No-one can truly understand the intense pressures Mick Schumacher will endure when he joins the Formula 1 grid next year.
Schumacher, the son of severely injured F1 legend Michael, has signed on with US-owned team Haas for the 2021 season after dominating the F2 championship this year.
The scrutiny and expectation will be intense, to say the least, but Damon Hill does have a unique insight into what the 21-year-old German gun can expect.
In a fascinating interview with The Guardian, Briton Hill explained some of what Schumacher can expect.
The health of Michael Schumacher, the seven-time world champion, has been shrouded in mystery since suffering a severe brain injury in a horrific skiing accident in 2013.
Meanwhile Hill, the 1996 world champion, is the son of Graham Hill, a two-time world champion who was killed in a plane crash in 1975.
"There is a sense that some people don't want you to have a go," Hill said of living in the shadow of a famous father.
"I felt like some people felt: 'Why is he doing this?
"He is never going to be as good as his dad.'
"It does not necessarily follow that because your dad was a world champion that you will be any good, but that should not prevent you from a having a go.
"You should be able to have a go if you merit it, and F1 will find a way to see if you merit it."
Mick Schumacher was 14 and skiing with his illustrious father in France when his father suffered his accident.
Hill believed that trauma would also give Mick a greater sense of purpose.
"It really is tragic what happened to Michael," Hill said.
"Mick has experienced something in his life which has been very tough to bear, and I am sure it is a little bit of extra motivation that he will have…
"I have been very impressed with how diplomatic he has been, and how he has asked people to be respectful of the privacy the Schumacher family has asked for.
"I think he has coped with that admirably, and that has given him the chance to focus on what he wants to do.
"But he doesn't strike me as someone who is interested in getting publicity for himself.
"He wants to race and he wants to win…
"In a way it's very simple – if you perform well, then all those problems melt away.
"I will be keen to see how he gets on.
"Everyone has been massively affected and appreciates the pain that the Schumacher family have gone through.
"They wish Mick well, they really do."
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