‘Tough bastard’ Damon Hill ‘could never have a conversation’ with Sir Frank Williams

Damon Hill recalled how he never was able to get a conversation going with Williams co-founder Sir Frank Williams.

But, later branded a “tough bastard” by the F1 icon, that was a triumph for Hill, who claimed his sole World Championship with the Williams team.

Sir Frank Williams no chatterbox with Damon Hill

Having started his Formula 1 career with the ailing Brabham team, Hill went from Williams test to race driver for 1993. It proved an inspired choice, Hill winning the 1996 Drivers’ Championship. 21 of his 22 grand prix victories came as a Williams driver.

But, in an interview with The Guardian , Hill admitted that one of his toughest tasks was to get any words out of the team’s legendary co-founder and team boss, Sir Frank Williams.

“I could never have a conversation with Fran