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Jacques Villeneuve: Wiki, Bio, F1 Career Stats & Facts Profile

NameJacques Villeneuve
CountryCanada Canada
Height1.68 meter / 5 feet 6 inch
Place of BirthSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Date of BirthApr 9th 1971 - 53 years old
Season Entries11
Car Number17
First Race1996 Australian F1 GP
Last Race2006 German F1 GP
First Pole1996 Australian F1 GP
Last Pole1997 European F1 GP
First Win1996 European F1 GP
Last Win1997 Luxembourg F1 GP
First Win from Pole1997 Brazilian F1 GP
Last Win from Pole1997 Austrian F1 GP
First Hat-trick1997 Brazilian F1 GP
Last Hat-trick1997 Austrian F1 GP

F1 Teams HistoryWilliams (1996-1998)
BAR (1999-2003)
Renault (2004)
Sauber (2005)
BMW Sauber (2006)

Jacques Villeneuve F1 Stats

Drivers' Titles1
Grand Prix Entries165
Grand Prix Starts164
Total Points235.00
Avg. Points per GP1.42
Grand Prix Wins11 (6,7%)
Wins from pole5 (3,0%)
Pole Positions13 (7,9%)
Front Row Starts23 (13,9%)
Avg. GP Grid9.1
GP Podiums23 (13,9%)
GP Fastest Laps9 (5,5%)
GP Points Finish53 (32,1%)
Avg. GP Position7.0
Hat-tricks2 (1,2%)
GP Retirements63 (38,2%)
GP DNF's55 (33,3%)
Total GP Laps8.314


Biography

 

Jacques Villeneuve Biography


Born in April, Canada, on April 9th, 1971, Jacques Villeneuve is Formula 1 World Champion who is the son of a legend who should’ve won a WDC throughout his motor racing career, Gilles Villeneuve .

Villeneuve: Drivers should control on-track discipline

Jacques Villeneuve on the grid in Hungary (2001)

His name was always going to give Jacques opportunities in the motor racing world, but his early days of racing came in skiing, not in the tarmac. However, after having a taste of the racing world since he was a kid, his passion for motorsport was always there.

Eventually, Jacques decided to get into motor racing, and his first taste of a track came with a kart at Imola, when he was a 14-year-old boy. Then, he drove at Mont Tremblant during a Jim Russell curse and looked well.

In Europe, where he lived during a good part of his teenage years, Villeneuve drove saloon cars in Italy before embarking in F3 campaigns that kept him in Italy, and then put him on a journey to Japan, which he saw as a chance to “get off the normal path” and “develop as a man” as published by the MotorSport Magazine.

He won his first three single-seater races at Japan with TOM’s and finished second in the 1992 championship. After an appearance in a Formula Atlantic race in August 1992, he was noticed by sponsors in Canada and his manager Craig Pollock, who was his former skiing instructor, found him a deal to compete in the 1993 Formula Atlantic at Canada and the US, followed by two years at the IndyCar series.

He finished third in Formula Atlantic in 1993, with five wins and seven Poles in 15 races, and he entered Indy the next year. Villeneuve’s first few races in Indy were not easy, though the Forsythe/Green team was built around him, but he did take a huge boost of confidence after finishing second in his first appearance in the Indianapolis 500, behind the series’ eventual champion Al Unser Jr.

BAR Jacques Villeneuve, France 1999

BAR Jacques Villeneuve, France 1999

Villeneuve then took his first IndyCar win at Road America, and finished the year with a podium at Laguna Seca. He was sixth in the championship and earned Rookie of the Year honors. He was already racing against the likes of Emerson Fittipaldi, Nigel Mansell, Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti, Stefan Johansson, Eddie Cheever and other high-profile names.

In 1995, Villeneuve was the class of the field at Indy and won the Indianapolis 500 in his second attempt and after receiving a two-lap penalty, and took the IndyCar championship over Unser Jr. 

In Europe, Jacques’ name was gathering big attention, and Bernie Ecclestone wanted to bring a driver with impact to the Formula 1 field, which helped Villeneuve to get a test invitation from Frank Williams, and initiated his road to the Formula 1 World Championship.

