:07:57,840 --> 01:07:59,760 And he was still standing. 853 01:08:02,200 --> 01:08:04,959 I thought, "I'll be OK with him. 854 01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:07,839 I'll be absolutely OK with him." 855 01:08:07,840 --> 01:08:11,839 Because I think he understood something about life that 856 01:08:11,840 --> 01:08:15,000 most of the people around me at the time had no understanding of. 857 01:08:26,040 --> 01:08:28,039 I had a lovely childhood. 858 01:08:28,040 --> 01:08:29,959 And when my dad died, 859 01:08:29,960 --> 01:08:33,320 it all went horribly to pieces. 860 01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:42,759 And the rest of my time has been spent 861 01:08:42,760 --> 01:08:45,000 trying to put it back together again. 862 01:08:47,200 --> 01:08:50,879 Was I a racing driver just simply because my dad was one? 863 01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:53,159 I felt I had to go through all of this pain 864 01:08:53,160 --> 01:08:55,560 to put right everything that went wrong. 865 01:08:56,960 --> 01:08:59,080 But the truth is not that simple. 866 01:09:01,520 --> 01:09:05,560 You can't go back and fix things. That's the bottom line. 867 01:09:11,960 --> 01:09:15,159 You can make facsimiles of what was in the past, 868 01:09:15,160 --> 01:09:17,280 but you can't go back and fix things. 869 01:09:19,800 --> 01:09:21,880 Before I can start being me... 870 01:09:24,280 --> 01:09:27,920 ...before I can be the person that is not just copying his dad... 871 01:09:29,240 --> 01:09:32,399 ...not just a facsimile, not just an echo, 872 01:09:32,400 --> 01:09:35,280 I needed to let go of the past. 873 01:09:44,440 --> 01:09:48,120 Well, there you go, Dad. 874 01:09:51,720 --> 01:09:54,280 I'm a bit nervous. Got a knot in my stomach. 875 01:09:56,000 --> 01:09:58,440 Be a big disappointment then for you if he didn't win. 876 01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:03,240 No. As long as he's back safely, I don't mind. 877 01:10:04,520 --> 01:10:07,519 But deep down, you want him to be the fastest runner here, don't you? 878 01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:09,919 No, I don't want him to be a competitive person at all. 879 01:10:09,920 --> 01:10:12,120 I want him to enjoy his life. 880 01:10:14,160 --> 01:10:16,279 You don't think he can enjoy his life by winning? 881 01:10:16,280 --> 01:10:18,519 I don't want him to always feel that just because 882 01:10:18,520 --> 01:10:20,879 he hasn't been the best at something that he's failed. 883 01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:23,400 I think that's a terrible thing to happen. 884 01:10:33,800 --> 01:10:36,480 Georgie is a constant. 885 01:10:44,560 --> 01:10:48,359 She's not someone who values the things 886 01:10:48,360 --> 01:10:50,960 that a lot of people think are important. 887 01:10:55,160 --> 01:10:57,439 She could take it or leave it, the World Championship. 888 01:10:57,440 --> 01:11:01,400 But she was very aware of how much it meant to me. 889 01:11:04,680 --> 01:11:07,000 Damon! Damon! 890 01:11:08,120 --> 01:11:13,239 The 1996 Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix season 891 01:11:13,240 --> 01:11:16,000 will be starting here at Melbourne. 892 01:11:17,160 --> 01:11:20,319 Frank Williams said that you were a different man when you arrived. 893 01:11:20,320 --> 01:11:22,599 What happened then? 894 01:11:22,600 --> 01:11:24,919 Oh, I don't know. Er... 895 01:11:24,920 --> 01:11:28,279 I met my wife really, that was one thing. 896 01:11:28,280 --> 01:11:30,559 She came out and, er... 897 01:11:30,560 --> 01:11:32,520 She's obviously a good influence on me. 898 01:11:35,040 --> 01:11:38,160 How do you win a championship? You've got to win the first race. 899 01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:41,680 I just became practical. 900 01:11:43,040 --> 01:11:46,919 Don't get involved in any issues. Just focus on your job. 901 01:11:46,920 --> 01:11:51,280 New track. New cars. New engines. 902 01:11:53,000 --> 01:11:55,639 Major driver changes. 903 01:11:55,640 --> 01:11:58,760 Michael Schumacher, who has gone to Ferrari. 904 01:12:00,200 --> 01:12:04,600 Damon Hill's new teammate, Jacques Villeneuve, in pole position. 