", Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile, "Gilles entered 68 races but only started 67", "Gilles Villeneuve's 1978 winning car to get show drive by son at Canada GP", "1981 Canadian Grand Prix – Gilles Villeneuve never surrenders", "What if ...? Log in or sign up to leave a comment Log In Sign Up. Villeneuve subsequently released a statement confirming the existence of the entry, and that it is a collaboration with the Italian Durango team.[34]. ... That is the sensational view of outspoken 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve, just one day after.. March 24, 2021 with 3 Comments. Remaining with Williams in 1998 (and becoming the first Williams driver since Keke Rosberg in 1982 to stay with the team for his title defense), he struggled with an underpowered Mecachrome engine which were basically rebadged Renault V10 engines from the previous season that despite some development had been overtaken in power by both Ferrari and the Mercedes-Benz powered McLarens. He won six Grand Prix races in a short career at the highest level. The car ran second for much of the race before pitting with engine problems at 12:39 pm. [26] Villeneuve might have won the World Championship by ignoring team orders to beat Scheckter at the Italian Grand Prix, but chose to finish behind him, ending his own championship challenge. In January 2016, Villeneuve announced that he would be parting ways with the squad[59] and leaving the series after a best finish of 11th at the second race in Malaysia. Villeneuve set the fastest time of the three drivers in qualifying to put the car into fourth place on the starting grid. Villeneuve was partnered with Didier Pironi who noted that Villeneuve "had a little family [at Ferrari] but he made me welcome and made me feel at home overnight ... [He] treated me as an equal in every way. In March 2006, when driving for BMW Sauber, he appeared in television campaign for Intel's Centrino laptop campaign, in which he touts the benefits of using Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology. Villeneuve first competed in the V8 Supercar series as an endurance co-driver partnered with Paul Dumbrell for Rod Nash Racing in the 2010 Gold Coast 600. [20], The title went down to the final round in Jerez. 1984 N. Lauda Jacques Villeneuve was invited to a Hockey match to celebrate his F1 title with his fans back in 1997. [43], Overall Vileneuve competed in 67 Grands Prix, won 6 of them and took 13 podium finishes. [13] He credited some of his success to his snowmobiling days: "Every winter, you would reckon on three or four big spills — and I'm talking about being thrown on to the ice at 100 miles per hour. Once held in late September, the event was moved to its present location on the calendar of mid-June in 1982, so as to … He was then tabbed to drive the No. 1969 J. Stewart, 1970 J. Rindt The German manufacturer wished to start their own works team following a six-year partnership with Villeneuve's former employers Williams. 1973 J. Stewart Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 Formula 1 champion, does not think Mercedes should drop Valtteri Bottas from its F1 lineup when Bottas' contract expires at … The race ended shortly after. 1967 D. Hulme [27], With no contract for 2004, Villeneuve was forced to take a sabbatical, but maintained that he wanted to return to the sport. [9], Villeneuve started competitive driving in local drag-racing events, entering his road car, a modified 1967 Ford Mustang. [1][2] He is the son of Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, and is the namesake of his uncle, who was also a racer. The memory of what he has done, what he achieved, will always be there. The 1997 Formula 1 victor is the last driver to have won the Drivers’ World Championship for the Williams F1 team. In the first few years the bulk of his income actually came from snowmobile racing, where he was extremely successful. He stayed there for the next four seasons but, following poor results he was replaced by former British Formula Three Champion Takuma Sato. Villeneuve a Racing Legend 1995 - Allan de la Plante, Roebuck (1986) p.208 gives the gap as 11 seconds. Andretti [10], Villeneuve was among the first group inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. At the third round of the season in Punta del Este, Villeneuve crashed in qualifying and withdrew from the race. [17] A year later, Joann allowed him to drive a 100 cc kart at a kart track in Imola. Formula One F1 – Bahrain Grand Prix – Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in action during the race REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed “It will be a long, top-level fight. 1952 A. Ascari In an interview (translated via Google), the former F1 champion Villeneuve thinks Mercedes are looking to move on from Hamilton in 2022 as they want to get recognized for the cars they build. [52] Villeneuve's son, Jacques, drove the No. He was soon bored by this[10] and entered the Jim Russell Racing School at Le Circuit Mont Tremblant to gain a racing licence. 1961 P. Hill 27 during his IndyCar and Indianapolis 500 winning season with Team Green, and has also used the number for occasional drives in NASCAR and the Speedcar Series. He failed to win a single race (like Hill the previous season), although he did finish on the podium twice in Germany and Hungary. 2006 S. Bourdais Jenkinson (June 1982) writes only that he "was in the middle of a last desperate bid to improve his grid position. [24] Villeneuve scored five points less than the previous season, but finished on the podium twice in Spain and Germany. 