| Damon
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Born : September 17th 1960 in London (Great-Britain) Nationality : British Lives : Dublin (Irish Republic) Family : Married to Georgie, 2 sons (Oliver and Joshua), 2 daughters (Tabatha and Rosy) Height : 1,83m Weight : 71,5 kg |
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| 1983 : Motorbike competition
(trials and circuit racing) 1984 : Motorbike competition (trials and circuit racing) Formula Ford debut 1985 : Formula Ford (6 wins) 1986 : British Formula 3 Championship (6 wins) 1987 : British Formula 3 Championship (2 wins) 1988 : British Formula 3 Championship (2 wins) Formula 3000 debut 1989 : Formula 3000 Championship 1990 : Formula 3000 Championship 1991 : Formula 3000 Championship |
1992 : Formula 1 debut with
Brabham-Judd, test driver with Williams-Renault 1993 : 3rd, Formula 1 World Championship with Williams-Renault (69 points. Wins in Belgium, Hungary and Italy) 1994 : 2nd, Formula 1 World Championship with Williams-Renault (91 points. Wins in Belgium, Spain, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Portugal) 1995 : 2nd, Formula 1 World Championship with Williams-Renault (69 points. Wins in Argentina, San Marino, Hungary and Australia) 1996 : Formula 1 World Championship with Williams-Renault (97 points. Wins in Australia, Brazil, Argentina, San-Marino, Canada, France, Germany and Japan) 1997 : 12th in the F1 World Championship with Arrows-Yamaha (7 points. Second in Hungary, sixth at Silverstone) |
| Leaving aside Hungary, the 1996 World Champion was out of the running all season. The gamble of joining Arrows failed miserably, and it was a year to forget as fast as possible! With Jordan-Mugen-Honda in 1998, though, the Englishman should have a better car to drive. And most important of all, with a much more competitive engine than the very modest Yamaha V10 run by TWR in 97 ! |
