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0Official: Ferrari pays tribute to Gilles Villeneuve at Fiorano 1336740000
Some teams might give a promising young driver a second chance, but not Ferrari. You only get one offer to drive for the Scuderia, and if you turn it down, that's your last chance. Legend has it that Ferrari made that offer to Jacques Villeneuve way back in the late 90s after he'd won the Indy ...
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Official: Ferrari and Jacques Villeneuve to commemorate 30 years since Gilles Villeneuve's death 1334149200
History has a way of aggrandizing the fallen, but few drivers have been as dearly missed as Gilles Villeneuve. Renowned for his ability to wrestle blistering lap times – often sideways – out of some of the most difficult cars to handle, the French Canadian driver remains a fan ...
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Find of the Day: Jacques Villeneuve's 1997 title-prize Hennessey Viper Venom 1319052660
Say what you will about what he's done since, but nobody was as hot a talent as Jacques Villeneuve in the mid '90s. The French Canadian driver – and son of Gilles Villeneuve, who died while racing for Scuderia Ferrari – won both the Indy 500 and the IndyCar title in only his second ...
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Did Jacques Villeneuve turn down a ride with Lotus for 2011? 1292416200
Former F1 and Indy champion Jacques Villeneuve is playing down reports that he was offered a ride with the new Lotus Renault GP team for next season. The French Canadian driver recently threw in the towel on any potential return to grand prix racing after repeated attempts to get back on the ...
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Villeneuve heading to France to go ice racing 1291159920
There are any number of racing series around the world that are eager to welcome former F1 drivers onto their grids – and Jacques Villeneuve has tried nearly all of them. Traditional outlets have included DTM and Le Mans, to name just two, but lately retired grand prix drivers have found ...
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Report: Jacques Villeneuve gives up on F1 return 1288875600
Jacques Villeneuve was a super-star back in the '90s. The son of the dearly missed Gilles Villeneuve, Jacques won the Indy 500 and the IndyCar title in 1995. One of the first in a wave of drivers following in their fathers' footsteps, JV rode the wave of his own success straight into an F1 race ...
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Villeneuve and Durango looking to buy out an existing F1 team? 1284641820
The FIA may have rejected their bid to field a new team, but don't count Jacques Villeneuve and Durango out for the count just yet. According to reports from the paddock, the joint venture composed of a former world champion and an Italian racing team is going old-school in its campaign to own ...
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Jacques Villeneuve reportedly lodging his own F1 team entry for 2011 1279713540
Jacques Villeneuve (left) is rumored to be supported in his F1 bid by Flavio Briatore (right)There are two ways to land an F1 seat: pay or get paid. The latter is largely reserved for the top drivers in the sport. The former involves raising enough sponsorship dough to pay both your salary and a ... -
One More Time: Villeneuve taking last shot at getting back into F1 1276608480
They say it's best to quit while you're ahead. But then, Jacques Villeneuve hasn't been ahead in quite some time. The former World Champion hasn't been on the grid – at least, not the Formula One grid – in four years. But even when he was, his performance had slipped drastically since ...
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Autoblog gets schooled at the Jacques Villeneuve Academy 1254164220
Jacques Villeneuve Academy at ICAR – Click above for high-res image galleryThere's nothing like a Montreal summer. Once the sun starts to shine on the island metropolis after a long winter, the city transforms into a burgeoning oasis of festivals, street cafes and exotic sports cars. And ...

