Damon Hill’s judgement of Lewis Hamilton’s “last chapter” at Ferrari

Damon Hill on Lewis Hamilton's drivers' ti😼tle hopes at Ferrari in F1 2025

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

Damon Hill has broken down the historical context of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari.

Hamilton will race for the first time in a Ferrari in next weekend’s season-opening F1 Australian Grand Prix.

The iconic෴ link-up could yield an all-time record eighth drivers’ championship.

“We’re witnessing the lastꦅ chapter,” 1996 F1 champion Hill told The Tele📖graph.

“And he really doesn’t ๊ha🍷ve anything else to prove.

“But let’s say there’s a sliver of a chance he is winning an eighth world title in a Ferrari… that would be like one of those stories that sport every now aꦫnd then throws up...

“Tiger Woods winning that Masters in 2﷽019 on one leg, or Niki Lauda retu🌊rning from near death. It would be right up there.

“Can it happen? I don’t thin꧋k it’s totally impossible.”

Damon Hill warns F1 must remain 'authentic'

Formula 1’s growth in popularity in the United States, partly a result of Netflix’s Drive To Survive series, is🦂 a key difference to Hill’s time on the grid.

The relatio꧟nships between the drivers has also changed.

Although Max Verstappen and Lando Norris clashed last season, they have seemingly p🅰atched up their friendship on the evidence of a light-hearted joint press conference during F1 te🅷sting.

“Li🎐sten, it wasn’t all brilliant back then,” Hill said.

“🍰I used to sit in the grandstands, watch Jackie Stewart go past, and about a minute later someone else would go past. And that would go on for two hours. And it wasn’t televised.

“But from an aesthetic point of view, i🌄t was fabulous.

“Most of all it was authentic. Whatever you said about the drivers back then, maybe they were playboys, maybe they lived a debaucܫhed life away from the track, they got in their cars and risked t꧙heir lives.

“So there was a degree of respect for that. And I think,🌸 you know, hꦡow do you retain that?

“F1 needs to be car🧔eful not to go too far down the entertainment route. It’s crept into the radio commu𝄹nication a little bit.

“Things a🃏re said just for effect, because they know it’s going to be reported. Because it’s part of the show. Authenticit𒅌y is so important.

“But yes, I wou🔯ld say I enjoy the sport more now than I have for a long time. The last few years have been great. The driving is of an incredible standard. It’s still got a magic to it.

“It’s still the circus my dad ran away to join, and me maybe.💧” Hill smiles and shrugs. “I’ve tried living without it, and it just seems to ♊find you again. It’s been in my life since I was born.”

Hill’s comment about the radio communication touched on a topic which is set to ꦕremain in 💫the headlines this year.

The FIA’s clampdown on the drivers swearing extends from official press conferences to radio conv𒉰ersations while they are dri🌳ving.

Many🅺 pundits have insisted that the words spoken while driving so fast in the heat of competition should be immune from p𓆏unishment.

But radio communications are an intriguing part of TV broadcasts which bring the fans closer to the action, and♋ they are here to stay.

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