Damon Hill has opened up on his complicated relationship with Michael Schumacher.
Thirty years in the past, Schumacher gained his first Formulation 1 championship as a Benetton driver.
Notoriously in Australia in 1994, Schumacher and title rival Hill each crashed into one another, and have been compelled to retire. With each drivers point-less, Schumacher secured the title.
However the future German legend was blamed for the incident by many inside F1, and it now remembered as a footnote of his infamously aggressive driving fashion.
“Michael and I really bought alongside effectively, however on the observe we hated one another,” Hill instructed Bild.
“It was and isn’t attainable in any other case if you wish to grow to be Formulation 1 world champion.
“There was no room for niceties. You must exploit each weak point of the opponent and put on him down.
“Michael was a grasp of psychological video games. He made me really feel ineffective and untalented.
“And he additionally instructed the press. As a result of he gained numerous races again then, there was no motive to not imagine him.”
Hill added about his outdated rival: “Michael was a really aggressive, however a really heat individual.”
Schumacher went on to say a document seven F1 championships after an iconic stint at Ferrari.
Lewis Hamilton has since matched that tally and can be part of Ferrari in 2025, the place he desires of eclipsing Schumacher to take the all-time document.
Hill gained the F1 championship in 1996, two years after his memorable skirmish with Schumacher in Australia.
