Damon Hill has op🥂ened up on his complex relationship with Michael Schumache🐻r.

Thirty years ago, Schumacher won his fir𝐆st Forಌmula 1 championship as a Benetton driver.

Notoriously in Austr🅺alia in 1994, Schumacher and title rival Hill both crashed into each other, and were forced to retire. With both drivers point-less, Schumacher secured the title.

But the future German legend was blamed for the incident by many inside F1,𒁏 and it now remembere🌄d as a footnote of his infamously aggressive driving style.

"Michael and I actually got along well, but on the track we hated each other,” Hill told ꦍ;.

“It was and is not possible oth♎erwise if you want to beco❀me Formula 1 world champion.

“There was no room for niceties. You have 🅰to exploit every weakness of the opponent and wear him down.

"Michael wa♊s a master of psychological games. He ma🐎de me feel useless and untalented.

“And he also told the press. Because he won a lot of📖 race🌞s back then, there was no reason not to believe him.”

Hill added about his old rival✅: "Michael was a very comꦰpetitive, but a very warm person."

Schumacher went on to claim a record seven F1 championships afte🥀r an iconic stint at Ferrari.

Lewis Hamilton has since matched that tally and will jo💫in Fe🅷rrari in 2025, where he dreams of eclipsing Schumacher to take the all-time record.

Hill won the F1 championship in 1996, two years after his memorable skirmish with Schumacher 🌊in Australia.