F1 1996 Jun 2026

Damon Hill deserved the title. He drove with his head as much as his heart, managing the pressure from Villeneuve and the looming threat of Schumacher. But the moment the season ended, the baton was passed. Hill was unceremoniously dropped by Williams before he could even celebrate, while Schumacher and Villeneuve prepared for a title fight in '97 that would define the next era.

After a disappointing 1995 season where Michael Schumacher’s Benetton took the drivers’ crown, the team reasserted its engineering dominance. The car was the Williams FW18 , widely regarded as one of the most dominant cars of the 1990s. f1 1996

The 1996 Formula One season was a transformative year that saw achieve a historic milestone by becoming the first son of a world champion to win the title himself. Spanning 16 races across five continents, the season began in Australia on March 10 and concluded in Japan on October 13. Damon Hill deserved the title