Why was Damon Hill so under-rated?
Ive just had a watch of Suzuka 1994 and I have to say, it was one of the really great drives I have seen. The driver? Damon Hill!
The race was on aggregate times. A win would take the title fight to the last round, defeat would mean almost certain loss of the title.
Under intense pressure from one TGF he slid that inferior Williams round the Degner curves like a man possessed, braked unbelievably deep into the hairpin and showed unbelievable commitment into the Spoon curve and Turns 1 and 2. In the end, he won by the smallest and most crucial of margins.
All in probably the worst conditions in the last ten years against the supposed rainmeister and the greatest ever driver (only statistically, mind
).
He then went on to pressure Michael into submission at Adelaide only to be involved in an unfortunate "collision" as a result of this. And of course, who could forget his title triumph of 1996 and Hungary 1997 and Spa 1998.
So what did people have against Damon Hill?