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Jacques Villeneuve

January 01, 1970

This article is about the younger Jacques Villeneuve. For his uncle, see Jacques Villeneuve (racing driver, born 1953).
For other people named Villeneuve, see Villeneuve (surname).

Jacques Villeneuve OQ (French: [ʒɑk vilnœv]; born 9 April 1971) is a Canadian professional racing driver and amateur musician who won the 1997 Formula One World Championship with Williams. In addition to Formula One, he has competed in various other forms of motor racing, winning the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1995 PPG Indy Car World Series. He is the son of former Ferrari racing driver Gilles Villeneuve.

Jacques Villeneuve
OQ
Villeneuve in 2012
BornJacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve
(1971-04-09) April 9, 1971 (age 53)
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Championship titles
CART Championship Car (1995)
FIA World Drivers' Championship (1997)
Major victories
Indianapolis 500 (1995)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Canadian
Active years1996–2006
TeamsWilliams, BAR, Renault, Sauber, BMW Sauber
EnginesRenault, Mecachrome, Supertec, Honda, Petronas, BMW
Entries165 (163 starts)
Championships1 (1997)
Wins11
Podiums23
Career points235
Pole positions13
Fastest laps9
First entry1996 Australian Grand Prix
First win1996 European Grand Prix
Last win1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix
Last entry2006 German Grand Prix
Champ Car career
33 races run over 2 years
Best finish1st (1995)
First race1994 FAI IndyCar Grand Prix (Surfers Paradise)
Last race1995 Monterey Grand Prix (Laguna Seca)
First win1994 Texaco/Havoline 200 (Road America)
Last win1995 Cleveland Grand Prix (Cleveland)
Wins Podiums Poles
5 10 6
IndyCar Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish30th (2014)
First race2014 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Cup Series career
5 races run over 4 years
Best finish36th (2022)
First race2007 UAW-Ford 500 (Talladega)
Last race2022 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2007–2008
TeamsPeugeot
Best finish2nd (2008)
Class wins0

Villeneuve began racing at age 18 in the Italian Formula Three Championship, which he raced in between 1989 and 1991. He moved to the higher-tier Toyota Atlantic Championship, participating in one race during the 1992 season and finishing third overall in the 1993 championship. He began competing in Championship Auto Racing Teams with the Forsythe/Green Racing team in the 1994 season, finishing sixth in the Drivers' Championship with one victory and earning Rookie of the Year and Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honours. In the following year with the renamed Team Green, Villeneuve won four races (including the Indianapolis 500) and the Drivers' Championship.

Villeneuve moved to Williams in Formula One for the 1996 season, claiming four Grand Prix victories, and becoming the first rookie runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship (WDC) after a season-long duel with teammate Damon Hill. His main title challenge for the following season came from Ferrari's Michael Schumacher, and Villeneuve beat the latter following a controversial collision at the season-ending European Grand Prix, becoming the first Canadian World Drivers' Champion, achieving seven Grand Prix victories. He finished fifth in the 1998 season achieving two podiums and helped Williams finish third in the World Constructors' Championship behind Ferrari and McLaren. After an unsuccessful 1999 with British American Racing (BAR), Villeneuve finished seventh in the WDC in both 2000 and 2001 with BAR, achieving two podiums in 2001, outscoring his teammates Ricardo Zonta and Olivier Panis. Villeneuve raced in Formula One from 2002 to 2006, driving for BAR, Renault, Sauber, and BMW Sauber, but he did not achieve any further success.

Villeneuve left Formula One mid-way through the 2006 season and began competing in various forms of motor racing such as sports car racing, NASCAR, and touring car racing. Though not as successful in these forms of racing, he won the 2008 1000 km of Spa driving for Peugeot. Villeneuve was appointed Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 1998. He was voted the winner of both the Lou Marsh Trophy and the Lionel Conacher Award in each of 1995 and 1997. Villeneuve is an inductee of the Canadian Motor Sports Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, and the FIA Hall of Fame.

Early life edit

On 9 April 1971, Villeneuve was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,[1][2] a small town outside of Montreal in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec.[3][4][5] He is the son of snowmobile and future Ferrari racer Gilles Villeneuve and his wife Joann Barthe.[6] Villeneuve has a sister, Melanie, and a half sister Jessica.[7] His uncle, Jacques Sr., whom he was named after also competed in motor racing.[7] Villeneuve spent most of his formative years travelling with the racing fraternity with his parents.[1]

Aged seven in 1978, Villeneuve and his family relocated from Berthierville, Quebec,[5][8] to the small principality of Monaco on the French Riviera in France's south-east coast close to the border with Italy to be nearer to Ferrari's headquarters.[4][5] On the advice of driver Patrick Tambay,[9] Villeneuve was sent to the French-speaking Swiss private boarding Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil by his mother, which he attended from the ages of 12 (1983) to 17 (1988).[4][10] He excelled in skiing, BASE jumping, ice hockey, motocross and water skiing.[11] Villeneuve left the school by mutual consent between his mother and the school owners.[10]

Early racing career edit

Villeneuve's mother was aware from when he was five that he wanted to race,[12] and he went go-karting with his uncle several times in Canada.[13] In May 1982, his father died in an accident with Jochen Mass during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit Zolder. Jacques became less interested in motor racing after that, fearing the sport's dangers.[6][14] In 1984, he asked his mother if he could do motor racing like his father. Villeneuve's mother agreed to let him race on the condition he improved his academic performance in one of his weakest subjects, mathematics.[15] Though his mother preferred him to do a course in aerodynamic or mechanical engineering,[13] she did not discourage her son from pursuing racing.[6] In early September 1985, Villeneuve was invited by a SAGIS employee to race in 100 cc go-kart at Italy's Imola Circuit. He impressed the track owners so much that they let him test a 135 cc kart and then a Formula Four car.[13][15] In July 1986, his uncle enrolled him in the Jim Russell Racing Driver School in Mont Tremblant,[a] where he passed a three-day course driving a Formula Ford 1600 car from Van Diemen.[b][13][17]

In mid-1987, Villeneuve left his family to attend the Spenard-David Racing School in Shannonville, Ontario to hone his abilities under Richard Spenard.[18][6][17] Villeneuve did not have the money to pay for the course and his mother would not fund it because she thought Jacques finishing his education was more important. He worked in a mechanics' training programme allowing students to learn racing in return for garage painting.[17][18] Aged 17, Villeneuve was invited to make his car racing debut in the Italian Touring Car Championship,[12] driving a Salerno Course-entered Group N Alfa Romeo 33 car for three rounds of the 1988 season. The Canadian and Italian authorities would not grant him a licence since he was a year younger than their minimum age requirement, so he obtained an international racing licence in Andorra with Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs aid.[c][18] Villeneuve performed poorly in each of the three rounds.[17]

 
The car Villeneuve drove in the 1989 Italian Formula Three Championship

Villeneuve went on to sign a three-year contract to drive a Reynard-Alfa Romeo car for Prema in the Italian Formula Three Championship, a deal that was aided by the squad obtaining sponsorship from the Camel cigarette company.[d] Initially struggling to drive a Formula 3 car, he enrolled at the Magione Driving School. Under Henry Morrogh's direction, he gradually developed his character and driving technique. Villeneuve did not qualify five times, failed to finish three of the eleven races, and scored no points. In the 1990 season, he qualified for each of the 12 rounds and scored ten points for 14th in the Drivers' Championship.[e][18] Villeneuve was considered a title favourite for the 1991 championship. A late-season switch to the Ralt RT35 chassis failed to improve his performance, but he still finished sixth overall with 20 points and 3 podiums.[20][18] In late 1991, Villeneuve finished eighth in both the Macau Grand Prix and the Formula 3 Fuji Cup.[18]

 
The Toyota TS010 car Villeneuve shared with Eddie Irvine and Tom Kristensen at Mine Circuit.

Dissatisfied with his management in 1991,[21] Villeneuve asked former Beausoleil sports administrator and motor racing promoter Craig Pollock to take over his management three times.[6][17][18] For the 1992 season, he wanted to compete in Formula 3000 in Europe with Prema,[18] but did not have the funding to compete with the top teams.[22] Villeneuve accepted an offer to relocate to Japan and drive a Toyota 032F car for the TOM'S squad in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship in 1992 following advice from Tambay. He felt the Japanese series was almost as good as the Italian one, and he did not want to remain in Europe. Villeneuve was the only driver to receive works support from TOM'S, and he got driver training. He won three races and finished no lower than sixth nine times, earning second in the Drivers' Championship and 45 points.[18] People in the racing world observed that ten years after his father's death, Villeneuve was becoming a well-known racer.[17][18] In August, Pollock negotiated a contract for Villeneuve to enter the Formula Atlantic street event at Trois-Rivières in the 1992 Atlantic Championship.[11][23] He finished third in the No. 49 Swift DB4-Toyota car lent by the ComPred team.[18][24] In addition, he also tested a Group C Toyota that year and was mentored by driver Roland Ratzenberger.[9]

Four months later, Villeneuve accepted an invite to share a TOM'S-entered Toyota TS010 car with Eddie Irvine and Tom Kristensen at the final round of the 1992 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship at Mine Circuit, finishing fourth. He was fourth at the Macau Grand Prix for TOM'S.[18] In Trois-Rivières, Villeneuve met crew chief Barry Green who wanted a driver for his new Forsythe-Green Racing squad.[11] He accepted a three-year contract from Green with personal sponsorship from sports marketing arm Player's November 1992.[8][21][17] He raced the lower-tier 1993 Atlantic Championship which featured more powerful cars with more grip and downforce to become better acquainted with American open-wheel racing before progressing to Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) in 1994.[18][22] Villeneuve built a close working relationship with aerodynamicist Tony Cicale.[25] Driving the No. 10 Ralt RT40-Toyota car, Villeneuve won five races and finished in the top three four times for third overall and 185 points after a season-long duel with David Empringham and teammate Claude Bourbonnais.[20][24][25] He was named the series' Rookie of the Year,[1] and ended 1993 retiring from the Macau Grand Prix driving a March Racing Ralt 93C-Fiat car.[25]

CART (1994–1995) edit

 
Villeneuve's 1995 Indianapolis 500 winning car

Villeneuve began participating in CART in the 1994 season for Forsythe-Green Racing, driving the No. 12 Reynard 94I-Ford XB vehicle after Green obtained sponsorship.[f][27][28] He debuted at the season-opening Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix at Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, starting eighth and finishing 17th after colliding with Stefan Johansson. In the season's next round, the Valvoline 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, he was involved in a five-car accident which saw him sustain a side collision with Hiro Matsushita before being struck by Dominic Dobson. Qualifying fourth for his first Indianapolis 500, Villeneuve finished second, earning Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honors as the highest-finishing rookie.[21][29] Villeneuve finished ninth or higher in six of the next nine rounds,[29] before beating Al Unser Jr. and Emerson Fittipaldi in the close finish to the Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America road course in his first CART victory.[28] He placed seventh and third in the final two rounds ending the year with Rookie of the Year honors and was sixth in the Drivers' Championship with 94 points.[27][29]

 
Villeneuve racing in the 1995 PPG IndyCar World Series at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

Before the 1995 season, Villeneuve rejected offers from fellow CART teams and some Formula One (F1) squads and remained at the renamed Team Green driving the renumbered No. 27 Reynard 95I-Ford XB.[27][28] Before the season, Villeneuve and his team were concerned, as their car had been unreliable and under-performed in pre-season testing.[21][28] He won the season-opening Grand Prix of Miami after starting eighth, but he only finished two of the next four races. His season highlight was the Indianapolis 500. Though Villeneuve was penalised two laps for overtaking the pace car, he re-took the lead after fellow Canadian Scott Goodyear failed to serve a ten-second stop-and-go penalty for also passing the pace car. Winning just his second Indianapolis 500 start, Villeneuve took the Drivers' Championship lead. Villeneuve went on to win both the Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America and the Grand Prix of Cleveland, also scoring points in all but one of the remaining rounds to clinch the title at the final race in Laguna Seca.[28][29] He won the championship with 172 points, four victories and six pole positions.[g][27]

Formula One career edit

Williams (1996–1998) edit

In early 1995, the Williams F1 team and engine supplier Renault became interested in Villeneuve replacing the outgoing David Coulthard. Bernie Ecclestone, F1's commercial rights holder, saw this as an opportunity to lure Villeneuve from CART even though Team Green wanted him to remain in America.[30] Technical director Patrick Head and team principal Frank Williams gave Villeneuve a test in a FW17 car at Britain's Silverstone Circuit in August 1995. He lapped two seconds slower than driver Damon Hill.[h][31] Negotiations between Villeneuve's representatives in mid-1995 led to Villeneuve signing a contract for 1996 and 1997 with the option for the 1998 season.[30][32] He was sent by Frank Williams to cover 6,000 mi (9,700 km) in testing during the six-month pre-season period testing on permanent European racing circuits,[29][33] and he also prepared by learning the circuits on a simulation computer game.[34]

1996 edit

 
Villeneuve driving for Williams at the 1996 Canadian Grand Prix

Villeneuve drove the docile FW18 car equipped with a powerful, reliable Renault engine and a better gearbox.[33][35] Villeneuve built up a rapport with his race engineer Jock Clear and learnt from his teammate Hill.[9][12] Although not considered a title favourite by the media,[36] he contended for the World Drivers' Championship with Hill but never led the standings. Villeneuve's debut at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix saw him become the third driver ever to claim pole position on his first start,[34] and despite an oil leak, he finished second.[35] He beat Ferrari's Michael Schumacher in the European Grand Prix three races later for his maiden F1 victory.[34] Villeneuve scored points in eight of the next eleven events and won the British Grand Prix, the Hungarian Grand Prix and the Portuguese Grand Prix.[29] Entering the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix, he had nine fewer points than Hill, requiring him to win the event and for Hill to score no points to claim the title;[29][37] however, Villeneuve's right-rear tyre came off his car, forcing him to retire from the race. He finished runner-up to Hill in the drivers' standings with 78 points in his maiden season.[29][32] Villeneuve was the first rookie to achieve four Grand Prix victories in his debut year and the first to finish runner-up overall.[i][38]

1997 edit

 
Jacques Villeneuve racing the Williams FW19 car at the 1997 British Grand Prix.

