Jacques Villeneuve drove his father Gilles' 1979 Formula 1 Ferrari at Fiorano on Tuesday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the elder Villeneuve's death.
Losing your father at a young age must be incredibly distressing, and in such a public way. It must have felt emotional for Jacques driving his dads car.
I was there the day his father died. I remember seeing Gilles leaving the pits for the last time in that beautiful red car with the white tire markings and the chrome wing. I was thirteen and it was the first and last Grand prix I ever visited and I will remember that day forever.
A real F1 car. Manual gearchange, no driver aids, no drs, no kers and a steering wheel without a million buttons and switches. Just driver, engine and car.
I made several wheels for Jacques in IndyCar. He could feel if the grips were 1- or 2-mm off, and he'd ask me to redesign the steering wheel each race. I liked Jacques...fun to work with and very open about his driving techniques.
I was very fortunate to travel with the Firestone Indylights program, in Toronto one Friday, Jacques invited me to join them in the hospitality area, later that afternoon, I was invited to sit in his car.
I think the same in driving 97/04's ferraris but respect all of them and of course it should be a pleasure to drive any since day one back in the 1950's.. each one has its history and particular sound
@@matvt.2451 It was hardly the prettiest Ferrari. The 1967 312 was much better looking. The late 1982 car - the one with the pullrod front end was a lot better looking too.
Some nasty comments on here. Bearing in mind the history of the car, the fact that it's not Jacques and belongs to someone else I think he was just enjoying the moment. Giles was maybe more naturally fast but the son took the title and lived to tell the tale.
In the end he says in Italian to Alonso..."It's strange....(when you enter a corner) it feels like it's not going in, not going in...the suddenly it turns" all is highlighted by his hand gesture mimicking a full turn of the steering wheel.
These guys are not just Athletes , and Pilots .. but here we have a French Canadian a Spaniard and a Brazilian.. using Italian as a common language .. I've heard Alonso switch 3 languages while driving at 300kl/h
Yeah because the cars have insane amounts of aerodynamic grip now. Aerodynamic grip is leagues more efficient and effective than mechanical grip. You dont need a V12 with how F1 cars are made now, they'd be entirely too fast. People want to bitch about the newer crop of cars meanwhile they're quicker than ever. The fastest lap set for each circuit has been set within the past two years. The fastest official grand prix laps for each circuit are also within the past two years save for albert park, Shanghai, Bahrain, and monza. The cars get significantly faster every couple years yet nobody wants to realize this because "LoUd EnGiNe GoOd"
@@oreofudgeman but they taked 13-14 years to dethrone the v10 cars and remember that the cars used grooved tires in that time,this era only bringed dominance to mercedes too,thats why the people complains about the actual f1 cars
An iconic machine for several reasons. My personal all time favoritte f-1 car. Jody David Scheckter won the championship with this in 1979. It would take untill the year 2000 when the great Schumi won for Ferrari again. Legendary….
Ferrari want to sign JV, but when tgis info go to MS he travel to Italy to Ferrari team, go and with crying ask no no no please not JV...because he know...that he lost. MS always be girl.
He was my hero in 1972 when I was 15 .He raced Alouette snowmobiles here in Canada and I had an Alouette at the time.. Jacques made me so proud when he kicked Schummy's ass in 97...
Mud Sh-sh-shark Yeah... cause he had the best car. Schumacher arguably shouldn't even have ended up being close if you consider how much faster the Williams was. And surprisingly enough, if that famous collision didn't happen, Villeneuve would have gone off into the gravel trap with the excess speed he was carrying into the corner. And this coming from a Canadian.
That Ferrari is bellowing to go and Jacques is like maybe I should ... maybe I shouldn’t ... motazellos like I hope he don’t crash that thing . That awesome sound of those older f1 cars so much nicer than now . That sound blows your mind.
Manual shift? Bruh, F1 have been running manual shift forever, and never stopped. It has always been manual shift, not only back then, it probably never will become automatic. And no halo? The Halo is a damn safety device that doesn't affect racing what so ever. Safety is the number 1 priority in Formula 1 and the fact that it wasn't back then is unbelievable. Just because you do not like the looks doesn't mean it kills any element in the racing. And DRS is a feature made to improve the racing, however i do get that some people think it may make the sport a little less "pure", but the point is that times are changing and they always will be. F1 wouldn't be anything if it didn't change at all from the 80's to now. People like to look back and say the old thing was better, and the fact that you have no good argument to prove your point, makes this comment very ignorant.
