Michael Schumacher's former rival 'disappointed' in F1 icon 30 years on from controversial incident

Hill ended up missing out on the championship by a single point, with the Briton forced to retire from the race after Schumacher deliberately rammed into his vehicle.

And the now 64-year-old has admitted he's still disappointed with Schumacher all these years on, insisting it's a 'blemish' on the F1 icon's glittering career.

Speaking to The Sun, he said: “It has become a blemish really on his incredible career.

“What happened in Adelaide was a bit disappointing, the way it ended.

"Disappointed in him, let’s say. That’s the way he went about things.

“You look at someone like Roger Federer, who’s had an outstanding career, and there’s not a blemish on it. A total sportsman the whole way through.

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“Why would you not want that for your legacy?

“And some people just can’t help themselves. They’re just very, very ruthless in competition. And that’s how Michael went about things.

“It’s one I think he knew was perhaps regrettable.”

Hill also revealed he received a death threat from a fan of Schumacher after the F1 icon was disqualified from the 1994 British Grand Prix and that he had to be smuggled in for the German Grand Prix just weeks later.

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He recalled: “A guy had written to the police and said, ‘If Damon Hill qualifies ahead of Michael, I’m going to shoot him’. "So we had all this security for the whole weekend.

“I had to be secreted into Hockenheim in the back of a police car.

"They literally took me through the woods!”

Schumacher, these days, lives his life away from the spotlight.

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The Formula One legend hasn't been seen in public since a tragic skiing accident in the French Alps back in 2013.

And Hill has admitted he was left 'deeply upset' after hearing the news about his former title rival.

"I was deeply upset, because to be with your son skiing, you’re out for a lovely day — it’s just horrible what happened. I know what it’s like to lose your dad," he continued.

“Michael was astonishingly brilliant and changed the sport because he was unemotional.

“He somehow managed to do things clinically and to break records with apparent disregard for a reason as to why they shouldn’t be broken.

“Alain Prost retired at four. To think in terms of seven titles… to go to six, OK, you’ve done it. Why not seven?

“I found it difficult to know why you’d want to keep bagging them. It seemed an awful lot to me!

“But that’s the difference between someone like Michael and ordinary drivers like me. There’s no barrier to their limits.”