Williams have announced that Damon Hill is returning to the team as an Official Ambassador, 30 years after the Briton won the World Championship with the Grove-based outfit.<\/p>\n
First joining the squad as a test and reserve driver in 1991, Hill<\/a> was later promoted to the race team for the 1993 season and went on to claim a maiden victory later that year in Hungary.<\/p>\n After adding further wins to his tally, the 1994 campaign saw Hill narrowly miss out on title success following a controversial collision with Benetton\u2019s Michael Schumacher<\/a> at the finale in Adelaide, though Williams<\/a> did seal the Teams\u2019 Championship for a third consecutive season.<\/p>\n It was in 1996 that the son of two-time World Champion Graham Hill<\/a> followed in his father\u2019s footsteps by taking the crown, a season in which he clinched a total of eight Grand Prix victories. Throughout his stint with Williams, Hill earned 21 wins, 40 podiums and 20 pole positions.<\/p>\n The British racer is now rejoining the outfit as an Official Ambassador, completing a line-up that also features his 1996 team mate Jacques Villeneuve<\/a> and three-time W Series champion Jamie Chadwick.<\/p>\n \u201cWilliams is truly a special place for me and where some of the defining moments of my career took place,\u201d said Hill.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel incredibly lucky to have been part of this sport and to have achieved what I did, and returning as an Ambassador is a real privilege. It\u2019s an opportunity to celebrate the team\u2019s history and help to support its legacy and future.\u201d<\/p>\n