Before the 1997 season, Hill moved to the Arrows team, resulting in Villeneuve's promotion to lead driver. He was paired with Heinz-Harald Frentzen.[39][40] He and Schumacher vied for that year's World Drivers' Championship and variously shared the title lead.[39] Villeneuve trained extensively and drove an aerodynamically efficient and powerful FW19 car designed around him.[12][41] He won seven Grands Prix and qualified on pole position eight times in the first 14 races. At the season's penultimate race, the Japanese Grand Prix, he had a chance to win the championship but was banned for overtaking under yellow flag conditions twice during practice. He was allowed to race under appeal but was disqualified from fifth when the appeal was rejected.[39][42] Before the season-ending European Grand Prix, Villeneuve had 77 points, one fewer than Schumacher, requiring him to finish in the top six and ahead of Schumacher to win the championship.[43] During qualifying, Villeneuve, Schumacher and Frentzen all set the exact same lap time, but Villeneuve started from pole position per F1 regulations because he was the first driver to set the time. Villeneuve and Schumacher were involved in a collision that saw Schumacher careen into a gravel trap, giving the title to Villeneuve.[44][45] He was the second driver (after Mario Andretti) to win the F1 World Championship, the CART title, and the Indianapolis 500. He was also Canada's first F1 World Champion.[42]

1998 edit

Villeneuve threatened to leave F1 and return to CART if F1 introduced grooved tyres and narrower cars for the 1998 season.[5][40] Though these changes were adopted, he remained at Williams with Frentzen. Villeneuve's FW20 car had one-year old Mecachrome-branded engines after Renault's withdrawal from F1 after the 1997 season, which transpired to be noncompetitive.[12][46] He scored points at nine Grands Prix with a season-high third at each of the German Grand Prix and at the following Hungarian Grand Prix. During practice for the Belgian Grand Prix, he lost control of his car in Eau Rouge corner and crashed backwards into the barrier at approximately 170 mph (270 km/h). Villeneuve was unhurt.[47] With 21 points, he finished fifth in the Drivers' Championship.[46]

British American Racing (1999–2003) edit

Villeneuve left Williams following the 1998 season. McLaren technical director Adrian Newey, who liked Villeneuve's performance and who Villeneuve respected, offered him employment for the 1999 season, but Villeneuve rejected it.[48] He instead signed a contract to drive with the new British American Racing (BAR) team founded by Pollock and British American Tobacco following their late 1997 purchase of the financially struggling Tyrrell team. Villeneuve joined the team because he sought to emulate Schumacher's style of basing a team around him and employing highly skilled people to get from the bottom of the running order to the top.[49]

1999–2000 edit

 
Villeneuve competing for British American Racing at the 2000 Belgian Grand Prix.

Villeneuve was joined at BAR by former McLaren test driver Ricardo Zonta for most of the season and then by Mika Salo for three Grands Prix. His BAR 01 car was efficient and fast but chronically unreliable.[50][51] He failed to finish each of the first eleven races due to either mechanical trouble or crashing.[52] Villeneuve was only able to finish four Grands Prix with a best finish of eighth at the Italian Grand Prix.[50] Villeneuve qualified a season-high fifth at the San Marino Grand Prix and was briefly third in the Spanish Grand Prix two events later before retiring.[51] During qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, he suffered a high-speed crash through Eau Rouge corner, which destroyed his car but left him uninjured. He tallied no points towards the Drivers' Championship.[52]

For the 2000 season, his BAR 002 car had a more reliable and powerful works Honda engine, and Zonta was again his teammate.[20][53][54] Villeneuve finished fourth at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and scored two more points by placing fifth at the San Marino Grand Prix two races later. He also finished fourth at the French Grand Prix, the Austrian Grand Prix and the United States Grand Prix. Villeneuve scored points in the final two races by finishing sixth at the Japanese Grand Prix and fifth at the Malaysian Grand Prix.[54] Overall, his performances had improved from 1999 due to a better built and more reliable car.[54] Villeneuve finished the season seventh in the Drivers' Championship with 17 points.[53]

2001–2003 edit

 
Villeneuve driving his BAR 003 at the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix

There were rumours of Villeneuve leaving the BAR team after 2000.[55] He talked to Benetton, Ferrari and McLaren about racing with them in the 2001 championship.[56][57][58] Villeneuve later admitted McLaren was not an option since his management team got accused of conducting early season publicity and he disliked McLaren's corporate methodology.[59] Villeneuve also considered taking a sabbatical,[58] but he ultimately signed a three-year contract extension with BAR in July 2000.[60] He obtained a get-out clause enabling him to leave BAR should they under-perform.[61]

Villeneuve was joined by Olivier Panis, and the 003 car he drove was approximately 30 kg (66 lb) lighter than the 002 chassis.[53] Villeneuve was cordial with his teammate since they could talk to each other in French, and set himself the goal of winning a race and finishing third in the Drivers' Championship. His car was fairly reliable but lacked rear grip and straight-line speed due to an underpowered Honda engine.[62] At the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Villeneuve struck the rear of Ralf Schumacher's car, launching him into the air. One of Villeneuve's car's wheels struck marshal Graham Beveridge, killing him.[20] Villeneuve achieved BAR's first two podium results, finishing third at both the Spanish Grand Prix and the German Grand Prix. He finished the season seventh in the Drivers' Championship with 12 points.[63][62] Although he scored five fewer points than the year before, Villeneuve qualified higher than Panis eleven times in 2001.[62]

 
Villeneuve testing the BAR 004 car in 2002

Before the 2002 season Villeneuve remained at BAR.[64] He talked to team principal Flavio Briatore,[9] who offered him a seat at Renault in lieu of Jenson Button but Villeneuve rejected it.[12][53] Villeneuve ultimately opted to remain at BAR due to pressure from Honda, and he again partnered with Panis.[65] He became uncomfortable when new BAR team principal David Richards publicly mentioned that money spent on Villeneuve's high salary could be better used for research and development. The BAR 004 chassis proved to be more unreliable than the year before and slower due to an under-powered Honda engine. He scored four points for 12th in the Drivers' Championship with a fourth place at the British Grand Prix being his season's best result.[65] Villeneuve regretted remaining at BAR due to the lack of results,[66] and he was offered a contract to join Team Player's in CART for the 2003 championship before returning to BAR for the 2004 and 2005 F1 seasons. The deal was pushed by Richards but not agreed upon because Villeneuve's and Pollock's financial settlements were too great for team owner Gerald Forsythe to be willing to take on.[67]

Villeneuve decided to remain at BAR for the 2003 season, and was partnered with Button. Villeneuve's BAR 005 car had a more powerful but bulky Honda engine.[53][68] He initially had a poor relationship with Button, not speaking to him and saying that Button "should be in a boy band".[69] Their relationship did not improve after the season-opening Australian Grand Prix when Villeneuve was due to make a pit stop but drove an additional lap when Button was due to make his, leaving Button stationary behind Villeneuve. Although he blamed it on "radio problems". Button and Richards hinted their disbelief in his execution.[68] Villeneuve was outperformed by his teammate and retired eight times due to mechanical faults. He finished sixth at both the Brazilian Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix. Before the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix, Villeneuve was informed by Richards he was no longer needed. He was replaced by test driver Takuma Sato.[53][68] He was 16th in the Drivers' Championship with 6 points.[68]

Renault and Sauber (2004–2006) edit

 
Villeneuve qualifying for Sauber at the 2005 United States Grand Prix.

Villeneuve took a sabbatical after BAR released him.[70] He thought of taking up NASCAR as a new challenge, but no teams approached him.[71] After speaking to senior officials from BAR and Williams, Villeneuve believed that they would want to resign him to their respective teams, but neither move occurred.[70][72] When he realised no competitive team would employ him,[72] he and Pollock met Sauber team owner Peter Sauber in Hinwil in mid-2004.[70] Impressed with Sauber's professionalism,[72] he signed a two-year contract the next month to drive for Sauber from the 2005 season and help them attract new sponsors and partners.[70]

 
Villeneuve racing at the 2006 Canadian Grand Prix for the BMW Sauber

Before his tenure at Sauber began, Villeneuve was employed by Briatore to help Renault claim second from BAR in the World Constructors' Championship by scoring the maximum number of points in the 2004 season's final three races following the dismissal of Jarno Trulli for performing poorly.[70][72] Sauber was comfortable in letting Villeneuve drive for Renault because both teams used Michelin tyres.[9] Driving the R24 car, he finished all three events but under-performed and was lapped each time. Villeneuve scored no points and was unclassified in the Drivers' Championship.[70][72]

At Sauber, Villeneuve used a C24 chassis and was teammates with Felipe Massa. A lack of both pre-season testing and money for car development caused Villeneuve to have a difficult handling car.[73] He did not have a good relationship with the team because he was not allowed to give feedback on car setup due to Willy Rampf's influence.[9][12] Villeneuve finished a season-high fourth at the San Marino Grand Prix and scored more points in eighth at the French Grand Prix and sixth at the Belgian Grand Prix.[j][73] He was 14th in the Drivers' Championship with 9 points.[39][73]

For the 2006 championship, Villeneuve stayed at the renamed BMW Sauber after BMW purchased the team. Nick Heidfeld was his teammate. The atmosphere within the team made Villeneuve content, and he was happy with BMW's involvement. He found the less electronically dependent and less refined aerodynamically F1.06 car more driveable. Team principal Mario Theissen criticised Villeneuve for not achieving decent results, thus failing to please BMW's board of directors.[75] Despite retiring three times, he accumulated 7 points from the first 11 races, ranking him 15th in the Drivers' Championship.[20][75] At the German Grand Prix, Villeneuve sustained muscle pains in an accident exiting a corner. Shortly afterward, Theissen terminated his contract and replaced him with Robert Kubica.[75] He did not want to be part of a shootout between himself and Kubica,[76] and saw his release as a precursor to his future, saying "Screw this, It's time to get on with the rest of my life."[3] Villeneuve twice failed to return to F1, first with Stefan Grand Prix in the 2010 season, then with his team in partnership with Durango for the following year.[20]

Post Formula One career edit

2007–2010 edit

 
Villeneuve driving the No. 7 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans

Villeneuve explored NASCAR after exiting F1, talking to Roush Racing owner Jack Roush who agreed to help Villeneuve obtain Truck Series experience before progressing to the Busch Series in 2007 on the condition of a sponsorship agreement.[77] Before that, he made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut with Peugeot in the 2007 edition informing team manager Serge Saulnier that he wanted to complete the Triple Crown of Motorsport.[k][78] Sharing the Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1)-class No. 7 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP car with Marc Gené and Nicolas Minassian, Villeneuve retired after 338 laps with engine injection trouble.[79][80] He entered into a partnership with Bill Davis Racing (BDR) to enter the 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series' last seven events in its No. 27 Toyota Tundra in anticipation of racing full-time in 2008.[81][82] Villeneuve finished outside the top ten in all seven events for 42nd overall with 615 points.[83] That same year, he drove two races in the Nextel Cup Series (the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway and the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix) in BDR's No. 27 Toyota,[l] finishing 21st and 41st respectively.[85]

 
Villeneuve attempting to qualify for the 2008 Daytona 500

Villeneuve and Pollock agreed to end their working relationship in early 2008, and Barry Green began managing him. That February, BDR released Villeneuve, who failed to qualify for the Daytona 500 of the renamed Sprint Cup Series after causing a multi-car accident in the Gatorade Duels.[86] Two months later, he raced the final two rounds of the inaugural season of the Middle East and Southeast Asian-based stock car Speedcar Series at the Bahrain International Circuit and the Dubai Autodrome.[87][88] Villeneuve then won the 2008 1000 km of Spa (part of the Le Mans Series) for Peugeot with Gené and Minassian in his first race victory for 11 years.[20] Although he finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, sharing Peugeot's No. 7 LMP1 entry with Gené and Minassian,[80] he was released a month later because Peugeot wanted a French driver.[12] In August, Villeneuve signed a contract to make his Nationwide Series debut driving Braun Racing's No. 32 Toyota Camry in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve,[89] finishing 16th.[90] He also came 16th at the Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez round of Top Race V6 Argentina aboard Oro Racing Team's No. 27 Volkswagen Passat TRV6.[91]

Villeneuve returned to the Speedcar Series in the 2008–09 season driving for Durango.[92] Competing in five races, he finished in the top ten three times, scoring seven points for 11th in the Drivers' Championship.[93] In mid-2009, Villeneuve partook in the Tide 250 at Autodrome Saint-Eustache and the GP3R 100 at Circuit Trois-Rivières of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series for the Jacombs Racing Team in its No. 7 Ford Fusion,[94] finishing fourth at Trois-Rivieres.[95] For the first and only time, Villeneuve entered the Spa 24 Hours in 2009. He shared Gravity Racing International's G2 category No. 118 Mosler MT900R GT3 with Vincent Radermecker, Loris de Sordi and Ho-Pin Tung. The trio failed to finish.[80] He drove the No. 27 Mercedes TRV6 at the Interlagos Circuit and Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez rounds of Top Race V6 Argentina,[96] achieving a best finish of 13th in Buenos Aires.[93] He made one appearance in the 2009 Nationwide Series, finishing fourth at the NAPA Auto Parts 200 in Braun Racing's No. 32 car.[97][98]

In 2010, Villeneuve ran the Nationwide Series road courses at Road America, Watkins Glen and Montreal in Braun Racing's No. 32 vehicle.[99][100] He finished eighth at Watkins Glen before claiming third at Montreal, where he started second.[101] In mid-season, Villeneuve entered the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway finishing 29th in Braun Racing's No. 32 car.[102][103] Villeneuve joined Rod Nash Racing as Paul Dumbrell's international co-driver in its No. 55 Ford FG Falcon for the Gold Coast 600 double header in October 2010 and sought advice from driver Marcos Ambrose on touring car racing.[m][105] He finished 22nd in the first race and fifth in the second.[106] Ford motorsport manager Chris Styring considered Villeneuve for the Bathurst 1000, the L&H 500 and the Gold Coast 600 in the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship, but Villeneuve's financial demands were too great for Ford.[107]

2011–present edit

 
Villeneuve racing the No. 22 Dodge at the 2011 Bucyrus 200

Villeneuve drove the Road America and Montreal road course races of the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series for Penske Racing in its No. 22 Dodge Challenger in lieu of Brad Keselowski.[108] He finished the Road America race third and qualified on pole position for the Montreal event but finished 27th despite leading 29 laps.[109] In August 2011, he joined Shell V-Power Racing for the Stock Car Corrida do Milhão for the 2011 championship of Stock Car Brasil despite concerns about adapting to his car.[110] Driving the No. 27 Peugeot 408,[93] Villeneuve qualified 27th and finished 18th.[111] He was employed by Penske to drive its No. 22 car at the Road America and Montreal road course races in the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series.[112] Villeneuve finished sixth at Road America and third at Montreal.[113] During the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship, he filled in for the injured Greg Murphy for three rounds in Kelly Racing's No. 51 Holden Commodore,[114] finishing no higher than 24th.[115] He finished seventh sharing Vita4One's No. 34 BMW Z4 GT3 with Jos Verstappen at the City Challenge Baku GT event in October.[80][116]

