Damon Hill 🍌has opened up on his departure from Sky Sports’ Formula 1 coverage.

The ꦕ1996 F1 champion was a television pundit for the official broadcaster in the U𝓀K for 13 years.

But he has lef✤t his role ahead of the 2025 season.

Hill was scrutinised for his criꦿticism of Max Verstappen’s aggressive driving, as the Red Bull driver battled McLaren’s Lando Norris last year.

Hill has since claimed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖♔结果历史:🌃Verstappen would “cry like a baby” if he was on the receiving end 🌄of simi🌜lar tactics.

But he believes his critical words about Verstappen, and Red Bull’s reaction to it, had nothing to do with his𒉰 Sky Sports exit.

“I would like to think not. I ho🍸pe not,” Hill told The Telegraph.

“I think I felt like the end was coming anyway, because I was kind of pushed back all last year. I was doing the less at�ꦺ�tractive races.

“And they’ve got younger, fresherꦕ names. They’ve got Jenson [Button], they’ve got Nico [Rosberg].

“And that’s fair enough. I completeౠly get it. They’re closer to the front line t😼han I am.”

He laugh🎀ed: “And it’s TV. There’s got to be a bit of eye-candy factor to it.”

Hill insists Sky Sports are “brilliant at what they do”, and he called Martin Brundle “an𒁏 absolutꦆe genius”.

What’s next for Damon Hill?

“I need to work𒁃,” the former F1 driver, now 64, insisted.

But he doesn’t know where.

“I don’t kno🧸w. I’ve got some offers,” he revealed.

“So I’m doing Network 10 [the Australian TV channel] at t🦄he season opener in Melbourne.

“ But I don’t really want to traipse around the world just standing around in the paddock. It’s got to be something that uses your b🔜once, you know?

“I can’t just stand there and wait forꦕ a question to be asked. It doesn’t do it for me.

“I always felt like I had a kindꦺ of ill-ꩲfitting suit on when I was with Sky.

“I didn’t feel I got to a place where I could express everything I wanted to, like I’m doing in this interview🎉 now, because there isn’t the time.

“I mean, they’re br𝓀illiant at it. But there are much better people than me at it. I only did it as a temporary job and I⭕ ended up doing it for 12-13, years!”

Damon Hill opens door to F1 teams

Hill w♑ould want to work in a role with a Formu🐬la 1 team.

“I would love that,” he said.

“I’m a natural compet♓itor and I’d love to be involved agaꦓin in trying to help someone or something be competitive.

“That’s what I understand really.”

Hill represented Br♛abham, Williams, Arrows and Jordan dur🍸ing his F1 career.

His glory days were at Williams when he won the drivers’ ♛championship in 1996.

Williams seem to be on an upwards curve this year, having paire👍d ex-Ferrari grand prix winner Carlos Sainz with the highly-rated Alex Albon.