F1 World Champion Damon Hill joins Seatrade Maritime

Damon Hill OBE - the 1996 Formula One World Champion - and son of the late double Formula One world champion Graham Hill will network and make an after-dinner speech to more than 800 shipping and maritime personalities at the 12th Seatrade Maritime Awards Middle East, Indian Subcontinent & Africa. This evening of networking takes place on Monday 19 October in the Joharah Ballroom, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE when industry personalities gather to mix with industry friends and colleagues and hear who from the industry has been awarded across different categories for outstanding efforts in the maritime marketplace.

The inclusion of Damon Hill brings a new dimension to the ceremony dinner, which includes entertainment from the UK’s X-Factor singer, Nicole Lawrence, and master of ceremonies, international broadcaster and presenter, Stephen Marney. The only son of a world champion to win the title, Damon came to professional motorsports relatively late when he began racing motorcycles in 1983 at the age of 23.

 Damon started his Formula One career in 1992 with the Brabham team. He took the first of his 22 victories at the 1993 Hungarian Grand Prix for the Williams team the following year. In 1994, he won the British Grand Prix, a race his father had never won in his long and successful career. During the mid 1990s, Damon was Michael Schumacher's main rival for the Formula One Driver's Championship, finishing runner-up in the German's 1994 and 1995 title seasons.