Editing Damon Hill (section)

====Arrows (1997)====
[[File:Damon Hill 1997 Arrows.jpg|thumb|right|At the [[1997 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]], Hill scored his first point for the [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]] team.]]
[[File:Damon Hill 1997 Arrows Yamaha Hungary.jpg|thumb|left|Damon Hill's [[Arrows A18]] leading the [[1997 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungarian Grand Prix]].]]
Hill became the fourth driver in nine years to win the World Drivers' Championship for Williams and not drive for the team the following season, as occurred with [[Nelson Piquet]] ({{f1|1987}} champion – {{f1|1988}} driver for [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]), Nigel Mansell (1992 champion – 1993 driver in the US-based [[Champ Car|Indy Car World Series]] instead of F1) and Alain Prost (1993 champion – retired in 1994). As World Champion, Hill was in high demand and had offers for a race seat from [[McLaren]], Benetton and [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] but not adequately financially valued despite his status.<ref name=motorsport07 /> As a consequence, he opted to sign for [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]], a team which had never won a race in its 20-year history and had scored only a single point the previous year. Hill's title defence in {{F1|1997}} proved unsuccessful, getting off to a poor start when he only narrowly qualified for the {{F1GP|1997|Australian}} and then retired on the parade lap. The Arrows car, which used tyres from series debutant [[Bridgestone]] and previously unproven Yamaha engines, was generally uncompetitive, and Hill did not score his first point for the team until the {{F1GP|1997|British}} at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] in July. His best result for the year then came at the {{F1GP|1997|Hungarian}}. On a day when the Bridgestone tyres had a competitive edge over their [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] rivals, Hill qualified third in a car that had not previously placed higher than 9th on the grid. During the race, he passed his rival and new championship contender, Michael Schumacher, on the track and was leading late in the race, 35 seconds ahead of the eventual 1997 World Champion, Villeneuve, until a hydraulic problem drastically slowed the Arrows. Villeneuve thus passed Hill, who finished second.<ref>{{cite news |title=Race Summaries: 1997 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/formula_1/62492.stm#hungary |work=BBC News |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=5 March 1998 |access-date=12 June 2006 |archive-date=25 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525190945/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/formula_1/62492.stm#hungary |url-status=live }}</ref>