Damon Hill has opened up on his departure from Sky Sports activities’ Components 1 protection.
The 1996 F1 champion was a tv pundit for the official broadcaster within the UK for 13 years.
However he has left his position forward of the 2025 season.
Hill was scrutinised for his criticism of Max Verstappen’s aggressive driving, because the Purple Bull driver battled McLaren’s Lando Norris final 12 months.
Hill has since claimed Verstappen would “cry like a child” if he was on the receiving finish of comparable techniques.
However he believes his important phrases about Verstappen, and Purple Bull’s response to it, had nothing to do along with his Sky Sports activities exit.
“I wish to suppose not. I hope not,” Hill advised The Telegraph.
“I feel I felt like the tip was coming anyway, as a result of I used to be form of pushed again all final 12 months. I used to be doing the much less engaging races.
“They usually’ve received youthful, more energizing names. They’ve received Jenson [Button], they’ve received Nico [Rosberg].
“And that’s honest sufficient. I fully get it. They’re nearer to the entrance line than I’m.”
He laughed: “And it’s TV. There’s received to be a little bit of eye-candy issue to it.”
Hill insists Sky Sports activities are “sensible at what they do”, and he referred to as Martin Brundle “an absolute genius”.
What’s subsequent for Damon Hill?
“I have to work,” the previous F1 driver, now 64, insisted.
However he doesn’t know the place.
“I don’t know. I’ve received some gives,” he revealed.
“So I’m doing Community 10 [the Australian TV channel] on the season opener in Melbourne.
“ However I don’t actually need to traipse all over the world simply standing round within the paddock. It’s received to be one thing that makes use of your bonce, you already know?
“I can’t simply stand there and anticipate a query to be requested. It doesn’t do it for me.
“I at all times felt like I had a form of ill-fitting go well with on after I was with Sky.
“I didn’t really feel I received to a spot the place I might specific the whole lot I wished to, like I’m doing on this interview now, as a result of there isn’t the time.
“I imply, they’re sensible at it. However there are a lot better folks than me at it. I solely did it as a brief job and I ended up doing it for 12-13, years!”
Damon Hill opens door to F1 groups
Hill would need to work in a job with a Components 1 group.
“I might love that,” he stated.
“I’m a pure competitor and I’d like to be concerned once more in attempting to assist somebody or one thing be aggressive.
“That’s what I perceive actually.”
Hill represented Brabham, Williams, Arrows and Jordan throughout his F1 profession.
His glory days had been at Williams when he received the drivers’ championship in 1996.
Williams appear to be on an upwards curve this 12 months, having paired ex-Ferrari grand prix winner Carlos Sainz with the highly-rated Alex Albon.