 
Villeneuve competing at the 2012 Coates Hire Ipswich 300
 
Villeneuve during the 2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350

When Villeneuve expressed interest in the International V8 Supercars Championship, he was considered for a full-time seat at Kelly Racing in the 2013, but no agreement was reached.[117] For the first and only time, he partook in the Le Mans double header counting towards the 2013 season of the FFSA GT Championship, sharing the No. 27 Sport Garage-entered Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 with Éric Cayrolle.[80][n] The duo finished 11th in the first race and retired from the next.[o][80] Midway through the season, Villeneuve was hired by car owner James Finch to drive the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in the Sprint Cup Series for Phoenix Racing in its No. 51 Chevrolet SS, finishing 41st due to mechanical trouble after 19 laps.[119][120] Later that year, he finished fifth in the Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres (part of the Canadian Tire Series) in 22 Racing's Dodge Challenger.[121][122]

 
Villeneuve driving a Peugeot 208 Supercar at the 2014 World RX of Great Britain

In 2014, Villeneuve signed to drive an Albatec Racing-prepared Peugeot 208 Supercar part-time in the FIA World Rallycross Championship's inaugural season.[123][124] He chose to do rallycross because he felt it was exciting for both drivers and spectators.[124] In seven races, Villeneuve scored eight points for 37th in the Drivers' Championship.[125] He was released before the season ended due to non-supportive statements he made concerning his team and rallycross.[126] Villeneuve entered the Indianapolis 500 for the first time in 19 years, driving Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports' No. 5 Dallara DW12-Honda third car entry.[p][27][128] Though he had not planned to return to American open-wheel racing, he changed his mind after the 2012 introduction of a new car and engine formula.[129] He qualified 27th and finished 14th.[27] In August, Villeneuve finished 24th in Jacombs' No. 7 Dodge at Canadian Tire Series' Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres.[130][131]

 
Villeneuve during qualifying at the 2015 Punta del Este ePrix

Villeneuve accepted an invitation to enter 2015 Stock Car Brasil's season-opening Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna round alongside Zonta in Shell Racing's No. 10 Chevrolet Sonic, placing 21st.[93][132] He signed a contract to replace Heidfeld and partner with Stéphane Sarrazin at Venturi Grand Prix in the 2015–16 season of the all-electric Formula E series.[133] Villeneuve had observed Formula E intently throughout 2014, admiring its bumpy city tracks. Guido Pastor called him to test a car, after which he got selected to drive.[134][135] Villeneuve finished outside the top ten in the first two races and failed to start the Punta del Este ePrix due to an accident during qualifying.[136] His relationship with Venturi cooled thereafter and they agreed to terminate their working relationship early in January 2016.[137] Villeneuve signed a one-race agreement to return to rallycross in the 2018 season.[138] He drove a Subaru Rally Team USA-entered WRX STi Supercar at the World RX of Canada (part of the Americas Rallycross Championship).[139] He failed to qualify for the final following two accidents sustained during the second semi-final.[140]

For the 2019 season, Villeneuve shared Scuderia Baldini 27's GT3 Pro-class No. 27 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo with Giancarlo Fisichella and Stefano Gai in the Italian GT Championship, finishing fourth at the 3 Hours of Misano and second at the 3 Hours of Vallelunga.[80][93] He raced as a guest driver at the Ring Knutstorp and Karlskoga Motorstadion rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia in a MTech Competition-entered Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, placing in the top ten in the second race of both rounds.[141] That year, he made his debut in NASCAR Whelen Euro Series in the Elite 1 Division. Villeneuve drove the No. 32 Go Fas Racing Chevrolet, finishing the season eighth in points with 431 scored, two pole positions and seven top-tens.[142] For the 2020 season, he entered that year's Whelen Euro Series with FEED Vict Racing, a team owned by him and Patrick Lemarié.[143] Driving four rounds in the No. 5 car, he achieved two top fives for 104 points (21st overall) in the Elite 1 Division.[20][144] He drove Academy Motorsport's No. 5 car in the 2021 Whelen Euro Series,[145] achieving his first two series victories in both races of the season's final round at Vallelunga,[146] and scoring 331 points for ninth in the points standings with two wins and four top-ten finishes.[147] He left the series after the season was over to focus on his F1 commentary commitments.[148]

For 2022, Villeneuve returned to the NASCAR Cup Series as a part-time driver of the non-chartered No. 27 Team Hezeberg Ford.[149][150] He aimed to assist Team Hezeberg in the launch of its Cup Series programme and he consented to assist with their effort in the Daytona 500.[151] Villeneuve qualified for the race as of the fastest of the open non-charter teams; starting from 40th, he finished the race in 22nd after an early-race half-spin and a subsequent collision with Tyler Reddick.[152] In August, he failed to start the NASCAR Pinty's Series' Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières in the No. 7 Dumoulin Competition-prepared Dodge after accepting an offer by Festidrag Développement president Martin D'Anjou to enter the race.[153][154]

For 2023, Villeneuve entered the first three rounds of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship alongside Tom Dillmann and Esteban Guerrieri in the Floyd Vanwall Racing Team's No. 4 non-hybrid Vanwall Vandervell 680-Gibson in the LMH category, although he was noncompetitive and was replaced by Tristan Vautier for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[155] He subsequently withdrew from the team for the rest of the season.[156]

Non-racing ventures and personal life edit

Villeneuve began writing lyrics while he was driving in Japan,[157] and purchased a guitar in 1996.[158] When he became uncertain whether he would remain at Sauber for the 2006 F1 season in November 2005,[159] he elected to rent a professional recording studio in Paris in order to better hear his music. Travelling to England to record with the Tenebrae Choir,[158] Villeneuve recorded nearly every day for a month before stopping to prioritise motor racing.[159] That same year, he released his debut French single, "Accepterais-tu",[158] and an acoustic rock album Private Paradise with 13 songs (nine in French and four in English) in 2007.[158][160] Six songs each were written by Villeneuve and his friends; he also performed a cover of Women Come, Women Go by Gazebo.[160] Villeneuve collaborated with vocalists Steve Smith and Amélie Veille.[161] The album debuted at No. 49 on the Quebec pop charts and received negative media reviews.[162] It sold 233 copies in Quebec and 836 in North America.[163][164]

 
Villeneuve carrying the Olympic flag into BC Place during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

Villeneuve was a guest on the 6 June 1995 and 2 June 1998 episodes of the Late Show with David Letterman.[165] Villeneuve made a cameo appearance as a racing driver in the 2001 film Driven.[166] He carried the Olympic torch in Old Montreal during the 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay in December 2009.[167] Villeneuve also carried the Olympic flag at the opening ceremony.[168] Villeneuve was employed by Disney France in late 2010, spending two days recording the French-language voice of a racing announcer for the 2011 Pixar animated film Cars 2.[169] He analysed the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix for the British television channel Sky Sports F1.[170] Since 2013, Villeneuve has commentated for the pay-TV services Sky Sport in Italy and Canal+ in France.[171] He co-designed the Area 27 racing track in Okanagan, British Columbia.[172]

Villeneuve was engaged firstly to a Montreal college student named Sandrine Gros D'Aillon, then to Australian pop singer Dannii Minogue and later American ballerina Ellen Green.[75] Villeneuve's first marriage was to Parisian Johanna Martinez in May 2006. They had two children before divorcing in June 2009. In June 2012, he married Brazilian Camila Andrea López Lillo, with whom he has two children.[173] Villeneuve married his third wife, Giulia Marra, at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix, with whom he has a son and a daughter.[174] Since January 2017, Revenu Québec has pursued Villeneuve for $1.7 million in unpaid taxes after doing an audit of his business activities from 2010 to 2012.[175] The October 2021 release of the Pandora Papers revealed that he had set up offshore companies in the tax-free jurisdictions of The Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands in the 1990s and early 2000s to receive endorsement and income and to avoid paying Canadian income tax.[176]

Public image and personality edit

Journalist Gerald Donaldson describes Villeneuve as "engagingly eccentric, opinionated and outspoken" and one who "defied convention and challenged authority, saying exactly what he thought in an era when drivers were expected to express only sweet-talking platitudes."[3] He was popular with the European press for his reliance to speak his mind in a time of political correctness.[177] He publicly bemoaned F1's commercialised and commodified image,[178] the sport's structure, focus on cheaper, younger, corporate groomed drivers,[179] and the manufacturing of driver personalities by corporations so as not to impugn their reputation by drivers voicing their thoughts and opinions through the media.[180][181] Villeneuve frequently dyed his hair in various colours and sported grunge street wear.[3][182] His behaviour earned him multiple cautions from F1's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), for bringing the series into disrepute. Max Mosley, the association's president, commented that Villeneuve's controversies would benefit him when he was no longer successful.[3]

 
Villeneuve's star on Canada's Walk of Fame

Villeneuve's decision to be independent as much as possible from media relations to avoid over promotion was endorsed by Pollock.[29] He refused to conduct substantial public relations duties for teams even after BAT attempted to purchase more public relations appearances for him, and he limited his commitments communicating to the press.[183] Journalist Matt Bishop observed that Villeneuve was frequently criticised for refusing to do sponsorship functions and for his self-imposed limiting interactions with the press at Grands Prix, but Bishop noted others appreciated Villeneuve's focus on racing and instead of "extraneous commitments".[184] Villeneuve resisted to join the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), which he believed would serve only the interests of drivers and not F1's. He finally joined in late 2000, feeling his views were being ignored.[185] Villeneuve decided to resign from the GPDA in mid-2006 because he was unhappy that its president, Schumacher, had been deemed to have purposely stopped during qualifying for the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix.[186]

Villeneuve was voted the winner of the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in 1996, and both the Lou Marsh Trophy and the Lionel Conacher Award in 1995 and 1997.[187] Villeneuve received the Hawthorn Memorial Trophy for 1997 as the most successful British or Commonwealth driver over the course of a season.[188] In April 1998, he was appointed Officer of the National Order of Quebec but collected the honour at the following year's ceremony due to his racing commitments.[189] He was added to Canada's Walk of Fame two months later.[190] In December 2010, Villeneuve was inducted into the athlete category of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[191] He was added to both the FIA Hall of Fame and the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame seven and eight years later respectively.[192][193]

Driving ability and racing helmet edit

 
Villeneuve's racing helmet on display at the Williams Conference Centre in 2017

Journalist Mark Hughes describes Villeneuve's driving as "spectacular" and "hard-charging". Villeneuve frequently went past the edge of the available track to increase his momentum as much as possible.[194] He provided his engineers with suggestions that Maurice Hamilton wrote were "so far from the norm to the point of diametrically opposed to standard practice, sometimes giving the impression of being pursued just for the hell of it."[195] Villeneuve prefers driving on slick tyres and with no electronic driver aids. He found driver aids difficult and thus ran with less traction control than his teammates since he could not deal with either the anti-lock system on the rear brakes or heavy traction control.[196] This required Villeneuve to modify his driving style and take fewer risks until his exit from F1 in 2006.[194] He switched from wearing spectacles in his helmet to contact lenses in 1994 after his spectacles vibrated slightly on minor bumps in Indianapolis.[197]

Villeneuve based the design of his racing helmet on his father's, reportedly drawing it on a doodling pad.[198] He looked at a photograph of his mother wearing a pink, yellow, green and blue V-shaped striped polo shirt at a motor race her husband was competing at, and he used her pencils to produce the design.[197][198] Villeneuve incorporated an inverted V-style swoosh with varying thickness of colours around the shape on the helmet's two sides.[198] He retained a single black line from his first design in the centre to divide the colours without difficulty.[q][197]

Racing results edit

Career summary edit

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Points Position
1989 Italian Formula Three Championship Prema Racing 6 0 0 0 –
1990 Italian Formula Three Championship Prema Racing 12 0 0 10 13th
1991 Italian Formula Three Championship Prema Racing 11 0 3 20 6th
1992 All-Japan Formula Three Championship TOM'S 11 3 2 45 2nd
All-Japan Sports Prototype Championship Toyota Team TOM'S 1 0 0 N/A NC
Toyota Atlantic Championship Comprep/Player's 1 0 0 14 28th
1993 Toyota Atlantic Championship Forsythe/Green Racing 15 5 7 185 3rd
Macau Grand Prix March Racing 1 0 0 N/A NC
1994 PPG Indy Car World Series Forsythe/Green Racing 15 1 0 94 6th
1995 PPG Indy Car World Series Team Green 17 4 6 172 1st
1996 Formula One Rothmans Williams Renault 16 4 3 78 2nd
1997 Formula One Rothmans Williams Renault 17 7 10 81 1st
1998 Formula One Winfield Williams 16 0 0 21 5th
1999 Formula One British American Racing 16 0 0 0 21st
2000 Formula One Lucky Strike BAR Honda 17 0 0 17 7th
2001 Formula One Lucky Strike BAR Honda 17 0 0 12 7th
2002 Formula One Lucky Strike BAR Honda 17 0 0 4 12th
2003 Formula One Lucky Strike BAR Honda 14 0 0 6 16th
2004 Formula One Mild Seven Renault F1 Team 3 0 0 0 21st
2005 Formula One Sauber Petronas 18 0 0 9 14th
2006 Formula One BMW Sauber F1 Team 12 0 0 7 15th
2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Bill Davis Racing Toyota 2 0 0 140 60th
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 7 0 0 615 59th
24 Hours of Le Mans Team Peugeot Total 1 0 0 N/A NC
2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Braun Racing Toyota 1 0 0 120 111th
Speedcar Series Speedcar Team 4 0 0 3 13th
Le Mans Series Team Peugeot Total 1 1 0 10 9th
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 N/A 2nd
Top Race V6 Oro Racing Team 1 0 0 0 NC
2008–09 Speedcar Series Durango 5 0 0 7 11th
2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Braun Racing Toyota 1 0 0 165 107th
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Jacombs Racing Ford 2 0 0 257 33rd
Top Race V6 2 0 0 0 NC
FIA GT Championship Gravity Racing International 1 0 0 0 NC
2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Braun Racing Toyota 1 0 0 76 69th
NASCAR Nationwide Series 3 0 0 405 77th
V8 Supercar Championship Series Rod Nash Racing 2 0 0 N/A NC
2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Penske Racing 2 0 1 61 52nd
Stock Car Brasil Shell V-Power Racing 1 0 0 N/A NC
2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Penske Racing 2 0 0 82 49th
International V8 Supercars Championship Kelly Racing 6 0 0 N/A NC
2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Phoenix Racing 1 0 0 3 51st
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Dave Jacombs 1 0 0 43 43rd
2014 IndyCar Series Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 1 0 0 29 30th
World Rallycross Championship Albatec Racing 8 0 0 8 38th
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Dave Jacombs 1 0 0 20 54th
2015 Stock Car Brasil Shell Racing 1 0 0 0 NC
2015–16 Formula E Venturi Grand Prix 3 0 0 0 20th
2018 Americas Rallycross Championship Subaru Rally Team USA 1 0 0 12 14th
2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Go Fas Racing 13 0 2 431 8th
Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia Mtech Competition 4 0 0 0 NC†
2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series FEED Vict Racing 4 0 0 104 21st
2021 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Academy Motorsport 8 2 1 331 9th
2022 NASCAR Cup Series Team Hezeberg by Reaume Brothers Racing 1 0 0 15 36th
NASCAR Pinty's Series Dumoulin Compétition 0 0 0 18 51st
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship – Hypercar Floyd Vanwall Racing Team 3 0 0 6 18th
Sources:[20][93]

