Damon Hill has opeꦕned up o🍰n his complex relationship with Michael Schumacher.

Thirty years ago🉐, Schumacher won his ꦑfirst Formula 1 championship as a Benetton driver.

Notoriously in Australia 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 f🍸uture German legend was blamed for the incident by many inside F1, and it now remembered as a footnote of📖 his infamously aggressive driving style.

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

“It was and is 𝄹not possible otherwise if you want to become ♎Formula 1 world champion.

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

"Michael was a master of psychoꩲlogical games. H🀅e made me feel useless and untalented.

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

Hill added about his old r💖ival: "Michael was a very competitive, but a very warm person."

Schumacher went on to claim a record seven F1 championsꦚhips after an iconic stint at Ferrari.

Lewis Hamilton has since matched that tally and will join Ferrari in 2025, where he dreams of eclip𒐪sing Schumacher to take the all-time record.

Hill won the F1 championship in 1996, two years after his memorable skirmis෴h with Schumacher in Australia.