905 01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:08,159 Jacques got pole for his first ever Formula 1 race, 906 01:12:08,160 --> 01:12:10,039 which is an amazing achievement. 907 01:12:10,040 --> 01:12:12,600 But I was not prepared to let him have that. 908 01:12:13,520 --> 01:12:15,879 Damon Hill's all over the back of Villeneuve. 909 01:12:15,880 --> 01:12:17,959 There's obviously a lot of fraught competition 910 01:12:17,960 --> 01:12:20,799 between these two. The gloves are off. 911 01:12:20,800 --> 01:12:23,479 Michael had gone to Ferrari, and they weren't quite ready yet. 912 01:12:23,480 --> 01:12:26,320 He wasn't that competitive. So, it was between me and Jacques. 913 01:12:27,440 --> 01:12:32,600 Damon Hill takes the lead ahead of Jacques Villeneuve. 914 01:12:34,960 --> 01:12:37,039 Victory in Australia for Damon Hill. 915 01:12:37,040 --> 01:12:40,319 And he's equalled his great father. 916 01:12:40,320 --> 01:12:44,959 Fourteen Grand Prix wins for son and father. 917 01:12:44,960 --> 01:12:47,839 I won the first three races in the season. 918 01:12:47,840 --> 01:12:50,319 I can't really describe it. 919 01:12:50,320 --> 01:12:53,039 It's been a long time since I've been leading the championship. 920 01:12:53,040 --> 01:12:55,479 Obviously, I just feel top of the world at the moment 921 01:12:55,480 --> 01:12:57,399 I mean, it's great. 922 01:13:04,400 --> 01:13:06,039 : # It's coming 923 01:13:06,040 --> 01:13:08,119 # Football's coming home 924 01:13:14,800 --> 01:13:18,319 The next race was the Monaco Grand Prix. 925 01:13:18,320 --> 01:13:20,639 Hi, Damon. Damon. 926 01:13:20,640 --> 01:13:22,799 How are you doing? 927 01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:25,839 Damon, what does Monaco mean to you, 928 01:13:25,840 --> 01:13:28,319 especially concerning the success of your father here? 929 01:13:28,320 --> 01:13:30,679 It's a great record that he had. 930 01:13:30,680 --> 01:13:34,359 He won five times, which was beaten by Ayrton, he won six times. 931 01:13:34,360 --> 01:13:38,239 I'd like to win here and then it would be Hill six and Senna six. 932 01:13:38,240 --> 01:13:42,239 But, erm... I think I'd like to win just for myself. 933 01:13:42,240 --> 01:13:45,399 Alesi is 28 seconds behind Damon Hill. Hill, there, 934 01:13:45,400 --> 01:13:48,039 continues to have this race totally under control. 935 01:13:58,840 --> 01:14:02,480 And he's confident. He's really achieved new levels this year. 936 01:14:10,720 --> 01:14:13,800 And smoke out of the back of the Williams! 937 01:14:16,880 --> 01:14:19,439 Damon Hill out for the Monaco Grand Prix! 938 01:14:19,440 --> 01:14:22,440 He was not destined to win this race. 939 01:14:33,440 --> 01:14:37,240 I knew that it's never going to be plain sailing from beginning to end. 940 01:14:44,680 --> 01:14:47,359 I always knew that there was a middle bit of the season 941 01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:50,840 where your nerves are tested and your confidence could be shaken. 942 01:14:52,320 --> 01:14:54,799 Especially if you don't expect it. 943 01:14:54,800 --> 01:14:58,079 Damon Hill's future in Grand Prix motor racing 944 01:14:58,080 --> 01:15:00,359 has been thrown into doubt after being dropped 945 01:15:00,360 --> 01:15:02,759 by his Williams Renault team for next season. 946 01:15:02,760 --> 01:15:05,279 Hill, who leads this season's Drivers' Championship, 947 01:15:05,280 --> 01:15:08,279 had been negotiating a new contract with the team. 948 01:15:08,280 --> 01:15:10,759 Frank phoned me up and told me, "Listen, 949 01:15:10,760 --> 01:15:14,439 I'm just here to tell you that we've got to do what's right for the team 950 01:15:14,440 --> 01:15:17,399 and that we've got a German driver coming, 951 01:15:17,400 --> 01:15:20,040 and you don't have a drive with us for next year." 952 01:15:26,320 --> 01:15:29,599 I'd like to give you the opportunity here today to speak to me, 953 01:15:29,600 --> 01:15:32,279 ask any questions you have, so that over the weekend 954 01:15:32,280 --> 01:15:34,559 I can concentrate on the job of winning the race. 955 01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:37,239 If you want to fire away, then I'm ready for it. 956 01:15:37,240 --> 01:15:41,919 Damon, the world at large would expect you to feel hurt, 957 01:15:41,920 --> 01:15:45,599 downcast, angry, disillusioned. 