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There's not much about the latter stages of 1995 for Damon Hill to look back on fondly,

but winning the final race of that year by two laps, at least put a nice bow on a season to forget.

But it's debatable that the winning margin, even Hill called Ridiculous, is the most

memorable thing about that weekend, with his Williams teammate, David Culfard, stealing a fair

amount of the limelight by plowing into the wall at the tight pit entry when leading the race.

Unfortunately, it was also another weekend where the dangers of mid-90s F1 were frighteningly

apparent, as Mika Hakenen was declared minutes away from death, were it not for life-saving

intervention from circuit doctors after a horrifying crash in qualifying.

To revisit all of those topics and many more from the final race of 1995 with me, Glenn

Freeman, we have Ben Anderson and Matt Beer, who I will say were both very insistent that

they wanted to appear on this episode when I first sent the list around for this series.

So, Ben, let's come to you first.

What is it about this race that appeals so much?

What's the first thing that comes to mind with Australia 95 that made you go, yes, I must be on

that episode? Well, the first thing that comes to mind is actually a sort of guttural sound made

by Murray Walker, which is, ah! And that's David Coulthard crashing into the pit lane. That is the thing

that I remember most about this race. But the reason I was so insistent to be on this podcast,

apart from the fact that obviously I'm a well-known massive Damon Hill fan, is also, this is

just childhood nostalgia talking. Like, this era of F1 car is my favourite era.

I accept that objectively the cars from kind of 92

before the smaller wheels came in and the active suspension,

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