Letters, October 1993 - 1

Sparkling Hill

Sir,
Watching the Belgian GP from the outside of Eau Rouge, I spent the first half of the race trying to convince a colleague that Damon Hill has done a good job this year. He was of the opinion that Prost has been sandbagging, trying to make Damon look good, so that he can keep him as a teammate in 1994. By the end of the afternoon, he had cast aside all such Machiavellian notions. I would like to offer Damon my congratulations on his drive, a performance which even seems to have convinced cynics that his tenancy of the Williams drive has something to do with merit.

It will be myopic in the extreme if Williams doesn’t hold on to him for a second year, after what I witnessed in Belgium (the last 10 laps justified the travel expense on their own).

Colin Wilkins, Sale, Cheshire.