Damon Hill: From Zero to Hero - Softcover

Damon Hill, son of Graham Hill, has proved a worthy successor to the two-times World Champion. He won three victories in 1993, his first full Grand Prix season, driving for the Williams-Renault squad. This makes him the first second-generation winner in the 44-season history of the motor racing World Championship. This is his story. Charts Damon Hill's racing career, which began on motorcycles in 1979, covers his first win in an FF1600 car at Brands Hatch in 1984 (30 years after his father drove a racing car for the first time at the saine circuit), through to his ultimate Formula 3000 programmes in 1991 and 1992. The book analyzes Damon's personality, and how coping as a teenager with his father's sudden death, and more recently with the birth of his own Downs Syndrome child, has helped to shape his down-to-earth approach to life. Reveals the commitment and determination - qualities shared by his father - that contributed to the Guild of Motoring Writers' recent choice of Damon Hill as their 1993 Driver of the Year.