1957 J. M. Fangio 2007 K. Räikkönen [3] Villeneuve impressed during his debut race in Australia, taking pole position and almost won the race. The British press coverage of Villeneuve's performance was generally complimentary, including John Blunsden's comment in The Times that "Anyone seeking a future World Champion need look no further than this quietly assured young man. © … Massa was later drafted into Ferrari to support Michael Schumacher's 2006 campaign. For the 1981 season, Ferrari introduced their first turbocharged engined F1 car, the 126C, which produced tremendous power but was let down by its poor handling. He made his NASCAR Nextel Cup race debut in the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama over the weekend of October 5–7, 2007. The Canadian Grand Prix (French: Grand Prix du Canada) is an annual motor racing event held since 1961. 1995 J. Villeneuve In Villeneuve's first Truck Series race on September 22, 2007, in Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he qualified in seventh position, and finished 21st. En aquel entonces corrieron en Estoril y el ganador fue el canadiense Jacques Villeneuve, al volante de un Williams-Renault. 2002 M. Schumacher 2016 N. Rosberg best. 2018 L. Hamilton (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Heinz-Harald Frentzen was brought in to replace Hill. Along with Pollock, Richards removed Technical Director Malcolm Oastler and fifty members of staff at BAR. For the race, Villeneuve shared the No.7 car with Marc Gené and Nicolas Minassian. "[45] In Villeneuve's entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia, Bob Ferguson and Michael Gee wrote that retrospective comments were complimentary of his driving, and said he was approachable and spoke informally to the media and fans. Misc. (archived version)", Dossiers Michel Vaillant 'Gilles Villeneuve', "All championship race entries, by Gilles Villeneuve", CBC Digital Archives — Gilles Villeneuve: Racing at the speed of light, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilles_Villeneuve&oldid=1018963676, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 20 April 2021, at 20:14. This was his first drive in a sportscar since working with Toyota in 1992. He managed to win seven of the ten races he entered. He finished 21st due to a large number of accidents and mechanical failure on the other cars. [21], The 1978 season saw a succession of retirements for Villeneuve, often after problems with the new Michelin radial tyres. [40][41] For 2011 Villeneuve agreed to take over for Brad Keselowski in the number 22 car for Penske Racing in the Nationwide Series for two races which Keselowski could not attend. With no sponsor for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Villeneuve joined the Speedcar Series for the remainder of the 2008 season. 1976 J. Villeneuve can envision Carlos Sainz pestering Charles Leclerc at Ferrari Although the Italian team may not admit it, from the outside looking in, there is definitely a clear number 1 and number 2 driver. As a musician, he has released an album titled Private Paradise. [18], Villeneuve competed in the Italian Formula Three series from 1989 through 1991, but failed to make an impression.[3]. The pink line forms a 'V' on each side, which Villeneuve has been quoted as saying was 'unintentional'. Start-finish-line at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. An enthusiast of cars and fast driving from an early age, Villeneuve started his professional career in snowmobile racing in his native province of Quebec. His second season in Formula Atlantic was part-sponsored by his snowmobile manufacturer, Skiroule. All Formula One race and championship results are taken from: This page was last edited on 15 April 2021, at 05:04. Jarno Trulli had fallen out of favour and team boss Flavio Briatore felt Villeneuve would be worth a gamble. 2 days ago. hide. Villeneuve commented afterwards, "I tell you, that was really fun! He was named Canada's Athlete of the Year, receiving the Lou Marsh Trophy in 1995 and 1997. Villeneuve also appeared briefly in the 2001 Sylvester Stallone action movie Driven as himself. 1993 N. Mansell, 1994 A. Unser Jr. But at the German Grand Prix, Villeneuve had allegedly sustained an injury in a crash on lap 31. It was first staged at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, as a sports car event, before alternating between Mosport and Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, after Formula One took over the event. 2009 J. Button, 2010 S. Vettel For the opening three races he was the slowest driver on Michelin tyres, and rumors began to spread that he would soon be replaced. After much uncertainty, in late 2005 BMW confirmed that Villeneuve would race for BMW Sauber in 2006. [31] The reason for his departure was later revealed that he simply did not want to be a part of a potential "shoot-out" with Kubica, feeling that he had proven himself already. 1966 J. Brabham Mortefontaine – 10 January 2007 * – Most laps led. 1985 A. Unser At times the car showed a promising pace, with Villeneuve running in third place at Barcelona, but often technical problems ruined his chances. 51 at Michigan and Sonoma", "Villeneuve aims to take No. [48], The racetrack on Notre Dame Island, Montreal, host to the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, was named Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in his honour at the Canadian Grand Prix of 1982. Villeneuve's father eventually became a Ferrari Formula One driver, finishing runner-up in the 1979 season and winning six Grands Prix. [17] His mother, Joann, promised she would allow him to drive a kart if he got good marks in one of his weakest subjects, mathematics. "[18] Ferrari was satisfied with Villeneuve's promise after a session at Ferrari's Fiorano test track, despite the Canadian making many mistakes and setting relatively slow times, and Villeneuve signed to drive for Ferrari in the last two races of the 1977 season and the 1978 season. Following two successful years in CART, Villeneuve moved into Formula One with the