He was selected to drive for Williams alongside Damon Hill in 1996, and the big amount of testing he put together before his F1 debut helped him mightily to become the then most successful rookie in F1 history with his four GP wins in 1996 (Germany, Britain, Hungary and Portugal) and he even fought for the championship against Hill in the last race of the season at Suzuka.

Hill was replaced by Heinz-Harald Frentzen for 1997, and Villeneuve became the team leader and was adjusted better to Williams’ FW19 for the season. The campaign was historic, as Villeneuve fought with Ferrari’s two-time champion Michael Schumacher for the championship.

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Michael Schumacher (GER) Ferrari F310B (right) turns into the passing Jacques Villeneuve (CDN) Williams FW19 in a vain attempt to take his Championship rival out of the race. Villeneuve survived to finish third and take the Championship crown; Schumacher retired on the spot and was subsequently stripped of his second place in the Championship.
European Grand Prix, Jerez, Spain, 26 October 1997.

In the end, it was all decided in the finale, the 1997 European Grand Prix at Jerez, and Villeneuve came out with the championship after he and Schumacher collided controversially at the hairpin and the German had to retire from the race and was later disqualified from the World Championship for his actions, as he was judged to try to finish both cars’ races to maintain his advantage in the standings.

Villeneuve finished 1997 with 10 Pole Positions, seven victories, and eight podiums. At that point in his career, the Canadian had 11 wins, had won the Indy 500, had 19 F1 podiums, and 13 Pole Positions.

However, his statistics in Formula 1 did not improve that much over the following seasons, as Williams suffered the absence of Renault engines since the end of 1997, Villeneuve finished only fifth in 1998 with two podiums.

Then, Villeneuve made the decision to embark in a new adventure with a team he helped build, British American Racing, but first with Supertec engines, and then with Honda, the team struggled heavily.

Villeneuve finished three of 16 races in 1999 and scored no points, and then scored 17 points in 2000, but without any podium finish. The 2001 season brought Villeneuve the final two podiums of his F1 career, but he only scored 12 points in that year.

He spent two more seasons with BAR, scoring only 10 points between 2002 and 2003. Before the final race of 2003 at Japan, Takuma Sato was announced by BAR for 2004, and Villeneuve left the team immediately and asked to be released, which gave Sato his F1 debut in 2003.

He returned in 2004 to complete the final three races of the year for Renault, a team that he could’ve joined in 2001 before signing another deal with BAR. Sauber gave him the chance to drive in 2005, but only three point-scoring races were not much in that campaign.

Friend: Villeneuve-Kubica tension dates back to 2006

Jacques Villeneuve racing the Sauber BMW F1.06 during the German F1 GP (2006)

BMW came in for the 2006 campaign, and Villeneuve drove in 12 of the calendar’s 18 races, as the team dropped him after the 2006 German Grand Prix in favor of Robert Kubica.

His F1 career finished with the 2006 German GP, and Villeneuve later drove in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Le Mans Series, 24 Hours of Spa, NASCAR, Touring Cars, and even Formula E, but he was not as successful as he was in Indy and his early Formula 1 campaigns.

Villeneuve might be a controversial figure with his opinions on the current state of Formula 1 and so on, but there’s no denying that his opinion has certain value, otherwise, no one would ask him to voice his thoughts about the sport.

“I love a lot of high speed turns, turns where you have to push yourself, force yourself to go fast. Then there's something telling your foot to lift off, because it's so fast, and it's impressive when you get that feeling and just drive on”.

Seasons

Jacques Villeneuve Final Championship Results

19961997199819992000200120022003200420052006
2nd1st5th22nd7th7th13th15th24th14th15th

 

Jacques Villeneuve F1 Seasons Summary

YearTeamEngineGP1st2nd3rdPodPoleLapsFLAvg PtsPoints
2006 Switzerland BMW Sauber BMW120000064600.587
2005 Switzerland Sauber Petronas1800000103300.509
2004 France Renault Renault30000017700.000
2003 United Kingdom BAR Honda150000066200.406
2002 United Kingdom BAR Honda170000079400.244
2001 United Kingdom BAR Honda170022079000.7112
2000 United Kingdom BAR Honda170000090001.0017
1999 United Kingdom BAR Supertec160000057300.000
1998 United Kingdom Williams Mecachrome160022093901.3121
1997 United Kingdom Williams Renault1770181086334.7681
1996 United Kingdom Williams Renault1645211393764.8878

