It seems Hill will be starting this Formula One season at Albert Park in Melbourne as the favourite of the favourites. Three-times World Champion Niki Lauda, now consultant for Ferrari, says Hill has the best chance for the 1996 World Championship title: "Damon Hill has the best cards to win the 1996 World Championship. He hasn't switched teams like the other top drivers have, he knows his car and his engine."
Mark Blundell is one of the two ex-Formula One drivers to make their debut into Indy Car racing at the Grand Prix of Miami next Sunday. Blundell, who wasn't offered a seat in a good Formula One team for 1996, will start his Indy Car carrier with the Pac West team, the other ex-Formula One driver is Alessandro Zanardi, he will start with the Ganassi team.