American open-wheel racing results edit

Toyota Atlantic Championship edit

Toyota Atlantic results
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points
1992 Comprep/Player's MIA PHX LBH LIM MON WGL TOR TRR
3 		VAN MDO MOS NAZ LS1 LS2 14th 28
1993 Forsythe/Green Racing PHX
18 		LBH
2 		ATL
1 		MIL
17 		MON
1 		MOS
2 		HAL
7 		TOR
3 		LOU
2 		TRR
14 		VAN
19 		MDO
1 		NAZ
11 		LS1
1 		LS2
1 		3rd 185
Source:[24]

CART edit

CART results
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
1994 Forsythe/Green Racing SRF
17 		PHX
25 		LBH
15 		INDY
2 		MIL
9 		DET
7 		POR
6 		CLE
4 		TOR
9 		MCH
20 		MDO
9 		NHA
24 		VAN
24 		ROA
1 		NAZ
7 		LAG
3 		6th 94 [199]
1995 Team Green MIA
1 		SRF
20 		PHX
5 		LBH
25 		NAZ
2 		INDY
1 		MIL
6 		DET
9 		POR
20 		ROA
1 		TOR
3 		CLE
1 		MCH
10 		MDO
3 		NHA
4 		VAN
12 		LAG
11 		1st 172 [200]
Source:[27]

IndyCar Series edit

IndyCar Series results
Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref
2014 Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports Dallara DW12 5 Honda STP LBH ALA IMS INDY
14 		DET DET TXS HOU HOU POC IOW TOR TOR MDO MIL SNM FON 30th 29 [201]
Source:[27]

Indianapolis 500 edit

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1994 Reynard 94I Ford XB 4 2 Forsythe/Green Racing
1995 Reynard 95I Ford XB 5 1 Team Green
2014 Dallara Honda 27 14 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Source:[27]

Formula One edit

Formula One results
Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points
1996 Rothmans Williams Renault Williams FW18 Renault RS8 3.0 V10 AUS
2 		BRA
Ret 		ARG
2 		EUR
1 		SMR
11† 		MON
Ret 		ESP
3 		CAN
2 		FRA
2 		GBR
1 		GER
3 		HUN
1 		BEL
2 		ITA
7 		POR
1 		JPN
Ret 		2nd 78
1997 Rothmans Williams Renault Williams FW19 Renault RS9 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret 		BRA
1 		ARG
1 		SMR
Ret 		MON
Ret 		ESP
1 		CAN
Ret 		FRA
4 		GBR
1 		GER
Ret 		HUN
1 		BEL
5 		ITA
5 		AUT
1 		LUX
1 		JPN
DSQ 		EUR
3 		1st 81
1998 Winfield Williams Williams FW20 Mecachrome GC37-01 V10 AUS
5 		BRA
7 		ARG
Ret 		SMR
4 		ESP
6 		MON
5 		CAN
10 		FRA
4 		GBR
7 		AUT
6 		GER
3 		HUN
3 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		LUX
8 		JPN
6 		5th 21
1999 British American Racing BAR 01 Supertec FB01 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret 		BRA
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		MON
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		GER
Ret 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
15 		ITA
8 		EUR
10† 		MAL
Ret 		JPN
9 		NC 0
2000 Lucky Strike Reynard BAR Honda BAR 002 Honda RA000E 3.0 V10 AUS
4 		BRA
Ret 		SMR
5 		GBR
16† 		ESP
Ret 		EUR
Ret 		MON
7 		CAN
15† 		FRA
4 		AUT
4 		GER
8 		HUN
12 		BEL
7 		ITA
Ret 		USA
4 		JPN
6 		MAL
5 		7th 17
2001 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR 003 Honda RA001E 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret 		MAL
Ret 		BRA
7 		SMR
Ret 		ESP
3 		AUT
8 		MON
4 		CAN
Ret 		EUR
9 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
8 		GER
3 		HUN
9 		BEL
8 		ITA
6 		USA
Ret 		JPN
10 		7th 12
2002 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR 004 Honda RA002E 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret 		MAL
8 		BRA
10† 		SMR
7 		ESP
7 		AUT
10† 		MON
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		EUR
12 		GBR
4 		FRA
Ret 		GER
Ret 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
8 		ITA
9 		USA
6 		JPN
Ret 		12th 4
2003 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR 005 Honda RA003E 3.0 V10 AUS
9 		MAL
DNS 		BRA
6 		SMR
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		AUT
12 		MON
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		EUR
Ret 		FRA
9 		GBR
10 		GER
9 		HUN
Ret 		ITA
6 		USA
Ret 		JPN 16th 6
2004 Mild Seven Renault F1 Team Renault R24 Renault RS24 3.0 V10 AUS MAL BHR SMR ESP MON EUR CAN USA FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA CHN
11 		JPN
10 		BRA
10 		21st 0
2005 Sauber Petronas Sauber C24 Petronas 05A 3.0 V10 AUS
13 		MAL
Ret 		BHR
11† 		SMR
4 		ESP
Ret 		MON
11 		EUR
13 		CAN
9 		USA
DNS 		FRA
8 		GBR
14 		GER
15 		HUN
Ret 		TUR
11 		ITA
11 		BEL
6 		BRA
12 		JPN
12 		CHN
10 		14th 9
2006 BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber F1.06 BMW P86 2.4 V8 BHR
Ret 		MAL
7 		AUS
6 		SMR
12 		EUR
8 		ESP
12 		MON
14 		GBR
8 		CAN
Ret 		USA
Ret 		FRA
11 		GER
Ret 		HUN TUR ITA CHN JPN BRA 15th 7
Sources:[20][202]

† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Sports car career edit

24 Hours of Le Mans edit

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2007   Team Peugeot Total   Nicolas Minassian
  Marc Gené 		Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 338 DNF DNF
2008   Team Peugeot Total   Nicolas Minassian
  Marc Gené 		Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 381 2nd 2nd
Source:[80]

Le Mans Series edit

Le Mans Series results
Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2008 Team Peugeot Total LMP1 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel) 		CAT MON SPA
1 		NÜR SIL 9th 10
Source:[80]

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results edit

24 Hours of Spa results
Year Class Tyres Car Team Co-drivers Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2009 G2 M Mosler MT900 R GT3
Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8 		  Gravity Racing International   Vincent Radermecker
  Loris de Sordi
  Ho-Pin Tung 		65 DNF
Source:[80]

NASCAR edit

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series edit

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts Ref
2007 Bill Davis Racing 27 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL
21 		CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO
41 		HOM 60th 140 [85]
2008 DAY
DNQ 		CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM NA 0 [203]
2010 Braun Racing 32 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND
29 		POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 69th 76 [103]
2013 Phoenix Racing 51 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
41 		KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 51st 3 [204]
2022 Team Hezeberg 27 Ford DAY
22 		CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR BRD TAL DOV DAR KAN CLT GTW SON NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH RCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 36th 15 [205]
Daytona 500 edit
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish Ref
2008 Bill Davis Racing Toyota DNQ [203]
2022 Team Hezeberg Ford 40 22 [205]

Nationwide Series edit

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts Ref
2008 Braun Racing 32 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MEX TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEB MIL NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV
16 		GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 111th 120 [90]
2009 DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MIL NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV
4 		ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 107th 165 [98]
2010 DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA
25 		NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN
8 		MCH BRI CGV
3 		ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM 77th 405 [101]
2011 Penske Racing 22 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA
3 		DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV
27* 		BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 52nd 61 [109]
2012 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA
6 		KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN CGV
3* 		BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 49th 82 [113]

Craftsman Truck Series edit

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Truck 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2007 Bill Davis Racing 27 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN LOW MAN DOV TEX MCH MIL MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTY NHA LVS
21 		TAL
30 		MAR
32 		ATL
14 		TEX
25 		PHO
19 		HOM
36 		42nd 615 [83]

Canadian Tire/Pinty's Series edit

NASCAR Canadian Tire/Pinty's Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points Ref
2009 Jacombs Racing 7 Ford ASE DEL MSP ASE
22 		MPS EDM SAS MSP CTR
4 		CGV BAR RIS KWA 33rd 257 [95]
2013 22 Racing 24 Dodge MSP DEL MSP ICAR MPS SAS ASE CTR
3* 		RIS MSP BAR KWA 43rd 43 [122]
2014 Jacombs Racing 7 Dodge MSP ACD ICAR EIR SAS ASE CTR
24 		RIS MSP BAR KWA 60th 20 [130]
2022 Dumoulin Competition 07 Dodge SUN MSP ACD AVE TOR EDM SAS SAS CTR
DNS 		OSK ICAR MSP DEL – 0 [153]

Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO edit

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NWES Pts Ref
2019 Go Fas Racing 32 Chevy VAL
11 		VAL
25 		FRA
3 		FRA
3 		BRH
15 		BRH
8 		MOS
22 		MOS
19 		VEN
3* 		HOC
5 		HOC
7 		ZOL
14 		ZOL
7 		8th 431 [142]
2020 FEED Vict Racing 5 ITA
16* 		ITA
2 		ZOL
4 		ZOL
19 		MOS MOS VAL VAL ESP ESP 21st 104 [144]
2021 Academy Motorsport EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 ESP
7 		ESP
9 		GBR GBR CZE
11 		CZE
4 		CRO
3 		CRO
17 		BEL BEL ITA
1* 		ITA
1* 		9th 331 [93]

Other stock cars edit

Speedcar Series edit

(key)

Speedcar Series results
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Points
2008 Speedcar Team SEN1 SEN2 SEP1 SEP2 BHR1
6 		BHR2
Ret 		DUB1
9 		DUB2
Ret 		14th 3
2008–09 Durango DUB
6 		BHR1
10 		BHR2
Ret 		LOS1
5 		LOS2
Ret 		DUB1 DUB2 BHR1 BHR2 11th 7
Source:[93]

Stock Car Brasil edit

Stock Car Brasil results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points
2011 Shell V-Power Racing Peugeot 408 CTB INT RBP VEL CGD RIO INT
18 		SAL SCZ LON BSB VEL NC† 0†
2015 Shell Racing Chevrolet Sonic GOI
1
21 		RBP
1 		RBP
2 		VEL
1 		VEL
2 		CUR
1 		CUR
2 		SCZ
1 		SCZ
2 		CUR
1 		CUR
2 		GOI
1 		CAS
1 		CAS
2 		BRA
1 		BRA
2 		CUR
1 		CUR
2 		TAR
1 		TAR
2 		INT
1 		NC† 0†
Source:[93]

† Ineligible for championship points.

Touring cars edit

V8 Supercars edit

† Not Eligible for points

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results edit

Supercar results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WRX Points
2014 Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 GTi POR
17 		GBR NOR
14 		FIN
16 		SWE
17 		BEL
14 		CAN
16 		FRA GER ITA
18 		TUR ARG 37th 8
Sources:[123][125]

Complete Formula E results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Formula E results
Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points
2015–16 Venturi Formula E Team Spark SRT01-e Venturi VM200-FE-01 BEI
14 		PUT
11 		PDE
DNS 		BUE MEX LBH PAR BER LDN LDN 20th 0
Sources:[93][136]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2023 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Hypercar Vanwall Vandervell 680 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 SEB
8 		ALG
Ret 		SPA
Ret 		LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 18th 6

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Notes edit

  1. ^ The school had been interested in Villeneuve since his father attended it in the early 1970s. His mother agreed on the condition journalists were not allowed to enter the circuit.[16]
  2. ^ Blocks were fitted onto the car pedals by staff to enable Villeneuve to reach them and sit next to the steering wheel since he is small in stature.[13][17]
  3. ^ His nationality was occasionally presented as either Andorran or Canadian during this period.[19]
  4. ^ Cigarette company Marlboro did not want to sponsor Villeneuve because their management did not want to exploit his name.[18]
  5. ^ A victory for Villeneuve at the final round of the 1990 season at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit was disallowed when he was assessed a one-minute penalty for a jump start.[20]
  6. ^ Green wanted to select the number six but was unable to do so since Villeneuve placed sixth in the 1994 drivers' standings.[26]
  7. ^ Villeneuve was the youngest driver as well as the first Canadian to win both the Indianapolis 500 and the series title.[2]
  8. ^ Williams issued press releases incorrectly saying Villeneuve was eight-tenths of a second slower than Hill.[30]
  9. ^ Lewis Hamilton equalled each of these records driving for McLaren in the 2007 season.[38]
  10. ^ Poor performances in the season's first three races meant Peter Sauber did not guarantee that Villeneuve would continue at Sauber past the San Marino Grand Prix until his fourth-place result allowed him to retain his seat for the remainder of the season.[74]
  11. ^ The Triple Crown of Motorsport consists of the F1 World Championship, the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[2]
  12. ^ Villeneuve had planned to make his Cup Series debut at Phoenix but moved it forward five weeks following approval from NASCAR as a result of testing the Car of Tomorrow at Talladega and his performance in the Truck Series round at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He therefore abandoned plans to race the ARCA and Truck Series events at Talladega.[84]
  13. ^ Paul Morris considered Villeneuve for a full-time drive at Supercheap Auto Racing in the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series but a lack of sponsorship prevented his racing in the series.[104]
  14. ^ Villeneuve became aware of a possible entry to the FFSA GT Championship through team owner Christian Petit.[118]
  15. ^ Villeneuve and Cayrolle were entered for the Imola round but the entry failed to arrive.[80]
  16. ^ He had a seat fitting at the team's factory on 20 March.[127]
  17. ^ He previously wore a helmet in the colours of his sponsor Player's.[197]

