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Winter testing is essential but there comes a point where you have had enough of all the rehearsals and the pretend racing. You just want to get down to the real action.

Damon Hill

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Damon Hill
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 17
Businessperson
Formula One Driver
Guitarist
Racing Driver
Hampstead Village
Damon Graham Devereux Hill
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