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Damon Hill’s new documentary explores his grief after his father’s death
Damon Hill is an English former Formula 1 driver who won the 1996 world championship and 22 Grands Prix.
His new documentary, Hill, explores his career and the grief he carried after his father, Graham, died in a plane crash when Damon was 15.
Graham was a two-time F1 world champion.
Damon has said he learned of the crash from television and later felt he had not dealt with the loss at the time.
After his father’s death, Hill moved from his interest in motorbikes towards a career in F1.
He joined Williams as a test driver in 1991 and became a full-time race driver in 1993.
Revisiting painful memories for the film was raw, Hill says, but also necessary.
The documentary premieres at the British Film Festival on October 28.
Damon Hill’s new documentary explores his grief after his father, Graham, died in a plane crash when Hill was 15.
The film, titled Hill, also features Formula 1 title fights and archival footage of crashes.
Hill says revisiting painful memories for the documentary was raw but necessary.
The former driver travelled to Australia this month on a speaking tour to promote the film.
Hill premieres at the British Film Festival on October 28.
- Who
- Damon Hill, the former Formula 1 driver and 1996 world champion.
- What
- His documentary Hill explores his grief after his father’s death.
- When
- It premieres on October 28.
- Where
- At the British Film Festival.
- Why
- The documentary revisits Hill’s memories of his father and his grief.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
I didn’t want to be here, I would have given up or exchanged places with someone else on the plane.
I went through quite a long period of reflection when I stopped racing … and I got a chance to talk through lots of stuff that was not dealt with at the time.
I mean, that’s pretty key to the story,
I wasn’t born thinking about F1 – I actually never had an ambition to race cars,
His father, Graham, died in a plane crash.
Hill signed with Williams as a test driver.
Hill was promoted to a full-time Williams race seat and won his first Grand Prix in Hungary.
Ayrton Senna died after crashing during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola.
Hill premieres at the British Film Festival.
- World championship
- Damon Hill won the 1996 Formula 1 world championship.
- Grand Prix wins
- 22
- Father
- Graham Hill, a two-time Formula 1 world champion
- Test driver
- Hill signed with Williams in 1991
- Documentary
- Hill
- Premiere
- British Film Festival, October 28
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