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January 01, 1970
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This article is about the younger Jacques Villeneuve For his uncle see Jacques Villeneuve racing driver born 1953 For other people named Villeneuve see Villeneuve surname Jacques Villeneuve OQ French ʒɑk vilnœv born 9 April 1971 is a Canadian professional racing driver and amateur musician who won the 1997 Formula One World Championship with Williams In addition to Formula One he has competed in various other forms of motor racing winning the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1995 PPG Indy Car World Series He is the son of former Ferrari racing driver Gilles Villeneuve Jacques VilleneuveOQVilleneuve in 2012BornJacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve 1971 04 09 April 9 1971 age 53 Saint Jean sur Richelieu Quebec CanadaChampionship titlesCART Championship Car 1995 FIA World Drivers Championship 1997 Major victoriesIndianapolis 500 1995 Formula One World Championship careerNationalityCanadianActive years1996 2006TeamsWilliams BAR Renault Sauber BMW SauberEnginesRenault Mecachrome Supertec Honda Petronas BMWEntries165 163 starts Championships1 1997 Wins11Podiums23Career points235Pole positions13Fastest laps9First entry1996 Australian Grand PrixFirst win1996 European Grand PrixLast win1997 Luxembourg Grand PrixLast entry2006 German Grand PrixChamp Car career33 races run over 2 yearsBest finish1st 1995 First race1994 FAI IndyCar Grand Prix Surfers Paradise Last race1995 Monterey Grand Prix Laguna Seca First win1994 Texaco Havoline 200 Road America Last win1995 Cleveland Grand Prix Cleveland Wins Podiums Poles5 10 6IndyCar Series career1 race run over 1 yearBest finish30th 2014 First race2014 Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Wins Podiums Poles0 0 0NASCAR Cup Series career5 races run over 4 yearsBest finish36th 2022 First race2007 UAW Ford 500 Talladega Last race2022 Daytona 500 Daytona Wins Top tens Poles0 0 024 Hours of Le Mans careerYears2007 2008TeamsPeugeotBest finish2nd 2008 Class wins0 Villeneuve began racing at age 18 in the Italian Formula Three Championship which he raced in between 1989 and 1991 He moved to the higher tier Toyota Atlantic Championship participating in one race during the 1992 season and finishing third overall in the 1993 championship He began competing in Championship Auto Racing Teams with the Forsythe Green Racing team in the 1994 season finishing sixth in the Drivers Championship with one victory and earning Rookie of the Year and Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honours In the following year with the renamed Team Green Villeneuve won four races including the Indianapolis 500 and the Drivers Championship Villeneuve moved to Williams in Formula One for the 1996 season claiming four Grand Prix victories and becoming the first rookie runner up in the World Drivers Championship WDC after a season long duel with teammate Damon Hill His main title challenge for the following season came from Ferrari s Michael Schumacher and Villeneuve beat the latter following a controversial collision at the season ending European Grand Prix becoming the first Canadian World Drivers Champion achieving seven Grand Prix victories He finished fifth in the 1998 season achieving two podiums and helped Williams finish third in the World Constructors Championship behind Ferrari and McLaren After an unsuccessful 1999 with British American Racing BAR Villeneuve finished seventh in the WDC in both 2000 and 2001 with BAR achieving two podiums in 2001 outscoring his teammates Ricardo Zonta and Olivier Panis Villeneuve raced in Formula One from 2002 to 2006 driving for BAR Renault Sauber and BMW Sauber but he did not achieve any further success Villeneuve left Formula One mid way through the 2006 season and began competing in various forms of motor racing such as sports car racing NASCAR and touring car racing Though not as successful in these forms of racing he won the 2008 1000 km of Spa driving for Peugeot Villeneuve was appointed Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 1998 He was voted the winner of both the Lou Marsh Trophy and the Lionel Conacher Award in each of 1995 and 1997 Villeneuve is an inductee of the Canadian Motor Sports Hall of Fame Canada s Sports Hall of Fame and the FIA Hall of Fame Contents 1 Early life 2 Early racing career 3 CART 1994 1995 4 Formula One career 4 1 Williams 1996 1998 4 1 1 1996 4 1 2 1997 4 1 3 1998 4 2 British American Racing 1999 2003 4 2 1 1999 2000 4 2 2 2001 2003 4 3 Renault and Sauber 2004 2006 5 Post Formula One career 5 1 2007 2010 5 2 2011 present 6 Non racing ventures and personal life 7 Public image and personality 7 1 Driving ability and racing helmet 8 Racing results 8 1 Career summary 8 2 American open wheel racing results 8 2 1 Toyota Atlantic Championship 8 2 2 CART 8 2 3 IndyCar Series 8 2 4 Indianapolis 500 8 3 Formula One 8 4 Sports car career 8 4 1 24 Hours of Le Mans 8 4 2 Le Mans Series 8 4 3 Complete 24 Hours of Spa results 8 5 NASCAR 8 5 1 Cup Series 8 5 1 1 Daytona 500 8 5 2 Nationwide Series 8 5 3 Craftsman Truck Series 8 5 4 Canadian Tire Pinty s Series 8 5 5 Whelen Euro Series EuroNASCAR PRO 8 6 Other stock cars 8 6 1 Speedcar Series 8 6 2 Stock Car Brasil 8 7 Touring cars 8 7 1 V8 Supercars 8 8 Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results 8 9 Complete Formula E results 8 10 Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results 9 Bibliography 10 Notes 11 References 12 External linksEarly life editOn 9 April 1971 Villeneuve was born in Saint Jean sur Richelieu 1 2 a small town outside of Montreal in the French speaking Canadian province of Quebec 3 4 5 He is the son of snowmobile and future Ferrari racer Gilles Villeneuve and his wife Joann Barthe 6 Villeneuve has a sister Melanie and a half sister Jessica 7 His uncle Jacques Sr whom he was named after also competed in motor racing 7 Villeneuve spent most of his formative years travelling with the racing fraternity with his parents 1 Aged seven in 1978 Villeneuve and his family relocated from Berthierville Quebec 5 8 to the small principality of Monaco on the French Riviera in France s south east coast close to the border with Italy to be nearer to Ferrari s headquarters 4 5 On the advice of driver Patrick Tambay 9 Villeneuve was sent to the French speaking Swiss private boarding College Alpin International Beau Soleil by his mother which he attended from the ages of 12 1983 to 17 1988 4 10 He excelled in skiing BASE jumping ice hockey motocross and water skiing 11 Villeneuve left the school by mutual consent between his mother and the school owners 10 Early racing career editVilleneuve s mother was aware from when he was five that he wanted to race 12 and he went go karting with his uncle several times in Canada 13 In May 1982 his father died in an accident with Jochen Mass during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit Zolder Jacques became less interested in motor racing after that fearing the sport s dangers 6 14 In 1984 he asked his mother if he could do motor racing like his father Villeneuve s mother agreed to let him race on the condition he improved his academic performance in one of his weakest subjects mathematics 15 Though his mother preferred him to do a course in aerodynamic or mechanical engineering 13 she did not discourage her son from pursuing racing 6 In early September 1985 Villeneuve was invited by a SAGIS employee to race in 100 cc go kart at Italy s Imola Circuit He impressed the track owners so much that they let him test a 135 cc kart and then a Formula Four car 13 15 In July 1986 his uncle enrolled him in the Jim Russell Racing Driver School in Mont Tremblant a where he passed a three day course driving a Formula Ford 1600 car from Van Diemen b 13 17 In mid 1987 Villeneuve left his family to attend the Spenard David Racing School in Shannonville Ontario to hone his abilities under Richard Spenard 18 6 17 Villeneuve did not have the money to pay for the course and his mother would not fund it because she thought Jacques finishing his education was more important He worked in a mechanics training programme allowing students to learn racing in return for garage painting 17 18 Aged 17 Villeneuve was invited to make his car racing debut in the Italian Touring Car Championship 12 driving a Salerno Course entered Group N Alfa Romeo 33 car for three rounds of the 1988 season The Canadian and Italian authorities would not grant him a licence since he was a year younger than their minimum age requirement so he obtained an international racing licence in Andorra with Canadian Automobile Sport Clubs aid c 18 Villeneuve performed poorly in each of the three rounds 17 nbsp The car Villeneuve drove in the 1989 Italian Formula Three Championship Villeneuve went on to sign a three year contract to drive a Reynard Alfa Romeo car for Prema in the Italian Formula Three Championship a deal that was aided by the squad obtaining sponsorship from the Camel cigarette company d Initially struggling to drive a Formula 3 car he enrolled at the Magione Driving School Under Henry Morrogh s direction he gradually developed his character and driving technique Villeneuve did not qualify five times failed to finish three of the eleven races and scored no points In the 1990 season he qualified for each of the 12 rounds and scored ten points for 14th in the Drivers Championship e 18 Villeneuve was considered a title favourite for the 1991 championship A late season switch to the Ralt RT35 chassis failed to improve his performance but he still finished sixth overall with 20 points and 3 podiums 20 18 In late 1991 Villeneuve finished eighth in both the Macau Grand Prix and the Formula 3 Fuji Cup 18 nbsp The Toyota TS010 car Villeneuve shared with Eddie Irvine and Tom Kristensen at Mine Circuit Dissatisfied with his management in 1991 21 Villeneuve asked former Beausoleil sports administrator and motor racing promoter Craig Pollock to take over his management three times 6 17 18 For the 1992 season he wanted to compete in Formula 3000 in Europe with Prema 18 but did not have the funding to compete with the top teams 22 Villeneuve accepted an offer to relocate to Japan and drive a Toyota 032F car for the TOM S squad in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship in 1992 following advice from Tambay He felt the Japanese series was almost as good as the Italian one and he did not want to remain in Europe Villeneuve was the only driver to receive works support from TOM S and he got driver training He won three races and finished no lower than sixth nine times earning second in the Drivers Championship and 45 points 18 People in the racing world observed that ten years after his father s death Villeneuve was becoming a well known racer 17 18 In August Pollock negotiated a contract for Villeneuve to enter the Formula Atlantic street event at Trois Rivieres in the 1992 Atlantic Championship 11 23 He finished third in the No 49 Swift DB4 Toyota car lent by the ComPred team 18 24 In addition he also tested a Group C Toyota that year and was mentored by driver Roland Ratzenberger 9 Four months later Villeneuve accepted an invite to share a TOM S entered Toyota TS010 car with Eddie Irvine and Tom Kristensen at the final round of the 1992 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship at Mine Circuit finishing fourth He was fourth at the Macau Grand Prix for TOM S 18 In Trois Rivieres Villeneuve met crew chief Barry Green who wanted a driver for his new Forsythe Green Racing squad 11 He accepted a three year contract from Green with personal sponsorship from sports marketing arm Player s November 1992 8 21 17 He raced the lower tier 1993 Atlantic Championship which featured more powerful cars with more grip and downforce to become better acquainted with American open wheel racing before progressing to Championship Auto Racing Teams CART in 1994 18 22 Villeneuve built a close working relationship with aerodynamicist Tony Cicale 25 Driving the No 10 Ralt RT40 Toyota car Villeneuve won five races and finished in the top three four times for third overall and 185 points after a season long duel with David Empringham and teammate Claude Bourbonnais 20 24 25 He was named the series Rookie of the Year 1 and ended 1993 retiring from the Macau Grand Prix driving a March Racing Ralt 93C Fiat car 25 CART 1994 1995 edit nbsp Villeneuve s 1995 Indianapolis 500 winning car Villeneuve began participating in CART in the 1994 season for Forsythe Green Racing driving the No 12 Reynard 94I Ford XB vehicle after Green obtained sponsorship f 27 28 He debuted at the season opening Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix at Surfers Paradise Street Circuit starting eighth and finishing 17th after colliding with Stefan Johansson In the season s next round the Valvoline 200 at Phoenix International Raceway he was involved in a five car accident which saw him sustain a side collision with Hiro Matsushita before being struck by Dominic Dobson Qualifying fourth for his first Indianapolis 500 Villeneuve finished second earning Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honors as the highest finishing rookie 21 29 Villeneuve finished ninth or higher in six of the next nine rounds 29 before beating Al Unser Jr and Emerson Fittipaldi in the close finish to the Texaco Havoline 200 at Road America road course in his first CART victory 28 He placed seventh and third in the final two rounds ending the year with Rookie of the Year honors and was sixth in the Drivers Championship with 94 points 27 29 nbsp Villeneuve racing in the 1995 PPG IndyCar World Series at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course Before the 1995 season Villeneuve rejected offers from fellow CART teams and some Formula One F1 squads and remained at the renamed Team Green driving the renumbered No 27 Reynard 95I Ford XB 27 28 Before the season Villeneuve and his team were concerned as their car had been unreliable and under performed in pre season testing 21 28 He won the season opening Grand Prix of Miami after starting eighth but he only finished two of the next four races His season highlight was the Indianapolis 500 Though Villeneuve was penalised two laps for overtaking the pace car he re took the lead after fellow Canadian Scott Goodyear failed to serve a ten second stop and go penalty for also passing the pace car Winning just his second Indianapolis 500 start Villeneuve took the Drivers Championship lead Villeneuve went on to win both the Texaco Havoline 200 at Road America and the Grand Prix of Cleveland also scoring points in all but one of the remaining rounds to clinch the title at the final race in Laguna Seca 28 29 He won the championship with 172 points four victories and six pole positions g 27 Formula One career editWilliams 1996 1998 edit In early 1995 the Williams F1 team and engine supplier Renault became interested in Villeneuve replacing the outgoing David Coulthard Bernie Ecclestone F1 s commercial rights holder saw this as an opportunity to lure Villeneuve from CART even though Team Green wanted him to remain in America 30 Technical director Patrick Head and team principal Frank Williams gave Villeneuve a test in a FW17 car at Britain s Silverstone Circuit in August 1995 He lapped two seconds slower than driver Damon Hill h 31 Negotiations between Villeneuve s representatives in mid 1995 led to Villeneuve signing a contract for 1996 and 1997 with the option for the 1998 season 30 32 He was sent by Frank Williams to cover 6 000 mi 9 700 km in testing during the six month pre season period testing on permanent European racing circuits 29 33 and he also prepared by learning the circuits on a simulation computer game 34 1996 edit nbsp Villeneuve driving for Williams at the 1996 Canadian Grand Prix Villeneuve drove the docile FW18 car equipped with a powerful reliable Renault engine and a better gearbox 33 35 Villeneuve built up a rapport with his race engineer Jock Clear and learnt from his teammate Hill 9 12 Although not considered a title favourite by the media 36 he contended for the World Drivers Championship with Hill but never led the standings Villeneuve s debut at the season opening Australian Grand Prix saw him become the third driver ever to claim pole position on his first start 34 and despite an oil leak he finished second 35 He beat Ferrari s Michael Schumacher in the