Races

 

Jacques Villeneuve F1 GP Race Classifications

1st11 Times
2nd5 Times
3rd7 Times
4th10 Times
5th6 Times
6th10 Times
7th9 Times
8th11 Times
9th8 Times
10th9 Times
11th7 Times
12th7 Times
13th2 Times
14th2 Times
15th3 Times
16th1 Time
DNF55 Times
DSQ1 Time
DNS1 Time

 

Jacques Villeneuve F1 GP Race Results

YearRaceNoTeamEngineGridPosRetiredPts
16520062006 German F1 GP17BMW SauberBMW13DNFAccident0
16420062006 French F1 GP17BMW SauberBMW16110
16320062006 USA F1 GP17BMW SauberBMW6DNFEngine0
16220062006 Canadian F1 GP17BMW SauberBMW11DNFAccident0
16120062006 British F1 GP17BMW SauberBMW1081
16020062006 Monaco F1 GP17BMW SauberBMW14140
15920062006 Spanish F1 GP17BMW SauberBMW22120
15820062006 European F1 GP17BMW SauberBMW981
15720062006 San Marino F1 GP17BMW SauberBMW12120
15620062006 Australian F1 GP17BMW SauberBMW1963
15520062006 Malaysian F1 GP17BMW SauberBMW1072
15420062006 Bahrain F1 GP17BMW SauberBMW11DNFEngine0
15320052005 Chinese F1 GP11SauberPetronas16100
15220052005 Japanese F1 GP11SauberPetronas8120
15120052005 Brazilian F1 GP11SauberPetronas20120
15020052005 Belgian F1 GP11SauberPetronas1463
14920052005 Italian F1 GP11SauberPetronas12110
14820052005 Turkish F1 GP11SauberPetronas16110
14720052005 Hungarian F1 GP11SauberPetronas15DNFEngine fire0
14620052005 German F1 GP11SauberPetronas14150
14520052005 British F1 GP11SauberPetronas10140
14420052005 French F1 GP11SauberPetronas1081
14320052005 USA F1 GP11SauberPetronas12DNSWithdrew0
14220052005 Canadian F1 GP11SauberPetronas890
14120052005 European F1 GP11SauberPetronas15130
14020052005 Monaco F1 GP11SauberPetronas9110
13920052005 Spanish F1 GP11SauberPetronas12DNFEngine0
13820052005 San Marino F1 GP11SauberPetronas1145
13720052005 Bahrain F1 GP11SauberPetronas1511Suspension0
13620052005 Malaysian F1 GP11SauberPetronas16DNFSpun Off0
13520052005 Australian F1 GP11SauberPetronas4130
13420042004 Brazilian F1 GP7RenaultRenault13100
13320042004 Japanese F1 GP7RenaultRenault9100
13220042004 Chinese F1 GP7RenaultRenault12110
13120032003 USA F1 GP16BARHonda12DNFEngine0
13020032003 Italian F1 GP16BARHonda1063
12920032003 Hungarian F1 GP16BARHonda16DNFHydraulics0
12820032003 German F1 GP16BARHonda1390
12720032003 British F1 GP16BARHonda9100
12620032003 French F1 GP16BARHonda1290
12520032003 European F1 GP16BARHonda17DNFGearbox0
12420032003 Canadian F1 GP16BARHonda14DNFBrakes0
12320032003 Monaco F1 GP16BARHonda11DNFEngine0
12220032003 Austrian F1 GP16BARHonda12120
12120032003 Spanish F1 GP16BARHonda11DNFElectrical0
12020032003 San Marino F1 GP16BARHonda7DNFEngine0
11920032003 Brazilian F1 GP16BARHonda1363
11820032003 Malaysian F1 GP16BARHonda12DNFElectrical0
11720032003 Australian F1 GP16BARHonda690
11620022002 Japanese F1 GP11BARHonda9DNFEngine0
11520022002 USA F1 GP11BARHonda761
11420022002 Italian F1 GP11BARHonda990
11320022002 Belgian F1 GP11BARHonda1280
11220022002 Hungarian F1 GP11BARHonda13DNFTransmission0
11120022002 German F1 GP11BARHonda11DNFGearbox0
11020022002 French F1 GP11BARHonda13DNFEngine0
10920022002 British F1 GP11BARHonda943
10820022002 European F1 GP11BARHonda19120
10720022002 Canadian F1 GP11BARHonda9DNFOil pressure0
10620022002 Monaco F1 GP11BARHonda14DNFMechanical0
10520022002 Austrian F1 GP11BARHonda1710Engine0
10420022002 Spanish F1 GP11BARHonda1570
10320022002 San Marino F1 GP11BARHonda1070
10220022002 Brazilian F1 GP11BARHonda1510Engine0
10120022002 Malaysian F1 GP11BARHonda1380
10020022002 Australian F1 GP11BARHonda13DNFBroken Wing0
9920012001 Japanese F1 GP10BARHonda14100
9820012001 USA F1 GP10BARHonda18DNFSuspension0
9720012001 Italian F1 GP10BARHonda1561
9620012001 Belgian F1 GP10BARHonda680
9520012001 Hungarian F1 GP10BARHonda1090
9420012001 German F1 GP10BARHonda1234
9320012001 British F1 GP10BARHonda1280
9220012001 French F1 GP10BARHonda10DNFEngine0
9120012001 European F1 GP10BARHonda1190
9020012001 Canadian F1 GP10BARHonda9DNFHalfshaft0
8920012001 Monaco F1 GP10BARHonda943
8820012001 Austrian F1 GP10BARHonda1280
8720012001 Spanish F1 GP10BARHonda734
8620012001 San Marino F1 GP10BARHonda11DNFEngine0
8520012001 Brazilian F1 GP10BARHonda1270
8420012001 Malaysian F1 GP10BARHonda7DNFSpun off0
8320012001 Australian F1 GP10BARHonda8DNFCollision0
8220002000 Malaysian F1 GP22BARHonda652
8120002000 Japanese F1 GP22BARHonda961
8020002000 USA F1 GP22BARHonda843
