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Flashback: Hungary '97 - Arrows narrowly miss the bull's eye

He may have been world champion, but no one expected Damon Hill to challenge for victory at the 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix. After all, he’d been having a torrid year in the Yamaha-powered Arrows A18. But, to the surprise of everyone, the combination of a tyre advantage and supreme driving skill took Hill and Arrows to within two miles of one of Formula One racing’s most unlikely triumphs. Sixteen years on, we remember their heroics…If the news that Williams had dropped world champion-elect Damon Hill from their 1997 driver line-up was shocking, the feeling when he then signed with Formula One minnows Arrows was one of utter astonishment. You could argue that Hill...
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