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Ferrari and Jacques Villeneuve to commemorate 30 years since Gilles Villeneuve's death. History has a way of aggrandizing the fallen, but few drivers have been as dearly missed as Gilles Villeneuve.
By all accounts, Gilles Villeneuve was one of the most impressive Canadian drivers to ever compete in Formula One and promised a slew of championships, if only Ferrari could develop a consistent car.
On May 8, 1982, Gilles Villeneuve lost his life in a dreadful crash during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix. He was 32. Villeneuve's death shocked the F1 world. Widely considered one of the ...
Perhaps no book captures that quite as well as Gerald Donaldson’s 1989 biography of a Canadian legend, Gilles Villeneuve: The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver.
Gilles Villeneuve: "The last great driver" remembered 31 years after his tragic death Ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix, MirrorSport's Rob Burnett looks back at the extraordinary career ...
The Circuit Notre Dame Island in Montreal, the site of the Canadian Grand Prix, was rechristened Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, and fifteen years after his death, his son, Jacques, won the 1997 ...
FORMULA ONE legend Gilles Villeneuve’s wife Joann has opened up on the Canadian’s death ahead of the 40th anniversary of his passing. Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix marks 40 years to t… ...
As the 40 th anniversary of the death of Gilles Villeneuve approaches, it is easy to understand why the Ferrari icon’s feud with team-mate Didier Pironi is something of an afterthought in the ...
Villeneuve was a celebrated figure in Formula One, racing in 67 Grands Prix and winning six before his tragic death in 1982. More than just a piece of art, the statue is culturally and ...
Gilles Villeneuve remembered in new family interview on 40th anniversary of F1 star's death. Exclusive interview footage with Villeneuve family captured as part of upcoming documentary 'Villeneuve ...
EXCLUSIVE: F1 icon Gilles Villeneuve's widow opens up about her life as a driver's wife, from coping with death to the makeup of a racing champion.
The Canadian Grand Prix always triggers memories of one of the sport's great drivers. It is now 31 years since since Gilles Villeneuve was killed at the wheel of his Ferrari in qualifying for the ...