European Grand Prix three races later for his maiden F1 victory 34 Villeneuve scored points in eight of the next eleven events and won the British Grand Prix the Hungarian Grand Prix and the Portuguese Grand Prix 29 Entering the season ending Japanese Grand Prix he had nine fewer points than Hill requiring him to win the event and for Hill to score no points to claim the title 29 37 however Villeneuve s right rear tyre came off his car forcing him to retire from the race He finished runner up to Hill in the drivers standings with 78 points in his maiden season 29 32 Villeneuve was the first rookie to achieve four Grand Prix victories in his debut year and the first to finish runner up overall i 38 1997 edit nbsp Jacques Villeneuve racing the Williams FW19 car at the 1997 British Grand Prix Before the 1997 season Hill moved to the Arrows team resulting in Villeneuve s promotion to lead driver He was paired with Heinz Harald Frentzen 39 40 He and Schumacher vied for that year s World Drivers Championship and variously shared the title lead 39 Villeneuve trained extensively and drove an aerodynamically efficient and powerful FW19 car designed around him 12 41 He won seven Grands Prix and qualified on pole position eight times in the first 14 races At the season s penultimate race the Japanese Grand Prix he had a chance to win the championship but was banned for overtaking under yellow flag conditions twice during practice He was allowed to race under appeal but was disqualified from fifth when the appeal was rejected 39 42 Before the season ending European Grand Prix Villeneuve had 77 points one fewer than Schumacher requiring him to finish in the top six and ahead of Schumacher to win the championship 43 During qualifying Villeneuve Schumacher and Frentzen all set the exact same lap time but Villeneuve started from pole position per F1 regulations because he was the first driver to set the time Villeneuve and Schumacher were involved in a collision that saw Schumacher careen into a gravel trap giving the title to Villeneuve 44 45 He was the second driver after Mario Andretti to win the F1 World Championship the CART title and the Indianapolis 500 He was also Canada s first F1 World Champion 42 1998 edit Villeneuve threatened to leave F1 and return to CART if F1 introduced grooved tyres and narrower cars for the 1998 season 5 40 Though these changes were adopted he remained at Williams with Frentzen Villeneuve s FW20 car had one year old Mecachrome branded engines after Renault s withdrawal from F1 after the 1997 season which transpired to be noncompetitive 12 46 He scored points at nine Grands Prix with a season high third at each of the German Grand Prix and at the following Hungarian Grand Prix During practice for the Belgian Grand Prix he lost control of his car in Eau Rouge corner and crashed backwards into the barrier at approximately 170 mph 270 km h Villeneuve was unhurt 47 With 21 points he finished fifth in the Drivers Championship 46 British American Racing 1999 2003 edit Villeneuve left Williams following the 1998 season McLaren technical director Adrian Newey who liked Villeneuve s performance and who Villeneuve respected offered him employment for the 1999 season but Villeneuve rejected it 48 He instead signed a contract to drive with the new British American Racing BAR team founded by Pollock and British American Tobacco following their late 1997 purchase of the financially struggling Tyrrell team Villeneuve joined the team because he sought to emulate Schumacher s style of basing a team around him and employing highly skilled people to get from the bottom of the running order to the top 49 1999 2000 edit nbsp Villeneuve competing for British American Racing at the 2000 Belgian Grand Prix Villeneuve was joined at BAR by former McLaren test driver Ricardo Zonta for most of the season and then by Mika Salo for three Grands Prix His BAR 01 car was efficient and fast but chronically unreliable 50 51 He failed to finish each of the first eleven races due to either mechanical trouble or crashing 52 Villeneuve was only able to finish four Grands Prix with a best finish of eighth at the Italian Grand Prix 50 Villeneuve qualified a season high fifth at the San Marino Grand Prix and was briefly third in the Spanish Grand Prix two events later before retiring 51 During qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix he suffered a high speed crash through Eau Rouge corner which destroyed his car but left him uninjured He tallied no points towards the Drivers Championship 52 For the 2000 season his BAR 002 car had a more reliable and powerful works Honda engine and Zonta was again his teammate 20 53 54 Villeneuve finished fourth at the season opening Australian Grand Prix and scored two more points by placing fifth at the San Marino Grand Prix two races later He also finished fourth at the French Grand Prix the Austrian Grand Prix and the United States Grand Prix Villeneuve scored points in the final two races by finishing sixth at the Japanese Grand Prix and fifth at the Malaysian Grand Prix 54 Overall his performances had improved from 1999 due to a better built and more reliable car 54 Villeneuve finished the season seventh in the Drivers Championship with 17 points 53 2001 2003 edit nbsp Villeneuve driving his BAR 003 at the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix There were rumours of Villeneuve leaving the BAR team after 2000 55 He talked to Benetton Ferrari and McLaren about racing with them in the 2001 championship 56 57 58 Villeneuve later admitted McLaren was not an option since his management team got accused of conducting early season publicity and he disliked McLaren s corporate methodology 59 Villeneuve also considered taking a sabbatical 58 but he ultimately signed a three year contract extension with BAR in July 2000 60 He obtained a get out clause enabling him to leave BAR should they under perform 61 Villeneuve was joined by Olivier Panis and the 003 car he drove was approximately 30 kg 66 lb lighter than the 002 chassis 53 Villeneuve was cordial with his teammate since they could talk to each other in French and set himself the goal of winning a race and finishing third in the Drivers Championship His car was fairly reliable but lacked rear grip and straight line speed due to an underpowered Honda engine 62 At the season opening Australian Grand Prix Villeneuve struck the rear of Ralf Schumacher s car launching him into the air One of Villeneuve s car s wheels struck marshal Graham Beveridge killing him 20 Villeneuve achieved BAR s first two podium results finishing third at both the Spanish Grand Prix and the German Grand Prix He finished the season seventh in the Drivers Championship with 12 points 63 62 Although he scored five fewer points than the year before Villeneuve qualified higher than Panis eleven times in 2001 62 nbsp Villeneuve testing the BAR 004 car in 2002 Before the 2002 season Villeneuve remained at BAR 64 He talked to team principal Flavio Briatore 9 who offered him a seat at Renault in lieu of Jenson Button but Villeneuve rejected it 12 53 Villeneuve ultimately opted to remain at BAR due to pressure from Honda and he again partnered with Panis 65 He became uncomfortable when new BAR team principal David Richards publicly mentioned that money spent on Villeneuve s high salary could be better used for research and development The BAR 004 chassis proved to be more unreliable than the year before and slower due to an under powered Honda engine He scored four points for 12th in the Drivers Championship with a fourth place at the British Grand Prix being his season s best result 65 Villeneuve regretted remaining at BAR due to the lack of results 66 and he was offered a contract to join Team Player s in CART for the 2003 championship before returning to BAR for the 2004 and 2005 F1 seasons The deal was pushed by Richards but not agreed upon because Villeneuve s and Pollock s financial settlements were too great for team owner Gerald Forsythe to be willing to take on 67 Villeneuve decided to remain at BAR for the 2003 season and was partnered with Button Villeneuve s BAR 005 car had a more powerful but bulky Honda engine 53 68 He initially had a poor relationship with Button not speaking to him and saying that Button should be in a boy band 69 Their relationship did not improve after the season opening Australian Grand Prix when Villeneuve was due to make a pit stop but drove an additional lap when Button was due to make his leaving Button stationary behind Villeneuve Although he blamed it on radio problems Button and Richards hinted their disbelief in his execution 68 Villeneuve was outperformed by his teammate and retired eight times due to mechanical faults He finished sixth at both the Brazilian Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix Before the season ending Japanese Grand Prix Villeneuve was informed by Richards he was no longer needed He was replaced by test driver Takuma Sato 53 68 He was 16th in the Drivers Championship with 6 points 68 Renault and Sauber 2004 2006 edit nbsp Villeneuve qualifying for Sauber at the 2005 United States Grand Prix Villeneuve took a sabbatical after BAR released him 70 He thought of taking up NASCAR as a new challenge but no teams approached him 71 After speaking to senior officials from BAR and Williams Villeneuve believed that they would want to resign him to their respective teams but neither move occurred 70 72 When he realised no competitive team would employ him 72 he and Pollock met Sauber team owner Peter Sauber in Hinwil in mid 2004 70 Impressed with Sauber s professionalism 72 he signed a two year contract the next month to drive for Sauber from the 2005 season and help them attract new sponsors and partners 70 nbsp Villeneuve racing at the 2006 Canadian Grand Prix for the BMW Sauber Before his tenure at Sauber began Villeneuve was employed by Briatore to help Renault claim second from BAR in the World Constructors Championship by scoring the maximum number of points in the 2004 season s final three races following the dismissal of Jarno Trulli for performing poorly 70 72 Sauber was comfortable in letting Villeneuve drive for Renault because both teams used Michelin tyres 9 Driving the R24 car he finished all three events but under performed and was lapped each time Villeneuve scored no points and was unclassified in the Drivers Championship 70 72 At Sauber Villeneuve used a C24 chassis and was teammates with Felipe Massa A lack of both pre season testing and money for car development caused Villeneuve to have a difficult handling car 73 He did not have a good relationship with the team because he was not allowed to give feedback on car setup due to Willy Rampf s influence 9 12 Villeneuve finished a season high fourth at the San Marino Grand Prix and scored more points in eighth at the French Grand Prix and sixth at the Belgian Grand Prix j 73 He was 14th in the Drivers Championship with 9 points 39 73 For the 2006 championship Villeneuve stayed at the renamed BMW Sauber after BMW purchased the team Nick Heidfeld was his teammate The atmosphere within the team made Villeneuve content and he was happy with BMW s involvement He found the less electronically dependent and less refined aerodynamically F1 06 car more driveable Team principal Mario Theissen criticised Villeneuve for not achieving decent results thus failing to please BMW s board of directors 75 Despite retiring three times he accumulated 7 points from the first 11 races ranking him 15th in the Drivers Championship 20 75 At the German Grand Prix Villeneuve sustained muscle pains in an accident exiting a corner Shortly afterward Theissen terminated his contract and replaced him with Robert Kubica 75 He did not want to be part of a shootout between himself and Kubica 76 and saw his release as a precursor to his future saying Screw this It s time to get on with the rest of my life 3 Villeneuve twice failed to return to F1 first with Stefan Grand Prix in the 2010 season then with his team in partnership with Durango for the following year 20 Post Formula One career edit2007 2010 edit nbsp Villeneuve driving the No 7 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP at the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans Villeneuve explored NASCAR after exiting F1 talking to Roush Racing owner Jack Roush who agreed to help Villeneuve obtain Truck Series experience before progressing to the Busch Series in 2007 on the condition of a sponsorship agreement 77 Before that he made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut with Peugeot in the 2007 edition informing team manager Serge Saulnier that he wanted to complete the Triple Crown of Motorsport k 78 Sharing the Le Mans Prototype 1 LMP1 class No 7 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP car with Marc Gene and Nicolas Minassian Villeneuve retired after 338 laps with engine injection trouble 79 80 He entered into a partnership with Bill Davis Racing BDR to enter the 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series last seven events in its No 27 Toyota Tundra in anticipation of racing full time in 2008 81 82 Villeneuve finished outside the top ten in all seven events for 42nd overall with 615 points 83 That same year he drove two races in the Nextel Cup Series the UAW Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway and the Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix in BDR s No 27 Toyota l finishing 21st and 41st respectively 85 nbsp Villeneuve attempting to qualify for the 2008 Daytona 500 Villeneuve and Pollock agreed to end their working relationship in early 2008 and Barry Green began managing him That February BDR released Villeneuve who failed to qualify for the Daytona 500 of the renamed Sprint Cup Series after causing a multi car accident in the Gatorade Duels 86 Two months later he raced the final two rounds of the inaugural season of the Middle East and Southeast Asian based stock car Speedcar Series at the Bahrain International Circuit and the Dubai Autodrome 87 88 Villeneuve then won the 2008 1000 km of Spa part of the Le Mans Series for Peugeot with Gene and Minassian in his first race victory for 11 years 20 Although he finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans sharing Peugeot s No 7 LMP1 entry with Gene and Minassian 80 he was released a month later because Peugeot wanted a French driver 12 In August Villeneuve signed a contract to make his Nationwide Series debut driving Braun Racing s No 32 Toyota Camry in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Montreal s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 89 finishing 16th 90 He also came 16th at the Autodromo Oscar y Juan Galvez round of Top Race V6 Argentina aboard Oro Racing Team s No 27 Volkswagen Passat TRV6 91 Villeneuve returned to the Speedcar Series in the 2008 09 season driving for Durango 92 Competing in five races he finished in the top ten three times scoring seven points for 11th in the Drivers Championship 93 In mid 2009 Villeneuve partook in the Tide 250 at Autodrome Saint Eustache and the GP3R 100 at Circuit Trois Rivieres of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series for the Jacombs Racing Team in its No 7 Ford Fusion 94 finishing fourth at Trois Rivieres 95 For the first and only time Villeneuve entered the Spa 24 Hours in 2009 He shared Gravity Racing International s G2 category No 118 Mosler MT900R GT3 with Vincent Radermecker Loris de Sordi and Ho Pin Tung The trio failed to finish 80 He drove the No 27 Mercedes TRV6 at the Interlagos Circuit and Autodromo Oscar y Juan Galvez rounds of Top Race V6 Argentina 96 achieving a best finish of 13th in Buenos Aires 93 He made one appearance in the 2009 Nationwide Series finishing fourth at the NAPA Auto Parts 200 in Braun Racing s No 32 car 97 98 In 2010 Villeneuve ran the Nationwide Series road courses at Road America Watkins Glen and Montreal in Braun Racing s No 32 vehicle 99 100 He finished eighth at Watkins Glen before claiming third at Montreal where he started second 101 In mid season Villeneuve entered the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway finishing 29th in Braun Racing s No 32 car 102 103 Villeneuve joined Rod Nash Racing as Paul Dumbrell s international co driver in its No 55 Ford FG Falcon for the Gold Coast 600 double header in October 2010 and sought advice from driver Marcos Ambrose on touring car racing m 105 He finished 22nd in