Damon Hill drives his Dad's race-winning Jaguar E-type
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2021
- Damon Hill was just seven months old when his Dad, Graham, drove a Jaguar E-type to its maiden win at Oulton Park in 1961.
Now, 60 years after that victory, Damon gets behind the wheel of that very same car for an evocative blast around Silverstone.
"You can read the history books, and you can look at the fabulous pictures from back in the day, but I say the same thing every time I drive a car such as this: these things are time capsules, because they don’t change but we do," says Damon.
"They capture a moment. This is a car of its era and was a gorgeous, ground-breaking creation."
Read the full story from our August issue on the Motor Sport site: www.motorsportmagazine.com/ar... - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Damon needs to do a car a week in this style . He's a natural presenter and of course a true gentleman
That would be so wonderful.
Agreed
His father (and mother of course) would be proud of him
A Damon Hill car show or youtube channel would be amazing.
The first car I ever drove that wasn't propelled by pedals or was a fairground ride, was an E-type Jag.
I was 16 and we were on holiday, staying at a caravan park in Dawlish Warren. It was a large park with quite a long private road on it.
My older sister's Australian boyfriend came down to visit, bringing with him his E-type.
We needed some groceries from the site shop (which was probably nearly half a mile from our caravan) and he took me with him in the car.
When we came out of the shop, he asked me, "do you want to drive it?
I couldn't believe my ears and he let me drive it back to the caravan. He was quite impressed, especially as I had to manouevre it from between two parked cars (with 18 inches of bonnet that you can't see from the driver's seat). I even got into second gear.
Back at the caravan, my dad told him he must be crazy as the only cars I'd driven before then were dodgem cars.
Later that day, he took me out for a drive to show me what the car was capable of. 😁
Yes! When I was 18 my boss told me to go to Bristol to fetch something (I'd only recently passed my test) and handed me the keys to his new XJ6. Heaven.
Damon is such a class act, a real "chip off the old block". You can almost feel the bond between him and his father. A touching and brilliantly emotional video.
What a beautiful piece. More like this please Motorsport.
Minus the nauseating piano..
@@johnsayer116 Lol, how piano sound can be nauseating? That should go for modern pop songs
Graham Hill was racing that car with no roll cage in the 60s ...wow.
I watched Damon race as a younger man, when I was younger too. It is no surprise to me he has turned in to a version of his father. They are both super cool !!
Truly the most beautiful car ever built .
"Truly the most beautiful car ever built ." Exactly what Enzo Ferrari had to say about it!
10
Lovely gentleman
Met him briefly at the Berkeley hotel, London.
Nice car
My dad had one in the sixties
Memories 🙏
Damon is always interesting to listen to and all E-types are gorgeous. He talks about how the car's handling surprised him, the wonderful engine note, etc. So, why not have more normal speed shots accompanied by the sound of that glorious engine rather than a boring succession of slow-mo, arty shots that contribute little. Those of us who watch these videos are enthusiasts in case you've forgotten!
Agreed. Stopped watching. Maybe this magazine is nowadays aimed at people who want a warehouse full of things just to look at.
Exactly!!! couldn't have said it better , thank you
Brave, well said..
His father was my hero when I was a teenager. And to grow up in the middle of Iowa and your hero was a British F1 champion was different!
His Dad would be be very proud.
Thx Damon for this video.👌
Damon Hill, thx for showing this to us ! How about a series of all the race cars the Father and son team Hill ever drove ? A Lot of people would enjoy that ! Cheers from Germany 😎🏎
Such a class man!!
I remember see Graham race , great guy
Crying now..... I wish I could drive my Dads car...... :-(
Delightful insight into his famous Dad’s car and that generations ‘gentleman’s’ racing.
The Jaguar E type, the most perfect 2 seater sports car ever made…
Triple black no less
Thank you Damon, it was a beautiful moment for quite a few of us!
The 60s was the hight of car design!
The epitome of cool, the images of Damon behind the wheel of the car
Damon Hill is a fantastic presenter.
Wonderful
Everything was more relatable in those days - I miss those times.
After 77RW and 9600HP, the most famous E-type of all time. Drool.
Great chap. Bitter sweet.
What a lovely man
Beautiful machine, so much history, great piece
A beautiful piece. Some day. Thank you.