7920002000 Italian F1 GP22BARHonda4DNFElectrical0
7820002000 Belgian F1 GP22BARHonda770
7720002000 Hungarian F1 GP22BARHonda16120
7620002000 German F1 GP22BARHonda980
7520002000 Austrian F1 GP22BARHonda743
7420002000 French F1 GP22BARHonda743
7320002000 Canadian F1 GP22BARHonda615Collision0
7220002000 Monaco F1 GP22BARHonda1770
7120002000 European F1 GP22BARHonda9DNFEngine0
7020002000 Spanish F1 GP22BARHonda6DNFHydraulics0
6920002000 British F1 GP22BARHonda10160
6820002000 San Marino F1 GP22BARHonda952
6720002000 Brazilian F1 GP22BARHonda10DNFGearbox0
6620002000 Australian F1 GP22BARHonda843
6519991999 Japanese F1 GP22BARSupertec1190
6419991999 Malaysian F1 GP22BARSupertec10DNFHydraulics0
6319991999 European F1 GP22BARSupertec810Clutch0
6219991999 Italian F1 GP22BARSupertec1180
6119991999 Belgian F1 GP22BARSupertec11150
6019991999 Hungarian F1 GP22BARSupertec9DNFClutch0
5919991999 German F1 GP22BARSupertec12DNFCollision0
5819991999 Austrian F1 GP22BARSupertec9DNFHalfshaft0
5719991999 British F1 GP22BARSupertec9DNFHalfshaft0
5619991999 French F1 GP22BARSupertec12DNFSpun off0
5519991999 Canadian F1 GP22BARSupertec16DNFSpun off0
5419991999 Spanish F1 GP22BARSupertec6DNFGearbox0
5319991999 Monaco F1 GP22BARSupertec8DNFOil Leak0
5219991999 San Marino F1 GP22BARSupertec14DNFGearbox0
5119991999 Brazilian F1 GP22BARSupertec21DNFHydraulics0
5019991999 Australian F1 GP22BARSupertec11DNFWing failure0
4919981998 Japanese F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome661
4819981998 Luxembourg F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome980
4719981998 Italian F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome2DNFSpun off0
4619981998 Belgian F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome6DNFSpun off0
4519981998 Hungarian F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome634
4419981998 German F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome334
4319981998 Austrian F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome1161
4219981998 British F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome370
4119981998 French F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome543
4019981998 Canadian F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome6100
3919981998 Monaco F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome1352
3819981998 Spanish F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome1061
3719981998 San Marino F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome643
3619981998 Argentine F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome7DNFCollision0
3519981998 Brazilian F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome1070
3419981998 Australian F1 GP1WilliamsMecachrome452
3319971997 European F1 GP3WilliamsRenault134
3219971997 Japanese F1 GP3WilliamsRenault1DSQDisqualified0
3119971997 Luxembourg F1 GP3WilliamsRenault2110
3019971997 Austrian F1 GP3WilliamsRenault1110
2919971997 Italian F1 GP3WilliamsRenault452
2819971997 Belgian F1 GP3WilliamsRenault152
2719971997 Hungarian F1 GP3WilliamsRenault2110
2619971997 German F1 GP3WilliamsRenault9DNFSpun off0
2519971997 British F1 GP3WilliamsRenault1110
2419971997 French F1 GP3WilliamsRenault443
2319971997 Canadian F1 GP3WilliamsRenault2DNFAccident0
2219971997 Spanish F1 GP3WilliamsRenault1110
2119971997 Monaco F1 GP3WilliamsRenault3DNFSpun off0
2019971997 San Marino F1 GP3WilliamsRenault1DNFGearbox0
1919971997 Argentine F1 GP3WilliamsRenault1110
1819971997 Brazilian F1 GP3WilliamsRenault1110
1719971997 Australian F1 GP3WilliamsRenault1DNFCollision0
1619961996 Japanese F1 GP6WilliamsRenault1DNFWheel0
1519961996 Portuguese F1 GP6WilliamsRenault2110
1419961996 Italian F1 GP6WilliamsRenault270
1319961996 Belgian F1 GP6WilliamsRenault126
1219961996 Hungarian F1 GP6WilliamsRenault3110
1119961996 German F1 GP6WilliamsRenault634
1019961996 British F1 GP6WilliamsRenault2110
919961996 French F1 GP6WilliamsRenault626
819961996 Canadian F1 GP6WilliamsRenault226
719961996 Spanish F1 GP6WilliamsRenault234
619961996 Monaco F1 GP6WilliamsRenault10DNFCollision0
519961996 San Marino F1 GP6WilliamsRenault311Suspension0
419961996 European F1 GP6WilliamsRenault2110
319961996 Argentine F1 GP6WilliamsRenault326
219961996 Brazilian F1 GP6WilliamsRenault3DNFSpun off0
119961996 Australian F1 GP6WilliamsRenault126