Never going to happen when Michael Schumacher was the Number 1 and forced all of teammates to agree with their contracts with clauses that 'they stayed behind at all times unless his car broke or retired'. Jacques was smart enough to see that even though Ferrari wanted him.
Bom dia !!!!! Eu fico imaginando o tamanho da emoção que o Jacques sentiu nesse dia. Deve passar um filme de uma vida inteira na cabeça. Bom demais. Só saudades........ Muito obrigado pelo vídeo e parabéns pelo canal. Abraço do Brasil.........
imagine the respect and affinity gilles son felt driving that car.....jacques office was a different beast,yet still instilled that "racer" mentality.and gilles was a consumate driver.
Thanx Jack...you are a man with a wonder personallity ...and all this is so strong But Gil ooooo is a incredibile dream....also now... I thanx Villeneuve family and old Ferrari style.... So ....so...SO !
Montezemolo- I want you to drive the car with safety. Jaques- Ok Enzo- Don t destroy that one. It s the only one we got. Gilles- Ok The different between the two dialoques is the passion. Why? Because Enzo knows why his cars are made for... and he expecting nothing less from his driver. Gilles would like to keep his promise but his passion won t let him for sure. Conclusion: Even if it was an event like this, most probably Enzo would be furious at the end... but happy in the show time.
LOL! Michael Schumacher was told almost the same thing when he drove his very first race for Jordan at Spa. He was told: this is the test car and this is the race car. Don't destroy THAT one because it's the only engine you'll have for the actual race (it was a Saturday which is when Free Practice and Qualifying are done so if he blew the first engine, at least he would have a second one but better safe than sorry!)
i sat in that car.. there were nobody guarding the area and it was in the end of montreal's 2nd pit areas for the 'older' F1 promotionnal cars.. i have apict somewherer
50s ~ 80s Cars Looked Like Big Karts With SuperPower Engines. Gilles looked Like a Child Going Totally Happy & Fast For a Corner. What Car, What Driver, What Team Was Scuderia Ferrari....
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I don't know much about Jacques but his dad was one of a kind. All those who died like Gilles, such as Ayrton, Willimason, Purley, were all from a era when Formula One was the real deal and people took it very seriously. Today people are so ignorant to boo if somebody win one too many and the circuits is way to simple, plus all the safety protocols in place, make the drivers not to be in control and do their thing like in the old days.
Eric Ortega Well all of them they knew it was risky, that was part of the appeal, all the extreme sports are, it is indeed that side attractive for certain individuals. I don't like to see anyone dying but if i go to a Formula one or a boat racing competition i understand that it can happen. I learned that long time ago. It comes with the territory. Today everything is fake and too regulated which makes it "pretentious", although safe.
I don't care how safe anybody attempts to make auto racing, but no matter what they do it is never "fake." Different eras took different skills and talents to master, but not one of those is better than the other. It's the drivers that must evolve along with the era if they want to be World Champion.
well, Jacques drove fast.. very fast... but only in the 90'ies... even driving for a competitive team as Renault (i believe it was in 2004), he didn't make the headlines... i feel sorry for him though... his F1 carreer, was kind of in reverse.. starting on a high, ending in the low... pitty
Eric Ortega When i say fake i meant that today drivers are more safe-conscious the moment they get in the car cus of those safety rules, their instinct is somehow compromised from the get go. But you know that's what is today racing so like you say things change, people gotta to adapt, and if some things are lost, other things are gained (less mortality), it depends how people look at it, I am old enuff to notice that something is missing. JMO.
I allways liked the special shape off the T3. I saw Gilles and yody race in it and one day i had the opportunity to sit in Yody's car at a show. It fitted perfectly for me. And what a sight to see that pranking horse in front of you on the steering wheel.
Driving it nice and easy and I don't blame him, cars from that era where death traps, very unfortunate accident what happened to his dad, the red mist something to do with his teammate !
Gilles, the Aviator, was very clear in his driving performance: accelerator pushed to the maximum and brake used only for cornering or braking beyond all limits.
Wow ,, watching this reminds me of that terrible accident,, of his father Gilles,, when he was thrown from the car, still strapped to the seat,, when safety was bad, and years before anawl, wonder how heed do nowadays, with the cars
To the unassuming eye, it was cool to see him drive the car around the track, but he was driving extremely gingerly. And it was also nice to see Luca. Haven’t seen him in a long time
Amazing. These cars qere top technology back then, and nowadays look so primitive...even the sound of the engine, this one sounds like a racecar, nowadays F1 cars sound like they have a damn jet engine. Must be quite an emotional thing to drive your dad´s car.
