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How is that mean?
There were five laps to go when the Safety Car disappeared. Ralf was weaving every which way in Damon’s mirrors. Damon came on the radio and said he was pushing as hard as he dared in order to stay on the road and give Jordan its first win.
He said it was up to the team to call the shots. He was very calm and very measured but the implication was very clear. He was effectively saying, ‘Call Ralf off. Don’t force me to do something stupid and risk everything.’
It's one thing asking for a team order if it's for the championship or if a driver just desperately want to win but to threaten to ditch the car is truly pathetic. And my memory is perfectly clear on events. Ok he'd didn't expressly say it but the very thinly veiled threat is very obvious. Other drivers had made overtakes in worse conditions that day and come out of it unscathed.There were five laps to go when the Safety Car disappeared. Ralf was weaving every which way in Damon’s mirrors. Damon came on the radio and said he was pushing as hard as he dared in order to stay on the road and give Jordan its first win.
He said it was up to the team to call the shots. He was very calm and very measured but the implication was very clear. He was effectively saying, ‘Call Ralf off. Don’t force me to do something stupid and risk everything.’
The Day EJ Beat Them All
How is that mean?
Well to say that its sad to think GH was related to him. Ok, DH might not have been as great a driver as GH, but thats not exactly a nice thing to say...?
It's one thing asking for a team order if it's for the championship or if a driver just desperately want to win but to threaten to ditch the car is truly pathetic. And my memory is perfectly clear on events. Ok he'd didn't expressly say it but the very thinly veiled threat is very obvious. Other drivers had made overtakes in worse conditions that day and come out of it unscathed.There were five laps to go when the Safety Car disappeared. Ralf was weaving every which way in Damon’s mirrors. Damon came on the radio and said he was pushing as hard as he dared in order to stay on the road and give Jordan its first win.
He said it was up to the team to call the shots. He was very calm and very measured but the implication was very clear. He was effectively saying, ‘Call Ralf off. Don’t force me to do something stupid and risk everything.’
The Day EJ Beat Them All
thats fine, you and EJ can see it how you like. But my opinion differs, based on the footage in front of me.
thats fine, you and EJ can see it how you like. But my opinion differs, based on the footage in front of me.
But I thought EJ was a God to you people and his word was sacrosanct!
If you can't see Hill's thinly veiled threat you must surely be blind! Even EJ say it and he's an idiot!
The only Damon Hill win I saw in F1 (since I was following since 1998) was the one he won in a very wet race, I think he was leading a Jordan 1-2. In Spa if I'm not mistaken. That was a fantastic drive in a race I enjoyed immensely.
That was fantastic! Jordan's first win, and a one /two at that! Some people point to team orders to keep Ralph Schumacher back, but that was near the end of the race and Eddie was protecting his first win. It was pouting with rain and an overtake attempt would have been stupid. Also Damon lost a huge lead he'd built up behind a safety car.
The 1998 Belgian Grand Prix is one of those legendary races that no-one will ever be allowed to forget, and rightly so!
That's the race where Hill was on the radio telling the team to tell Ralf Schumacher (who was a lot faster than him) to back off and not overtake or he'd deliberately ditch the car. So the team order came froma pathetic threat from some has-been/never-was. It's sad to think an amazing driver like Graham Hill is related to that.
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