This could well be what Williams’ Damon Hill told Benetton’s Michael Schumacher when he won the 1996 world title at Suzuka on this day. The previous two years had seen the pair fight - sometimes bitterly - for the championship honours, with the German emerging as the victor on both occasions.

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