Beautiful that engine sound still both Motoring Legends the car the Jaguar E Type and the driver Graham Hill👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Beautiful historic car, and a well spoken World Champion. But the endless slo mo is the antithesis of the E Type experience. This is no Coupe de Ville. I owned a 1963 model for 45 years. While slow speed cruising with the top down is pleasant, high speed drifting and shifting into top gear at 115 mph while racing a 1960’s American muscle car are among the memories I cherish. The soft top flaps alarmingly above 145 mph. Damon has no idea how poorly those Dunlop disc brakes work in the rain at speed. A snap spin due to ham fisted inputs in slippery conditions will bring you closer to your Maker. The positraction rear differential makes the E Type particularly unsuitable in the snow. That unbelievably long bonnet rising up under hard acceleration is something I will never forget. Removing the engine to replace the clutch is another E Type ownership experience unlike any other.
I don’t think Damon is celebrated enough in this country. He’s a World Champion, Son of a World Champion - yet his feet are firmly planted on the ground. A true gentleman, great sense of humour and wonderfully modest.
My wife had some dealings with him through her job and said he was unbelievably nice.
It's crazy to see how motorsport evolves. In the olden days, you can easily drive the race car back home. You definitely can't do that today.
I was at Oulton Park that day. National Service at RAF Sealand.
A thing of beauty is a JOY FOREVER
Bless them all the 1960s.
Absolute gentleman, and a legend in his own right
graham hill only man to be F1 champ, le mans winner and indy500 winner . amazing
You forget Graham’s dear friend, the amazing Jim Clark. A natural..
Love this sort of content.
Good video
The older Damon gets the more he looks like Graham
Greatest video of all time? I think so. What other video on TH-cam can top, "I don't know many competition cars that have a cigar lighter on the dashboard"? And the car is so beautiful. Aesthetic judgements are so subjective. And I'm sure it was some ancient Roman gearhead who first wrote, "De gustibus non est disputandum." But this has to be Top 5 all time.
Absolute beautiful, the car that is. Sorry Damon. We had a chance to drive an E type a few weeks ago and it was a very memorable moment. The sound of the engine meant you didn't need a radio, nothing could beat it.
Great film
And we heard the engine once
Yes, as Damon says ‘that’s a lovely noise’. Why, then, substitute it with a nagging piano riff?
absolutely, its a dime piece
Music……the curse of You Tube
oOoOO it's an OBL car, my first E was an outside bonnet lock car, 1969 one of 368 produced
Such a shame his father isn't here to see Damon and the car
The Oulton Park Spring Cup was (from memory) the first race for the E Type. An interesting race to watch. Beating DB4, Ferrari 250 GT, Lotus Elite and more. Innes Ireland second, Roy Salvadori third.
They should retitle this - "Damon Hill drives his Dad's race-winning Jaguar E-type very slowly to piano accompaniment".
Tedious piano music is producers getting in the way of the superb content. You have a World Champ son of a World Champ speaking at length and one of the most beautiful bodies cars ever created. So they slow-mo the car, there is little sense of speed, to match the tedious music. Do better Motor Sport!
they have a guy talking endlessly about how great a car sounds and we only get 5 seconds of engine noise
I quite agree. Producers are so concerned with making something 'artistic' that they've become lazy and risk-averse, churning out the same cliched combination of ubiquitous minimalist piano and tired tired tired old super slo-mos. This means they don't think about the video's audience - readers of Motor Sport magazine, who are knowledgeable enthusiasts and want to hear the sound of the *car*.
Dreadful isn't it.
Same thing in the Hill/Brundle drive of the shark nose 1961 Ferrari F1 cars.
How about more car noise and less pointless piano? And what about Damon walking round the car discussing it? Watch Harry's Garage please and take some tips on how to do this properly.
Damon mentions the “...weight of the steering..”. Tell me about it! I have a1966 Mk. 2 3.8. The only criticism I would level at it is the steering; it’s not too bad once you are on the open road, but otherwise.... Power assist modifications are available, but I’ve not got around to that - it’s a dry use only car in very nice condition, so a £2k mod is hardly worth it. Then, of course, there’s the style - oh my,the style ....
F1 wasn't about big money in the 60's until sponsorship that why F1 drivers did everything.
Triple black no less !!!!!
wasn't this car a privateer entry by Rob Walker?
Less piano, more exhaust please. M.
goodwood type G type
A very average car for an exceptional driver.
Wonder who and what the competition were in 1961
No E-Type is average.
@@iancrossley6637 most of the ones I've had go through my hands are, with the exception of 6 poss. 7
This is trying way too hard to be all emotional and that. It's just a man driving a car.