front-running Williams team, alongside Damon Hill. [17] Villeneuve was left with no solid options for 1978, although Canadian Walter Wolf, for whom Villeneuve had driven in Can-Am racing, considered giving him a drive at Wolf Racing. Despite initial plans to start at Daytona's PowerShares QQQ 300,[44] Villeneuve announced the team would make its debut two weeks later at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. His homeland has continued to honour him: In Berthierville a museum was opened in 1992 and a lifelike statue stands in a nearby park which was also named in his honour. And the visibility was terrible! Villeneuve once again challenged for the title, but instead of Hill, the Canadian found himself battling with then double World Champion Michael Schumacher. Villeneuve won a further three races and managed to take the title fight to the final round at Suzuka. Villeneuve was replaced by Robert Kubica and soon BMW and Villeneuve parted company. 2002 C. da Matta Villeneuve branded Bottas “simply too slow” and believes that will hamper Lewis Hamilton’s campaign as he won’t be providing the seven-time champion with the support he will need to beat Max Verstappen. 97% Upvoted. He qualified sixth, however, due to his lack of experience in this type of car, he elected to start the race from the back of the field and ran there for most of the race. Italics – Fastest lap. [59], (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap), Villeneuve 1982 - Allan de la Plante [54] Canadian driver and 2011 IndyCar Rookie of the Year James Hinchcliffe adopted the number 27 for the 2012 season when he joined Andretti Autosport (former Andretti Green Racing).[55]. When asked about his expectations on the album he released the following statement: "I hope the album makes a great success. In 1976, teamed with Chris Harrison's Ecurie Canada and factory March race engineer Ray Wardell, he dominated the season by winning all but one of the races and taking the US and Canadian titles. Villeneuve's helmet carried a stylised 'V' in red on either side — an effect he devised with his wife Joann. Running second with less than 10 laps to go, Villeneuve claimed the lead from fellow Canadian Scott Goodyear after Goodyear was penalized for having passed the pace-car before the restart. [17], Soon, Villeneuve's uncle, Jacques Sr., enrolled him at the Jim Russell Racing Driver School in Mont Tremblant, Quebec. Villeneuve finished 5th but was disqualified from the race leaving Schumacher leading the Drivers' Championship by one point. In the end, Hill won the race, and the championship, while Villeneuve retired on lap 37 after his right-rear wheel came off. The Supertec engines of the previous season were replaced by Honda engines, and the new BAR-Honda package proved to be more competitive, with Villeneuve finishing in the points on seven occasions and almost securing a podium finish at the United States Grand Prix. [48][49] His participation in the season finale race at Zolder would mark the first time he raced on the track where his father Gilles was killed in 1982. 27 to Daytona", "Villeneuve to skip Daytona, citing "not enough" time for team to prepare", "Motorsports icon Jacques Villeneuve to compete full-time in NASCAR Whelen Euro Series", "Jacques Villeneuve Earns First Euro NASCAR Podium Finish at Franciacorta", "Jacques Villeneuve Grabs First Ever NWES Pole Position", "Jacques Villeneuve at Zolder for the first time, 37 years after Gilles' death", "Hezemans Crowned the 2019 Euro NASCAR Champion, Longin Breaks Through", "Jacques Villeneuve: 2019 just a "test" for 2020? 1996 J. Vasser 2005 F. Alonso [4] [5] [6] After their relationship ended, Villeneuve was engaged to Australian singer Dannii Minogue in the late 1990s and was once engaged to American ballerina Ellen Green. [24] Arnoux passed Villeneuve for second place with three laps to go, but Villeneuve re-passed him on the next lap. "[34] Feeling betrayed and angry Villeneuve vowed never to speak to Pironi again. [46] He scored a double podium finish in his second Euro Series race week at Franciacorta. 2011 S. Vettel It has been part of the Formula One World Championship since 1967. Villeneuve had been considered favourite for the Drivers' Championship by bookmakers in the United Kingdom,[28] though he only scored six points in the whole campaign in the 312T5 which had only partial ground effects. Along with the win in Miami came three other victories, the most significant of which came at Indianapolis for the Indy 500. 1991 Mi. In 2009 he was invited again to run in two out of the three major races in the season: one at Interlagos on July 19 (did not finish after contact with Leonel Pernía and spun) and the other being the second edition of La Carrera del Año at the Buenos Aires circuit on September 20, the last mentioned race being its better results in the series, finishing 13th. Villeneuve came out as the Drivers World Champion in only his second season. Happy 50th Birthday to 1997 F1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve. 1972 E. Fittipaldi Villeneuve has since pledged to keep competing in the event until he wins it, and has been supported by Allan McNish. The team led for several hours but began to lose their lead when it rained. Villeneuve was using his final set of qualifying tyres; some say he was attempting to improve his time on his final lap, while others suggest he was specifically aiming to beat Pironi. [20] Villeneuve retired from his home race after sliding off the track on another competitor's oil. 1982 R. Mears Villeneuve's career went into sharp decline following his World Championship title. Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve OQ (French: [ʒɑk vilnœv]; born April 9, 1971) is a Canadian professional auto racing driver and amateur musician. 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