the first race and fifth in the second 106 Ford motorsport manager Chris Styring considered Villeneuve for the Bathurst 1000 the L amp H 500 and the Gold Coast 600 in the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship but Villeneuve s financial demands were too great for Ford 107 2011 present edit nbsp Villeneuve racing the No 22 Dodge at the 2011 Bucyrus 200 Villeneuve drove the Road America and Montreal road course races of the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series for Penske Racing in its No 22 Dodge Challenger in lieu of Brad Keselowski 108 He finished the Road America race third and qualified on pole position for the Montreal event but finished 27th despite leading 29 laps 109 In August 2011 he joined Shell V Power Racing for the Stock Car Corrida do Milhao for the 2011 championship of Stock Car Brasil despite concerns about adapting to his car 110 Driving the No 27 Peugeot 408 93 Villeneuve qualified 27th and finished 18th 111 He was employed by Penske to drive its No 22 car at the Road America and Montreal road course races in the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series 112 Villeneuve finished sixth at Road America and third at Montreal 113 During the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship he filled in for the injured Greg Murphy for three rounds in Kelly Racing s No 51 Holden Commodore 114 finishing no higher than 24th 115 He finished seventh sharing Vita4One s No 34 BMW Z4 GT3 with Jos Verstappen at the City Challenge Baku GT event in October 80 116 nbsp Villeneuve competing at the 2012 Coates Hire Ipswich 300 nbsp Villeneuve during the 2013 Toyota Save Mart 350 When Villeneuve expressed interest in the International V8 Supercars Championship he was considered for a full time seat at Kelly Racing in the 2013 but no agreement was reached 117 For the first and only time he partook in the Le Mans double header counting towards the 2013 season of the FFSA GT Championship sharing the No 27 Sport Garage entered Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 with Eric Cayrolle 80 n The duo finished 11th in the first race and retired from the next o 80 Midway through the season Villeneuve was hired by car owner James Finch to drive the Toyota Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in the Sprint Cup Series for Phoenix Racing in its No 51 Chevrolet SS finishing 41st due to mechanical trouble after 19 laps 119 120 Later that year he finished fifth in the Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres part of the Canadian Tire Series in 22 Racing s Dodge Challenger 121 122 nbsp Villeneuve driving a Peugeot 208 Supercar at the 2014 World RX of Great Britain In 2014 Villeneuve signed to drive an Albatec Racing prepared Peugeot 208 Supercar part time in the FIA World Rallycross Championship s inaugural season 123 124 He chose to do rallycross because he felt it was exciting for both drivers and spectators 124 In seven races Villeneuve scored eight points for 37th in the Drivers Championship 125 He was released before the season ended due to non supportive statements he made concerning his team and rallycross 126 Villeneuve entered the Indianapolis 500 for the first time in 19 years driving Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports No 5 Dallara DW12 Honda third car entry p 27 128 Though he had not planned to return to American open wheel racing he changed his mind after the 2012 introduction of a new car and engine formula 129 He qualified 27th and finished 14th 27 In August Villeneuve finished 24th in Jacombs No 7 Dodge at Canadian Tire Series Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres 130 131 nbsp Villeneuve during qualifying at the 2015 Punta del Este ePrix Villeneuve accepted an invitation to enter 2015 Stock Car Brasil s season opening Autodromo Internacional Ayrton Senna round alongside Zonta in Shell Racing s No 10 Chevrolet Sonic placing 21st 93 132 He signed a contract to replace Heidfeld and partner with Stephane Sarrazin at Venturi Grand Prix in the 2015 16 season of the all electric Formula E series 133 Villeneuve had observed Formula E intently throughout 2014 admiring its bumpy city tracks Guido Pastor called him to test a car after which he got selected to drive 134 135 Villeneuve finished outside the top ten in the first two races and failed to start the Punta del Este ePrix due to an accident during qualifying 136 His relationship with Venturi cooled thereafter and they agreed to terminate their working relationship early in January 2016 137 Villeneuve signed a one race agreement to return to rallycross in the 2018 season 138 He drove a Subaru Rally Team USA entered WRX STi Supercar at the World RX of Canada part of the Americas Rallycross Championship 139 He failed to qualify for the final following two accidents sustained during the second semi final 140 For the 2019 season Villeneuve shared Scuderia Baldini 27 s GT3 Pro class No 27 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo with Giancarlo Fisichella and Stefano Gai in the Italian GT Championship finishing fourth at the 3 Hours of Misano and second at the 3 Hours of Vallelunga 80 93 He raced as a guest driver at the Ring Knutstorp and Karlskoga Motorstadion rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia in a MTech Competition entered Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car placing in the top ten in the second race of both rounds 141 That year he made his debut in NASCAR Whelen Euro Series in the Elite 1 Division Villeneuve drove the No 32 Go Fas Racing Chevrolet finishing the season eighth in points with 431 scored two pole positions and seven top tens 142 For the 2020 season he entered that year s Whelen Euro Series with FEED Vict Racing a team owned by him and Patrick Lemarie 143 Driving four rounds in the No 5 car he achieved two top fives for 104 points 21st overall in the Elite 1 Division 20 144 He drove Academy Motorsport s No 5 car in the 2021 Whelen Euro Series 145 achieving his first two series victories in both races of the season s final round at Vallelunga 146 and scoring 331 points for ninth in the points standings with two wins and four top ten finishes 147 He left the series after the season was over to focus on his F1 commentary commitments 148 For 2022 Villeneuve returned to the NASCAR Cup Series as a part time driver of the non chartered No 27 Team Hezeberg Ford 149 150 He aimed to assist Team Hezeberg in the launch of its Cup Series programme and he consented to assist with their effort in the Daytona 500 151 Villeneuve qualified for the race as of the fastest of the open non charter teams starting from 40th he finished the race in 22nd after an early race half spin and a subsequent collision with Tyler Reddick 152 In August he failed to start the NASCAR Pinty s Series Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres in the No 7 Dumoulin Competition prepared Dodge after accepting an offer by Festidrag Developpement president Martin D Anjou to enter the race 153 154 For 2023 Villeneuve entered the first three rounds of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship alongside Tom Dillmann and Esteban Guerrieri in the Floyd Vanwall Racing Team s No 4 non hybrid Vanwall Vandervell 680 Gibson in the LMH category although he was noncompetitive and was replaced by Tristan Vautier for the 24 Hours of Le Mans 155 He subsequently withdrew from the team for the rest of the season 156 Non racing ventures and personal life editVilleneuve began writing lyrics while he was driving in Japan 157 and purchased a guitar in 1996 158 When he became uncertain whether he would remain at Sauber for the 2006 F1 season in November 2005 159 he elected to rent a professional recording studio in Paris in order to better hear his music Travelling to England to record with the Tenebrae Choir 158 Villeneuve recorded nearly every day for a month before stopping to prioritise motor racing 159 That same year he released his debut French single Accepterais tu 158 and an acoustic rock album Private Paradise with 13 songs nine in French and four in English in 2007 158 160 Six songs each were written by Villeneuve and his friends he also performed a cover of Women Come Women Go by Gazebo 160 Villeneuve collaborated with vocalists Steve Smith and Amelie Veille 161 The album debuted at No 49 on the Quebec pop charts and received negative media reviews 162 It sold 233 copies in Quebec and 836 in North America 163 164 nbsp Villeneuve carrying the Olympic flag into BC Place during the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony Villeneuve was a guest on the 6 June 1995 and 2 June 1998 episodes of the Late Show with David Letterman 165 Villeneuve made a cameo appearance as a racing driver in the 2001 film Driven 166 He carried the Olympic torch in Old Montreal during the 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay in December 2009 167 Villeneuve also carried the Olympic flag at the opening ceremony 168 Villeneuve was employed by Disney France in late 2010 spending two days recording the French language voice of a racing announcer for the 2011 Pixar animated film Cars 2 169 He analysed the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix for the British television channel Sky Sports F1 170 Since 2013 Villeneuve has commentated for the pay TV services Sky Sport in Italy and Canal in France 171 He co designed the Area 27 racing track in Okanagan British Columbia 172 Villeneuve was engaged firstly to a Montreal college student named Sandrine Gros D Aillon then to Australian pop singer Dannii Minogue and later American ballerina Ellen Green 75 Villeneuve s first marriage was to Parisian Johanna Martinez in May 2006 They had two children before divorcing in June 2009 In June 2012 he married Brazilian Camila Andrea Lopez Lillo with whom he has two children 173 Villeneuve married his third wife Giulia Marra at the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix with whom he has a son and a daughter 174 Since January 2017 Revenu Quebec has pursued Villeneuve for 1 7 million in unpaid taxes after doing an audit of his business activities from 2010 to 2012 175 The October 2021 release of the Pandora Papers revealed that he had set up offshore companies in the tax free jurisdictions of The Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands in the 1990s and early 2000s to receive endorsement and income and to avoid paying Canadian income tax 176 Public image and personality editJournalist Gerald Donaldson describes Villeneuve as engagingly eccentric opinionated and outspoken and one who defied convention and challenged authority saying exactly what he thought in an era when drivers were expected to express only sweet talking platitudes 3 He was popular with the European press for his reliance to speak his mind in a time of political correctness 177 He publicly bemoaned F1 s commercialised and commodified image 178 the sport s structure focus on cheaper younger corporate groomed drivers 179 and the manufacturing of driver personalities by corporations so as not to impugn their reputation by drivers voicing their thoughts and opinions through the media 180 181 Villeneuve frequently dyed his hair in various colours and sported grunge street wear 3 182 His behaviour earned him multiple cautions from F1 s governing body the Federation Internationale de l Automobile FIA for bringing the series into disrepute Max Mosley the association s president commented that Villeneuve s controversies would benefit him when he was no longer successful 3 nbsp Villeneuve s star on Canada s Walk of Fame Villeneuve s decision to be independent as much as possible from media relations to avoid over promotion was endorsed by Pollock 29 He refused to conduct substantial public relations duties for teams even after BAT attempted to purchase more public relations appearances for him and he limited his commitments communicating to the press 183 Journalist Matt Bishop observed that Villeneuve was frequently criticised for refusing to do sponsorship functions and for his self imposed limiting interactions with the press at Grands Prix but Bishop noted others appreciated Villeneuve s focus on racing and instead of extraneous commitments 184 Villeneuve resisted to join the Grand Prix Drivers Association GPDA which he believed would serve only the interests of drivers and not F1 s He finally joined in late 2000 feeling his views were being ignored 185 Villeneuve decided to resign from the GPDA in mid 2006 because he was unhappy that its president Schumacher had been deemed to have purposely stopped during qualifying for the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix 186 Villeneuve was voted the winner of the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in 1996 and both the Lou Marsh Trophy and the Lionel Conacher Award in 1995 and 1997 187 Villeneuve received the Hawthorn Memorial Trophy for 1997 as the most successful British or Commonwealth driver over the course of a season 188 In April 1998 he was appointed Officer of the National Order of Quebec but collected the honour at the following year s ceremony due to his racing commitments 189 He was added to Canada s Walk of Fame two months later 190 In December 2010 Villeneuve was inducted into the athlete category of Canada s Sports Hall of Fame 191 He was added to both the FIA Hall of Fame and the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame seven and eight years later respectively 192 193 Driving ability and racing helmet edit nbsp Villeneuve s racing helmet on display at the Williams Conference Centre in 2017 Journalist Mark Hughes describes Villeneuve s driving as spectacular and hard charging Villeneuve frequently went past the edge of the available track to increase his momentum as much as possible 194 He provided his engineers with suggestions that Maurice Hamilton wrote were so far from the norm to the point of diametrically opposed to standard practice sometimes giving the impression of being pursued just for the hell of it 195 Villeneuve prefers driving on slick tyres and with no electronic driver aids He found driver aids difficult and thus ran with less traction control than his teammates since he could not deal with either the anti lock system on the rear brakes or heavy traction control 196 This required Villeneuve to modify his driving style and take fewer risks until his exit from F1 in 2006 194 He switched from wearing spectacles in his helmet to contact lenses in 1994 after his spectacles vibrated slightly on minor bumps in Indianapolis 197 Villeneuve based the design of his racing helmet on his father s reportedly drawing it on a doodling pad 198 He looked at a photograph of his mother wearing a pink yellow green and blue V shaped striped polo shirt at a motor race her husband was competing at and he used her pencils to produce the design 197 198 Villeneuve incorporated an inverted V style swoosh with varying thickness of colours around the shape on the helmet s two sides 198 He retained a single black line from his first design in the centre to divide the colours without difficulty q 197 Racing results editCareer summary edit Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Points Position 1989 Italian Formula Three Championship Prema Racing 6 0 0 0 1990 Italian Formula Three Championship Prema Racing 12 0 0 10 13th 1991 Italian Formula Three Championship Prema Racing 11 0 3 20 6th 1992 All Japan Formula Three Championship TOM S 11 3 2 45 2nd All Japan Sports Prototype Championship Toyota Team TOM S 1 0 0 N A NC Toyota Atlantic Championship Comprep Player s 1 0 0 14 28th 1993 Toyota Atlantic Championship Forsythe Green Racing 15 5 7 185 3rd Macau Grand Prix March Racing 1 0 0 N A NC 1994 PPG Indy Car World Series Forsythe Green Racing 15 1 0 94 6th 1995 PPG Indy Car World Series Team Green 17 4 6 172 1st 1996 Formula One Rothmans Williams Renault 16 4 3 78 2nd 1997 Formula One Rothmans Williams Renault 17 7 10 81 1st 1998 Formula One Winfield Williams 16 0 0 21 5th 1999 Formula One British American Racing 16 0 0 0 21st 2000 Formula One Lucky Strike BAR Honda 17 0 0 17 7th 2001 Formula One Lucky Strike BAR Honda 17 0 0 12 7th 2002 Formula One Lucky Strike BAR Honda 17 0 0 4 12th 2003 Formula One Lucky Strike BAR Honda 14 0 0 6 16th 2004 Formula One Mild Seven Renault F1 Team 3 0 0 0 21st 2005 Formula One Sauber Petronas 18 0 0 9 14th 2006 Formula One BMW Sauber F1 Team 12 0 0 7 15th 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Bill