Jacques Villeneuve Driver Profile

Debut Formula 1 season: 1996
Debut team: Rothmans Williams Renault
Debut race: Melbourne, Australia
Nationality: (French) Canadian
165 races | 11 victories | 23 podiums | 13 pole positions | 9 fastest laps | 235 career points
Most memorable moment: Courageous overtake of Michael Schumacher

Jacques Villeneuve, son of late Formula 1 driver Gilles Villeneuve, entered Formula 1 in 1996 at [...]

Lotus appointment of Villeneuve imminent?

F1-live.com is reporting that Lotus’ driver lineup announcement is imminent and Planet-F1 indicates 1997 Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve is in pole position for a seat.
We started covering this rumour around Jacques Villeneuve on November 27th and if it comes to fruition, his F1 comeback will spice up the grid in the same season [...]

Jacques Villeneuve – closing on Lotus deal?

Per an article run by f1-live.com, Jacques Villeneuve visited Lotus yesterday, touring the first workshops of founder Colin Chapman, with speculation continuing regarding a race return for the French-Canadian champion of 1997.
We heard last week that he has been training intensively in Austria, said earlier this month that he was in preliminary talks with the [...]