Comparison

 

Jacques Villeneuve Teammate Comparison

YearTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPosQuali
1996WilliamsDamon Hill117897483988313
1997WilliamsHeinz-Harald Frentzen1181427110198134
1998WilliamsHeinz-Harald Frentzen332117000097106
1999BARMika Salo1470000000330
Ricardo Zonta8800000067121
2000BARRicardo Zonta461730000125152
2001BAROlivier Panis341250000107116
2002BAROlivier Panis45430000116107
2003BARJenson Button6461200006978
2004RenaultFernando Alonso10401400000312
2005SauberFelipe Massa449110000513712
2006BMW SauberNick Heidfeld6471300005775

News

 

Latest Jacques Villeneuve News


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Veteran Champions Slam Magnussen: 'In Our Era, He'd Have Been Tamed

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May 27, 2024

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Villeneuve Skeptical: Audi's Sauber Deal Raises Concerns

Apr.16 - Jacques Villeneuve is sceptical about Audi's forthcoming works Formula 1 project. The 1997 world champion is actually a big fan of the VW-owned German carmaker, having..

April 16, 2024

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Ricciardo only in F1 because of his 'image'?

Mar.2 - 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has lashed out at one of the sport's most popular personalities. He thinks Daniel Ricciardo, the always-smiling and cheerful..

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