Davis Racing Toyota 2 0 0 140 60th NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 7 0 0 615 59th 24 Hours of Le Mans Team Peugeot Total 1 0 0 N A NC 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Braun Racing Toyota 1 0 0 120 111th Speedcar Series Speedcar Team 4 0 0 3 13th Le Mans Series Team Peugeot Total 1 1 0 10 9th 24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 N A 2nd Top Race V6 Oro Racing Team 1 0 0 0 NC 2008 09 Speedcar Series Durango 5 0 0 7 11th 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Braun Racing Toyota 1 0 0 165 107th NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Jacombs Racing Ford 2 0 0 257 33rd Top Race V6 2 0 0 0 NC FIA GT Championship Gravity Racing International 1 0 0 0 NC 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Braun Racing Toyota 1 0 0 76 69th NASCAR Nationwide Series 3 0 0 405 77th V8 Supercar Championship Series Rod Nash Racing 2 0 0 N A NC 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Penske Racing 2 0 1 61 52nd Stock Car Brasil Shell V Power Racing 1 0 0 N A NC 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Penske Racing 2 0 0 82 49th International V8 Supercars Championship Kelly Racing 6 0 0 N A NC 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Phoenix Racing 1 0 0 3 51st NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Dave Jacombs 1 0 0 43 43rd 2014 IndyCar Series Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 1 0 0 29 30th World Rallycross Championship Albatec Racing 8 0 0 8 38th NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Dave Jacombs 1 0 0 20 54th 2015 Stock Car Brasil Shell Racing 1 0 0 0 NC 2015 16 Formula E Venturi Grand Prix 3 0 0 0 20th 2018 Americas Rallycross Championship Subaru Rally Team USA 1 0 0 12 14th 2019 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Go Fas Racing 13 0 2 431 8th Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia Mtech Competition 4 0 0 0 NC 2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series FEED Vict Racing 4 0 0 104 21st 2021 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Academy Motorsport 8 2 1 331 9th 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Team Hezeberg by Reaume Brothers Racing 1 0 0 15 36th NASCAR Pinty s Series Dumoulin Competition 0 0 0 18 51st 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar Floyd Vanwall Racing Team 3 0 0 6 18th Sources 20 93 American open wheel racing results edit Toyota Atlantic Championship edit Toyota Atlantic results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points 1992 Comprep Player s MIA PHX LBH LIM MON WGL TOR TRR3 VAN MDO MOS NAZ LS1 LS2 14th 28 1993 Forsythe Green Racing PHX18 LBH2 ATL1 MIL17 MON1 MOS2 HAL7 TOR3 LOU2 TRR14 VAN19 MDO1 NAZ11 LS11 LS21 3rd 185 Source 24 CART edit CART results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref 1994 Forsythe Green Racing SRF17 PHX25 LBH15 INDY2 MIL9 DET7 POR6 CLE4 TOR9 MCH20 MDO9 NHA24 VAN24 ROA1 NAZ7 LAG3 6th 94 199 1995 Team Green MIA1 SRF20 PHX5 LBH25 NAZ2 INDY1 MIL6 DET9 POR20 ROA1 TOR3 CLE1 MCH10 MDO3 NHA4 VAN12 LAG11 1st 172 200 Source 27 IndyCar Series edit IndyCar Series results Year Team Chassis No Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref 2014 Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports Dallara DW12 5 Honda STP LBH ALA IMS INDY14 DET DET TXS HOU HOU POC IOW TOR TOR MDO MIL SNM FON 30th 29 201 Source 27 Indianapolis 500 edit Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 1994 Reynard 94I Ford XB 4 2 Forsythe Green Racing 1995 Reynard 95I Ford XB 5 1 Team Green 2014 Dallara Honda 27 14 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Source 27 Formula One edit Formula One results Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points 1996 Rothmans Williams Renault Williams FW18 Renault RS8 3 0 V10 AUS2 BRARet ARG2 EUR1 SMR11 MONRet ESP3 CAN2 FRA2 GBR1 GER3 HUN1 BEL2 ITA7 POR1 JPNRet 2nd 78 1997 Rothmans Williams Renault Williams FW19 Renault RS9 3 0 V10 AUSRet BRA1 ARG1 SMRRet MONRet ESP1 CANRet FRA4 GBR1 GERRet HUN1 BEL5 ITA5 AUT1 LUX1 JPNDSQ EUR3 1st 81 1998 Winfield Williams Williams FW20 Mecachrome GC37 01 V10 AUS5 BRA7 ARGRet SMR4 ESP6 MON5 CAN10 FRA4 GBR7 AUT6 GER3 HUN3 BELRet ITARet LUX8 JPN6 5th 21 1999 British American Racing BAR 01 Supertec FB01 3 0 V10 AUSRet BRARet SMRRet MONRet ESPRet CANRet FRARet GBRRet AUTRet GERRet HUNRet BEL15 ITA8 EUR10 MALRet JPN9 NC 0 2000 Lucky Strike Reynard BAR Honda BAR 002 Honda RA000E 3 0 V10 AUS4 BRARet SMR5 GBR16 ESPRet EURRet MON7 CAN15 FRA4 AUT4 GER8 HUN12 BEL7 ITARet USA4 JPN6 MAL5 7th 17 2001 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR 003 Honda RA001E 3 0 V10 AUSRet MALRet BRA7 SMRRet ESP3 AUT8 MON4 CANRet EUR9 FRARet GBR8 GER3 HUN9 BEL8 ITA6 USARet JPN10 7th 12 2002 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR 004 Honda RA002E 3 0 V10 AUSRet MAL8 BRA10 SMR7 ESP7 AUT10 MONRet CANRet EUR12 GBR4 FRARet GERRet HUNRet BEL8 ITA9 USA6 JPNRet 12th 4 2003 Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR 005 Honda RA003E 3 0 V10 AUS9 MALDNS BRA6 SMRRet ESPRet AUT12 MONRet CANRet EURRet FRA9 GBR10 GER9 HUNRet ITA6 USARet JPN 16th 6 2004 Mild Seven Renault F1 Team Renault R24 Renault RS24 3 0 V10 AUS MAL BHR SMR ESP MON EUR CAN USA FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA CHN11 JPN10 BRA10 21st 0 2005 Sauber Petronas Sauber C24 Petronas 05A 3 0 V10 AUS13 MALRet BHR11 SMR4 ESPRet MON11 EUR13 CAN9 USADNS FRA8 GBR14 GER15 HUNRet TUR11 ITA11 BEL6 BRA12 JPN12 CHN10 14th 9 2006 BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber F1 06 BMW P86 2 4 V8 BHRRet MAL7 AUS6 SMR12 EUR8 ESP12 MON14 GBR8 CANRet USARet FRA11 GERRet HUN TUR ITA CHN JPN BRA 15th 7 Sources 20 202 Did not finish but was classified as he had completed more than 90 of the race distance Sports car career edit 24 Hours of Le Mans edit 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co drivers Car Class Laps Pos Classpos 2007 nbsp Team Peugeot Total nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Marc Gene Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 338 DNF DNF 2008 nbsp Team Peugeot Total nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Marc Gene Peugeot 908 HDi FAP LMP1 381 2nd 2nd Source 80 Le Mans Series edit Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points 2008 Team Peugeot Total LMP1 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP Peugeot HDI 5 5 L Turbo V12 Diesel CAT MON SPA1 NUR SIL 9th 10 Source 80 Complete 24 Hours of Spa results edit 24 Hours of Spa results Year Class Tyres Car Team Co drivers Laps Pos Classpos 2009 G2 M Mosler MT900 R GT3Chevrolet LS7 7 0 L V8 nbsp Gravity Racing International nbsp Vincent Radermecker nbsp Loris de Sordi nbsp Ho Pin Tung 65 DNF Source 80 NASCAR edit key Bold Pole position awarded by qualifying time Italics Pole position earned by points standings or practice time Most laps led Cup Series edit NASCAR Cup Series results Year Team No Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts Ref 2007 Bill Davis Racing 27 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL21 CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO41 HOM 60th 140 85 2008 DAYDNQ CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM NA 0 203 2010 Braun Racing 32 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND29 POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 69th 76 103 2013 Phoenix Racing 51 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON41 KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 51st 3 204 2022 Team Hezeberg 27 Ford DAY22 CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR BRD TAL DOV DAR KAN CLT GTW SON NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH RCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 36th 15 205 Daytona 500 edit Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish Ref 2008 Bill Davis Racing Toyota DNQ 203 2022 Team Hezeberg Ford 40 22 205 Nationwide Series edit NASCAR Nationwide Series results Year Team No Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts Ref 2008 Braun Racing 32 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MEX TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEB MIL NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV16 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 111th 120 90 2009 DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MIL NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV4 ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 107th 165 98 2010 DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA25 NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN8 MCH BRI CGV3 ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM 77th 405 101 2011 Penske Racing 22 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA3 DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV27 BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 52nd 61 109 2012 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA6 KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN CGV3 BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 49th 82 113 Craftsman Truck Series edit NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No Truck 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref 2007 Bill Davis Racing 27 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN LOW MAN DOV TEX MCH MIL MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTY NHA LVS21 TAL30 MAR32 ATL14 TEX25 PHO19 HOM36 42nd 615 83 Canadian Tire Pinty s Series edit NASCAR Canadian Tire Pinty s Series results Year Team No Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points Ref 2009 Jacombs Racing 7 Ford ASE DEL MSP ASE22 MPS EDM SAS MSP CTR4 CGV BAR RIS KWA 33rd 257 95 2013 22 Racing 24 Dodge MSP DEL MSP ICAR MPS SAS ASE CTR3 RIS MSP BAR KWA 43rd 43 122 2014 Jacombs Racing 7 Dodge MSP ACD ICAR EIR SAS ASE CTR24 RIS MSP BAR KWA 60th 20 130 2022 Dumoulin Competition 07 Dodge SUN MSP ACD AVE TOR EDM SAS SAS CTRDNS OSK ICAR MSP DEL 0 153 Whelen Euro Series EuroNASCAR PRO edit key Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap Most laps led Most positions gained NASCAR Whelen Euro Series EuroNASCAR PRO results Year Team No Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NWES Pts Ref 2019 Go Fas Racing 32 Chevy VAL11 VAL25 FRA3 FRA3 BRH15 BRH8 MOS22 MOS19 VEN3 HOC5 HOC7 ZOL14 ZOL7 8th 431 142 2020 FEED Vict Racing 5 ITA16 ITA2 ZOL4 ZOL19 MOS MOS VAL VAL ESP ESP 21st 104 144 2021 Academy Motorsport EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 ESP7 ESP9 GBR GBR CZE11 CZE4 CRO3 CRO17 BEL BEL ITA1 ITA1 9th 331 93 Other stock cars edit Speedcar Series edit key Speedcar Series results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Points 2008 Speedcar Team SEN1 SEN2 SEP1 SEP2 BHR16 BHR2Ret DUB19 DUB2Ret 14th 3 2008 09 Durango DUB6 BHR110 BHR2Ret LOS15 LOS2Ret DUB1 DUB2 BHR1 BHR2 11th 7 Source 93 Stock Car Brasil edit Stock Car Brasil results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points 2011 Shell V Power Racing Peugeot 408 CTB INT RBP VEL CGD RIO INT18 SAL SCZ LON BSB VEL NC 0 2015 Shell Racing Chevrolet Sonic GOI121 RBP1 RBP2 VEL1 VEL2 CUR1 CUR2 SCZ1 SCZ2 CUR1 CUR2 GOI1 CAS1 CAS2 BRA1 BRA2 CUR1 CUR2 TAR1 TAR2 INT1 NC 0 Source 93 Ineligible for championship points Touring cars edit V8 Supercars edit V8 Supercars results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Final pos Points Ref 2010 Rod Nash Racing Ford FG Falcon YMCR1 YMCR2 BHRR3 BHRR4 ADER5 ADER6 HAMR7 HAMR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 WINR11 WINR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 TOWR15 TOWR16 PHIQ PHIR17 BATR18 SURR1922 SURR205 SYMR21 SYMR22 SANR23 SANR24 SYDR25 SYDR26 NC 0 106 2012 Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 HAMR5 HAMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14Ret TOWR1524 QLDR1624 QLDR1724 SMPR1824 SMPR1926 SANQ SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 YMCR24 YMCR25 YMCR26 WINR27 WINR28 SYDR29 SYDR30 NC 0 115 Not Eligible for points Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results edit Supercar results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WRX Points 2014 Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 GTi POR17 GBR NOR14 FIN16 SWE17 BEL14 CAN16 FRA GER ITA18 TUR ARG 37th 8 Sources 123 125 Complete Formula E results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position races in italics indicate fastest lap Formula E results Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points 2015 16 Venturi Formula E Team Spark SRT01 e Venturi VM200 FE 01 BEI14 PUT11 PDEDNS BUE MEX LBH PAR BER LDN LDN 20th 0 Sources 93 136 Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2023 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Hypercar Vanwall Vandervell 680 Gibson GL458 4 5 L V8 SEB8 ALGRet SPARet LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 18th 6Bibliography editHilton Christopher 1996 Jacques Villeneuve In His Own Words Sparkford England Patrick Stephens Limited ISBN 978 1 85260 557 5 via Open Library Villeneuve Jacques Donaldson Gerald 1996 Villeneuve My First Season in Formula One London England CollinsWillow ISBN 0 00 218766 3 via Open Library Walker Murray 1996 Arron Simon ed Murray Walker s 1996 Grand Prix Year PDF Richmond Surrey Hazleton Publishing ISBN 978 1 874557 17 3 via 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Sarah 2011 The Daily Telegraph Formula One Years Fifth ed Dubai United Arab Emirates Carlton Books ISBN 978 1 84732 869 4 via Open Library Jones Bruce 2015 World Formula 1 Records 2016 Fifth ed London England SevenOaks ISBN 978 1 78177 268 3 Button Jenson 2017 Life to the Limit London England Blink Publishing ISBN 978 1 911600 34 3 Newey Adrian 2017 How to Build a Car The Autobiography of the World s Greatest Formula 1 Designer London England HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 978 0 00 819680 6 Hamilton Maurice 2020 Formula One The Champions 70 years of legendary F1 drivers London England White Lion Publishing ISBN 978 1 78131 946 8 via Google Books Notes edit The school had been interested in Villeneuve since his father attended it in the early 1970s His mother agreed on the condition journalists were not allowed to enter the circuit 16 Blocks were fitted onto the car pedals by staff to enable Villeneuve to reach them and sit next to the steering wheel since he is small in stature 13 17 His nationality was occasionally presented as either Andorran or Canadian during this period 19 Cigarette company Marlboro did not want to sponsor Villeneuve because their management did not want to exploit his name 18 A victory for Villeneuve at the final round of the 1990 season at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit was disallowed when he was assessed a one minute penalty for a jump start 20 Green wanted to select the number six but was unable to do so since Villeneuve placed sixth in the 1994 drivers standings 26 Villeneuve was the youngest driver as well as the first Canadian to win both the Indianapolis 500 and the series title 2 Williams issued press releases incorrectly saying Villeneuve was eight tenths of a second slower than Hill 30 Lewis Hamilton equalled each of these records driving for McLaren in the 2007 season 38 Poor performances in the season s first three races meant Peter Sauber did not guarantee that Villeneuve would continue at Sauber past the San Marino Grand Prix until his fourth place result allowed him to retain his seat for the remainder of the season 74 The Triple Crown of Motorsport consists of the F1 World Championship the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2 Villeneuve had planned to make his Cup Series debut at Phoenix but moved it forward five weeks following approval from NASCAR as a result of testing the Car of Tomorrow at Talladega and his performance in the Truck Series round at Las Vegas Motor Speedway He therefore abandoned plans to race the ARCA and Truck Series events at Talladega 84 Paul Morris considered Villeneuve for a full time drive at Supercheap Auto Racing in the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series but a lack of sponsorship prevented his racing in the series 104 Villeneuve became aware of a possible entry to the FFSA GT Championship through team owner Christian Petit 118 Villeneuve and Cayrolle were entered for the Imola round but the entry failed to arrive 80 He had a seat fitting at the team s factory on 20 March 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