958 01:15:45,600 --> 01:15:47,560 What are your feelings? 959 01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:55,639 In a correct world, you'd be judged on your performances 960 01:15:55,640 --> 01:15:57,719 and that would be rewarded 961 01:15:57,720 --> 01:16:00,000 with another opportunity to show what you can do. 962 01:16:01,160 --> 01:16:03,879 This deal was done at the end of '95, 963 01:16:03,880 --> 01:16:08,199 and it was linked to a long-term plan for Frank to get BMW engines. 964 01:16:08,200 --> 01:16:11,559 German driver, BMW engines. 965 01:16:11,560 --> 01:16:14,599 And you're just a pawn in that game. 966 01:16:17,920 --> 01:16:20,959 Hill's got away well. 967 01:16:20,960 --> 01:16:24,280 I'd got away, and now I'm fired up because I've been sacked. 968 01:16:26,520 --> 01:16:29,079 Damon Hill has impressed mightily. 969 01:16:29,080 --> 01:16:32,640 This must have been the most difficult weekend of his career. 970 01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:44,199 I get a bit of a gap when I suddenly think to myself, 971 01:16:44,200 --> 01:16:46,799 "OK, Damon, calm down. You're driving like a maniac. 972 01:16:46,800 --> 01:16:49,239 Just knock it back a notch." 973 01:16:49,240 --> 01:16:52,760 And I come up to this chicane, all the focus went. 974 01:16:56,480 --> 01:16:59,399 Oh! Look! Look! Look! 975 01:16:59,400 --> 01:17:01,719 He's hit the... It's Hill! 976 01:17:01,720 --> 01:17:03,599 It's Damon Hill! 977 01:17:03,600 --> 01:17:05,480 He's out! 978 01:17:13,840 --> 01:17:17,919 You can see from the way he is holding his head 979 01:17:17,920 --> 01:17:20,600 that's he's absolutely distraught. 980 01:17:23,280 --> 01:17:25,480 It was my mistake. I got caught out. 981 01:17:29,360 --> 01:17:33,680 But... I thought, "I'm not done yet." 982 01:17:39,880 --> 01:17:41,640 Give Daddy a kiss night night. 983 01:17:44,440 --> 01:17:45,679 'Last race.' 984 01:17:45,680 --> 01:17:47,439 Good girl. Sweet dreams. Night, night. 985 01:17:47,440 --> 01:17:48,719 'I got one more chance.' 986 01:17:48,720 --> 01:17:50,199 Have a nice sleep. 987 01:17:53,720 --> 01:17:56,159 Anything can happen. Damon can make a mistake. 988 01:17:56,160 --> 01:17:58,519 The car can break down, and that can happen to me as well. 989 01:17:58,520 --> 01:18:01,119 So, until the last lap... 990 01:18:01,120 --> 01:18:03,560 of the next race, we'll fight for it. 991 01:18:08,560 --> 01:18:10,999 Stepping into the car, 992 01:18:11,000 --> 01:18:13,439 even though I hadn't had much sleep, as I could not sleep, 993 01:18:13,440 --> 01:18:16,920 I just thought, "I've done everything I possibly can do. 994 01:18:18,440 --> 01:18:22,639 I've given 100%," you know. 995 01:18:22,640 --> 01:18:24,400 I honestly had. 996 01:18:40,840 --> 01:18:43,760 I didn't care about the doubts of others. 997 01:18:48,120 --> 01:18:49,880 I just thought, "I want to win." 998 01:18:56,760 --> 01:19:00,879 The Japanese Grand Prix is... go! 999 01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:05,080 And a brilliant start by Damon Hill, and Villeneuve has been passed. 1000 01:19:14,400 --> 01:19:16,919 And what a superb start there from Damon Hill. 1001 01:19:16,920 --> 01:19:19,039 His relief will be absolutely enormous 1002 01:19:19,040 --> 01:19:20,879 because not only has he got away first, 1003 01:19:20,880 --> 01:19:23,839 he will know that Villeneuve is well back in his mirrors. 1004 01:19:23,840 --> 01:19:27,999 And there is Jacques Villeneuve, and he's down in sixth position, 1005 01:19:28,000 --> 01:19:30,920 so he really has got it all to do. 1006 01:19:33,720 --> 01:19:36,799 Damon has got to play it very cool indeed 1007 01:19:36,800 --> 01:19:39,119 as Gerhard Berger comes right up alongside him 1008 01:19:39,120 --> 01:19:43,159 and goes over the curb at the chicane. Damon Hill rebuffed him 1009 01:19:43,160 --> 01:19:45,959 but at the same time kept the Williams clear of the Benetton, 1010 01:19:45,960 --> 01:19:48,000 and look at the gap he's pulled out. 1011 01:19:52,560 --> 01:19:54,839 Damon has really got a great opportunity now. 1012 01:19:54,840 --> 01:19:57,679 Things looking very, very good indeed. 