Damon Hill: Cars don't age – only drivers do.

      Damon Hill won the world championship title in 1996, and this weekend at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Williams team is celebrating the 30th anniversary of this event alongside him. Although he is not only driving the FW18, with which he achieved 8 victories that season and ultimately won the championship, but also other cars from the legendary British team.

      In particular, today he drove the track at Goodwood in the FW11, which Nigel Mansell raced in Formula 1 in 1986 and became the vice-champion that year.

      "This is Nigel Mansell's Williams, a 1986 car," Damon commented after his first run. "And I remember witnessing Nigel's first victory in 1985, it was the European Grand Prix at the Brands Hatch circuit, and the cars of that generation were absolutely amazing!

      Driving them was very difficult, as their turbo engines in qualifying trim produced over 1000 hp. I hope Patrick Head (the former technical director of Williams) and the other creators of this car understand me correctly – for its time, the FW11 was a masterpiece of engineering, but now it seems quite simple in design.

      This weekend we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of my title, but I don't feel like so much time has passed since then. However, with Goodwood, there is always a problem: these cars never age, and after restoration, they become like new, and only their drivers grow old!

      But so far everything is going wonderfully, and the main focus of our program this weekend is the celebration of my title anniversary, so there is no pressure, but we are also keeping an eye on other cars and other people."