Damon Hill's 1996 title-winning season remembered

(opens in a new tab)Sign InSubscribeF1ScheduleResultsStandingsDriversTeamsF1 UnlockedOpen menuFIA if(window.f1MobileDetection.iOSSafari) { var meta = document.createElement("meta"); meta.name = "apple-itunes-app"; meta.content = "app-id=835022598, app-argument=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/remembering-damon-hills-1996-title-part-1-the-making-of-a-unique-f1-champion.3MM6pXjTHOo5ldYdq2NK7A.3MM6pXjTHOo5ldYdq2NK7A"; document.head.appendChild(meta); } {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/remembering-damon-hills-1996-title-part-1-the-making-of-a-unique-f1-champion.3MM6pXjTHOo5ldYdq2NK7A","url":"https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/remembering-damon-hills-1996-title-part-1-the-making-of-a-unique-f1-champion.3MM6pXjTHOo5ldYdq2NK7A","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/remembering-damon-hills-1996-title-part-1-the-making-of-a-unique-f1-champion.3MM6pXjTHOo5ldYdq2NK7A","datePublished":"2026-08-11T16:06:03.516Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T16:06:03.516Z","headline":"Damon Hill's 1996 title triumph remembered: Part 1 – The making of a unique F1 champion ","author":"F1","description":"F1.com Senior Editor Greg Stuart looks back at Damon Hill’s title-winning season, 30 years on. ","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://media.formula1.com/image/upload/t_16by9Centre/f_auto/q_auto/v1786441412/fom-website/2026/Damon%20Hill%20Feature%201996/1_MELBOURNE%20WIN_AW.jpg"},"isAccessibleForFree":"false","publisher":{"@type":"SportsOrganization","@id":"https://www.formula1.com#organization","name":"Formula 1","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://www.formula1.com/etc/designs/fom-website/social/f1-default-share.jpg","width":"480","height":"120"}}}Damon Hill's 1996 title remembered: Part 1 – The making of a unique F1 champion Damon HillWilliams1996Show more tagsSenior EditorGreg Stuart2026 marks the 30th anniversary of Damon Hill’s 1996 World Championship. To mark Hill’s achievement, Formula1.com Senior Editor Greg Stuart speaks to the man himself in a two-part feature about conquering the F1 world, defying his critics and dealing with the sport’s ultimate rejection, even as he was en route to the crown… Thirty years ago, Damon Hill was crowned Formula 1 World Champion. To those who know a little, but not a lot, of the Hill family history, that may not seem so surprising. Hill was, after all, the son of F1 royalty, in the form of two-time champion Graham Hill – so you might be forgiven for thinking that a life of privilege and a Rolodex of F1 contacts had, by 1996, landed Hill in the mighty, title-winning Williams FW18, the strongest car in that season’s field by some distance. Unlock exclusive F1 content and more with F1 Unlocked. Totally free. Membership gets you closer with: Live like an F1 insider with exclusive access and VIP experiences Member benefits, rewards and offers Download the Official F1 AppYour ultimate companion into
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