Hill to be Silverstone's saviour?

BRDC president faces his toughest battle yet to save home of British grand prix "Do you realise, I am now almost two years older than my father was when he died?" Damon Hill's remark was both abrupt and spontaneous. It was almost as if it was the first time it had crossed his mind that his father was only 46 when he died in November 1975. At the time Hill was only 15, an age which he recalls as "complicated". Four decades ago the Hills were formula one royalty. As a child Damon recalls flying into Silverstone for the British grand prix in the twin-engine Piper Aztec, the plane his father Graham bought with his winnings from the 1966 Indianapolis 500, and in which the twice world champion would eventually be killed. "Silverstone was very much in our blood," said Hill, "although I remember when my father won the 1971... [read full story]