1013 01:19:57,680 --> 01:20:00,159 Ooh, watch it Jonathan, we've all said that. 1014 01:20:00,160 --> 01:20:04,399 Remember at Monza, Damon Hill was in the lead, 1015 01:20:04,400 --> 01:20:07,319 commandingly, and on lap six, he hit that tyre barrier. 1016 01:20:07,320 --> 01:20:09,920 Well, there are no tyre barriers to hit here. 1017 01:20:16,360 --> 01:20:19,600 And here is Damon Hill, race leader. 1018 01:20:25,480 --> 01:20:29,039 Damon Hill is going to rejoin, is he, just in front of the Ferrari? 1019 01:20:29,040 --> 01:20:31,600 Yes, he is! 1020 01:20:33,960 --> 01:20:37,399 Wow! That is in full face of Jacques Villeneuve. 1021 01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:42,240 Now things are really, really getting hot in Japan. 1022 01:20:43,440 --> 01:20:46,319 Damon, he needs to keep pushing on pretty hard because 1023 01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:50,360 he will know he can't underestimate that Canadian teammate of his. 1024 01:20:53,960 --> 01:20:57,080 And that is... Villeneuve! It's Villeneuve. 1025 01:20:58,560 --> 01:21:01,439 The wheel goes past him. It goes over! Into the crowd! 1026 01:21:01,440 --> 01:21:04,720 Oh, my goodness. I do hope that nobody was hurt. 1027 01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:11,400 "Jacques is out. Jacques is out of the race." 1028 01:21:15,960 --> 01:21:18,200 Going round, they said, "Jacques out." 1029 01:21:20,280 --> 01:21:22,559 And they said, "Well done, you're world champion." 1030 01:21:40,680 --> 01:21:43,199 Les Jones, who's one of Damon Hill's mechanics, 1031 01:21:43,200 --> 01:21:45,799 said they've passed on the good news to their driver, 1032 01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:47,999 but Damon has not responded at all. 1033 01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:50,919 He's concentrating very hard on the job in hand. 1034 01:21:50,920 --> 01:21:55,280 Yeah. That's called keeping your mind on what is really happening. 1035 01:21:57,720 --> 01:21:59,680 "This is the last lap, Damon." 1036 01:22:10,920 --> 01:22:13,240 It's a long road. 1037 01:22:14,200 --> 01:22:18,320 And you can say it started when my dad died. 1038 01:22:31,440 --> 01:22:34,479 The teams in their blue-and-white caps, 1039 01:22:34,480 --> 01:22:37,439 matching the helmet of Damon Hill, 1040 01:22:37,440 --> 01:22:40,960 which matches the helmet of his great father, Graham Hill. 1041 01:22:44,400 --> 01:22:46,599 He is almost home. 1042 01:22:46,600 --> 01:22:48,359 This is something that many people 1043 01:22:48,360 --> 01:22:50,439 didn't think could possibly happen today. 1044 01:22:50,440 --> 01:22:54,479 They thought Damon would drive a cautious race. But he fought. 1045 01:22:54,480 --> 01:22:57,479 He fought from second on the grid, he passed Jacques Villeneuve, 1046 01:22:57,480 --> 01:22:59,920 he took the lead, he stayed there. 1047 01:23:08,440 --> 01:23:11,160 Damon Hill exits the chicane... 1048 01:23:13,400 --> 01:23:16,479 ...and wins the Japanese Grand Prix. 1049 01:23:18,480 --> 01:23:22,120 And I've got to stop because I've got a lump in my throat. 1050 01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:40,079 I had just literally completed the mission. 1051 01:24:21,840 --> 01:24:24,960 And suddenly... the impact hits me. 1052 01:24:25,960 --> 01:24:27,759 Hits me what I've done. 1053 01:24:27,760 --> 01:24:31,280 What I've been able to drag out of myself. 1054 01:24:33,800 --> 01:24:36,000 You're aware of the journey that you've been on. 1055 01:24:37,640 --> 01:24:40,680 And then also how much I miss my dad. 1056 01:24:41,640 --> 01:24:43,520 Daddy! 1057 01:24:46,880 --> 01:24:51,680 And how much he would like to have known about his son. 1058 01:24:53,760 --> 01:24:55,479 But... 1059 01:24:55,480 --> 01:24:59,040 in some other curious way, you kind of feel like he does know. 1060 01:25:01,200 --> 01:25:04,080 Well done to Damon Hill, the new world champion. 1061 01:25:44,960 --> 01:25:47,520 Three, two, one... 1061 01:25:48,305 --> 01:26:48,575