DAMON HILL RUMORS & GOSSIP

Forget Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Heck, forget Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were the kings at taking each other out.Between 1994 and 1995, the two championship rivals came together three times, with neither driver resuming. All three times, Michael Schumacher was leading in his Benetton with Damon Hill in second in his Williams. Schumacher...

Williams' Rob Smedley has played down suggestions the Grove team might be contemplating a shock switch from F1's field-leading Mercedes power.The speculation first surfaced a few days ago, when Williams' 1996 world champion, Damon Hill, suggested that moving away from Mercedes might be the only way the independent team can recapture its former glory."I sort of suggested to Claire...

Damon Hill has sided with Bernie Ecclestone amid a renewed debate about whether women are able to go head-to-head with men in F1.F1 supremo Ecclestone caused a stir last week when he told Canadian radio TSN that female drivers would "not be taken seriously" as they climb the ladder towards a career on the grand prix grid.The timing of the 85-year-old Briton's comments was awkward...

Every now and then, a new driver comes along in F1 and blows the critics away by impressing in their debut season. Jacques Villeneuve was the new bloke in 1996, racing alongside Damon Hill for the Williams-Renault team. The French Canadian, aged 24 at the time, almost won in his Formula One debut at the Australian Grand Prix, but ran off course during a battle with his teammate,...