Damon Hill is a retired British Formula One driver. He is the son of Graham Hill, the two-time world champion, and is currently a member of Sky Sports F1 broadcasting team

It is 20 years since Damon Hill won the Formula One World Championship, and 17 years since he retired from motor racing for good.

For anyone involved in such an adrenaline-fuelled sport, there is inevitably going to be a vacuum when it ends and Hill, who was just 39 when he retired, was aware of this but that didn’t make it any easier. He went mountain biking and took long walks. He spent a lot of time with his family, applying himself to the school run with vigour (he has four children, and at one point they were all at different schools), and indulged in his other passion, music; he made a series of bad investments.

He grew his hair, read books on philosophy and religion, and even did an English degree through Open University. He started a charity for children with learning disabilities in 2007 (his eldest son, Oliver, has Down’s syndrome) and became president of the BRDC (British Racing Driver’s Club). Four years ago he joined Sky F1 as a commentator. He had plenty to do.