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Jacques Villeneuve (French: [ʒɑk vilnœv]; born 9 April 1971) is a Canadian former racing driver, who competed in IndyCar from 1994 to 1995, and Formula One from 1996 to 2006. Villeneuve won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1997 with Williams , and won 11 Grands Prix across 11 seasons.
Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve (born November 4, 1953) is a Canadian racing driver. He is the younger brother of the late Gilles Villeneuve, and uncle to Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 Formula One World Champion. He is sometimes called "Uncle Jacques" ("L'oncle Jacques" in French) to differentiate him from his nephew, and is also known by the nickname ...
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps The winning Peugeot 908 HDi FAP of Nicolas Minassian, Marc Gené, and Jacques Villeneuve. The 2008 1000 km of Spa was the third round of the 2008 Le Mans Series season. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, on 11 May 2008.
Former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve married his partner in the Las Vegas Grand Prix paddock on Thursday night (16 November). A wedding chapel was set up so anybody tempted to tie the knot ...
Jacques Villeneuve won the title in 1997. There have been 15 Formula One drivers from Canada, four of whom have scored points. Gilles Villeneuve, rated amongst the greatest drivers of all time, died while qualifying for his 68th race. His son, Jacques Villeneuve won the World Drivers' Championship in 1997.
Jacques Villeneuve (CAN) * Team Green: Reynard 95I: Ford XB: G: 0 1 1 1000 200 20.0000 1995: CART Jacques Villeneuve (CAN) Team Green: Reynard 95I: Ford XB: G: 6 4 7 172 11 6.3953 1996: IRL Buzz Calkins (USA) [b] Bradley Motorsports: Reynard 95I: Ford XB: F: 0 1 1 246 0 0.0000 Scott Sharp (USA) [b] A. J. Foyt Enterprises: Lola T95/00: Ford XB ...
The Williams FW19 was the car with which the Williams team competed in the 1997 Formula One World Championship.It was driven by Jacques Villeneuve, in his second year with the team, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who moved from Sauber to replace the defending 1996 champion, Damon Hill who was dumped before the season began.
The Williams dominated again, with Jacques Villeneuve leading Hill. Schumacher held on in third place, but dropped back half a minute with his second pit stop. He developed brake problems on lap 28 and retired five laps later. Irvine assumed third, despite contact with Jean Alesi's Benetton on lap 6, when Alesi had attempted to pass him.