Formula 1 | Chinese GP, Damon Hill celebrates the 1000th GP aboard his father Graham's Lotus 49 [VIDEO]
Lots of emotion inside the Shanghai paddock
di Roberto ValentiApril 12, 2019
Hill completed some laps between FP1 and FP2, releasing his impressions to the microphones of Sky Sport F1 HD
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Between FP1 and FP2, Federica Masolin and Davide Valsecchi interviewed Damon Hill, protagonist this morning of a small show run with the Lotus 49, the car with which his father Graham managed to win the world title in 1968.
An emotional moment, especially for the '96 world champion, given that the car in question wrote indelible pages of history not only for Formula 1, but also for the Hill family, given that it was brought to the track in 'history Monaco GP also from Damon's son.
Hill said he was enthusiastic about this opportunity granted by Liberty Media and Lotus, highlighting how getting on board these cars is something difficult to explain, especially for a driver so close to the history of this car.
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