Dear enemies…

In 1994, the Driver’s Formula One World Championship was fought between Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher till the very last race in Australia. Ultimately, the German driver prevailed in the Benetton, after the two collided in controversial fashion (Schumacher went off the track and ran into Hill’s Williams) in the last round at Adelaide.

Many years later, Damon Hill compared Schumacher in 1994 to Sebastian Vettel, saying both of them didn’t like the pressure of not being able to win without a fight:

DH: “I think Michael showed sometimes that he didn’t like pressure at all,” Damon Hill explained.“He didn’t like anyone getting close to him in the race and he certainly didn’t like when it wasn’t easy to beat someone. It threw a switch a little bit, and you see that sometimes with Sebastian Vettel at times as well.”

“I nearly won the championship in 1994 but we collided (picture below). There was some confusion on my part because I didn’t know his car was damaged, I just thought he was weaving and I did a clumsy move.”

“If I knew his car was damaged I would have just let him park the car and given him a wave, but that’s not how it happened.”