A year later in 1997, Villeneuve dethroned Hill and did something his father never lived to do. He won the world championship. Hill is currently mentoring the third generation of Hills to enter motorsports. Maybe one day we will see the Hill name back at the top.
However, sometimes the sons don't live up to their fathers' names.
Michael Andretti tried and failed in his attempt to emulate his father's achievements in a highly challenging and un-competitive season for McLaren in 1993.
Jackie Stewart's son Paul started racing in 1989. Jackie supported his son all the way, even to the extent that he started Paul Stewart Racing in 1991.
After two seasons, Paul realized he would never be good enough to race in F1 and gave up driving to manage Paul Stewart Racing, which eventually became Stewart Racing in 1997.
Williams have two young, fast, up-and-coming drivers with one thing in common: they both have famous fathers with F1 pedigree.
Nico Rosberg, son of 1982 world champion Keke, and Kazuki Nakajima, son of former Lotus driver Satoru.
When Nico hit the F1 scene in 2006, every pore in the 20-year-old's body oozed the same self-confident signal: "I'm simply the best."
In late 2007 he was joined by Kazuki, 20 years after his father's debut at the the same event, the Brazilian GP.
Not only does the 2008 Formula One world championship boast of two sons of former drivers, but a third in Nelson Piquet, Jr.
So how long will it be before we see Hamilton Jr. or Räikkönen Jr. on the F1 grid? And does having a famous father add pressure on a driver?
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