Jacques Villeneuve | |||||||
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 Villeneuve in 2011 | |||||||
| Born | Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (1971-04-09)9 April 1971 (age 54) Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada | ||||||
| Spouses | |||||||
| Partners | Dannii Minogue (1999–2001) | ||||||
| Children | 7 | ||||||
| Parent | Gilles Villeneuve (father) | ||||||
| Relatives | Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve (uncle) | ||||||
| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||
| Nationality |  Canadian | ||||||
| Active years | 1996–2006 | ||||||
| Teams | Williams,BAR,Renault,Sauber,BMW Sauber | ||||||
| Entries | 165 (163 starts) | ||||||
| Championships | 1 (1997) | ||||||
| Wins | 11 | ||||||
| Podiums | 23 | ||||||
| Careerpoints | 235 | ||||||
| Pole positions | 13 | ||||||
| Fastest laps | 9 | ||||||
| First entry | 1996 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||
| First win | 1996 European Grand Prix | ||||||
| Last win | 1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix | ||||||
| Last entry | 2006 German Grand Prix | ||||||
| Champ Car career | |||||||
| 33 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 1st(1995) | ||||||
| First race | 1994FAI IndyCar Grand Prix(Surfers Paradise) | ||||||
| Last race | 1995Monterey Grand Prix(Laguna Seca) | ||||||
| First win | 1994Texaco/Havoline 200(Road America) | ||||||
| Last win | 1995Cleveland Grand Prix(Cleveland) | ||||||
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| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |||||||
| Years | 2007–2008 | ||||||
| Teams | Peugeot | ||||||
| Best finish | 2nd(2008) | ||||||
| Class wins | 0 | ||||||
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (French:[ʒɑkvilnœv]; born 9 April 1971) is a Canadian formerracing driver who competed inIndyCar from1994 to1995, andFormula One from1996 to2006. Villeneuve won theFormula One World Drivers' Championship in1997 withWilliams, and won 11Grands Prix across 11 seasons. InAmerican open-wheel racing, Villeneuve won theIndyCar World Series and theIndianapolis 500 in1995 withTeam Green.
Born inQuebec and raised inMonaco, Villeneuve is the son of Formula One driverGilles Villeneuve and the nephew of racing driverJacques-Joseph. Aged 17, he began racing under anAndorran license in Italy, progressing toItalian Formula Three a year later. He then moved to the higher-tierToyota Atlantic Championship, participating in one race during the1992 season and finishing third overall in the1993 championship. He began competing in Championship Auto Racing Teams with theForsythe/Green Racing team in the1994 season, finishing sixth in theDrivers' Championship with one victory and earningRookie of the Year andIndianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honours. In the following year with the renamedTeam Green, Villeneuve won four races (including the Indianapolis 500) and the Drivers' Championship.
Villeneuve moved to Williams in Formula One for the 1996 season, claiming four Grand Prix victories, and becoming the first rookie runner-up in theWorld Drivers' Championship (WDC) after a season-long duel with teammateDamon Hill. His main title challenge for the following season came fromFerrari'sMichael Schumacher, and Villeneuve beat the latter following a controversial collision at the season-endingEuropean Grand Prix, becoming the first Canadian World Drivers' Champion, achieving seven Grand Prix victories. He finished fifth in the1998 season achieving two podiums and helped Williams finish third in theWorld Constructors' Championship behind Ferrari andMcLaren. After an unsuccessful1999 withBritish American Racing (BAR), Villeneuve finished seventh in the WDC in both2000 and2001 with BAR, achieving two podiums in 2001, outscoring his teammatesRicardo Zonta andOlivier Panis. Villeneuve raced in Formula One from2002 to 2006, driving for BAR,Renault,Sauber, andBMW Sauber, but he did not achieve any further success.
Villeneuve left Formula One mid-way through the 2006 season and began competing in various forms of motor racing such assports car racing,NASCAR, andtouring car racing. Though not as successful in these forms of racing, he won the2008 1000 km of Spa driving forPeugeot. Villeneuve was appointedOfficer of the National Order of Quebec in 1998. He was voted the winner of both theLou Marsh Trophy and theLionel Conacher Award in each of 1995 and 1997. Villeneuve is an inductee of theCanadian Motor Sports Hall of Fame,Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, and theFIA Hall of Fame.
On 9 April 1971, Villeneuve was born inSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,[1][2] a small town outside ofMontreal in theCanadian province ofQuebec.[3][4][5] He is the son of snowmobile and futureFerrari racerGilles Villeneuve and his wife Joann Barthe.[6] Villeneuve has a sister, Melanie, and ahalf sister Jessica.[7] His uncle,Jacques Sr., whom he was named after also competed in motor racing.[7] Villeneuve spent most of his formative years travelling with the racing fraternity with his parents.[1]
Aged seven in 1978, Villeneuve and his family relocated fromBerthierville, Quebec,[5][8] to the small principality ofMonaco on the French Riviera in France's south-east coast close to theborder with Italy to be nearer to Ferrari's headquarters.[4][5] On the advice of driverPatrick Tambay,[9] Villeneuve was sent to the French-speaking Swiss private boardingCollège Alpin International Beau Soleil by his mother, which he attended from the ages of twelve (1983) to seventeen (1988).[4][10] He excelled in skiing and experimented withBASE jumping,ice hockey,motocross andwater skiing.[11] Villeneuve left the school by mutual consent between his mother and the school owners.[10]
Villeneuve's mother was aware from when he was five that he wanted to race,[12] and he wentgo-karting with his uncle several times in Canada.[13] In May 1982, his father died in an accident withJochen Mass during qualifying for the1982 Belgian Grand Prix atCircuit Zolder. Jacques became less interested in motor racing after that, fearing the sport's dangers.[6][14] In 1984, he asked his mother if he could do motor racing like his father. Villeneuve's mother agreed to let him race on the condition he improved his academic performance in one of his weakest subjects, mathematics.[15] Though his mother preferred him to do a course in aerodynamic or mechanical engineering,[13] she did not discourage her son from pursuing racing.[6] In early September 1985, Villeneuve was invited by a SAGIS employee to race in 100 cc go-kart at Italy'sImola Circuit. He impressed the track owners so much that they let him test a 135 cc kart and then aFormula 4 car.[13][15] In July 1986, his uncle enrolled him in theJim Russell Racing Driver School inMont Tremblant,[a] where he passed a three-day course driving aFormula Ford 1600 car fromVan Diemen.[b][13][17]
In mid-1987, Villeneuve left his family to attend the Spenard-David Racing School inShannonville, Ontario to hone his abilities under Richard Spenard.[18][6][17] Villeneuve did not have the money to pay for the course and his mother would not fund it because she thought Jacques finishing his education was more important. He worked in a mechanics' training programme allowing students to learn racing in return for garage painting.[17][18] Aged seventeen, Villeneuve was invited to make his car racing debut in theItalian Touring Car Championship,[12] driving a Salerno Course-entered Group NAlfa Romeo 33 car for three rounds of the 1988 season. The Canadian and Italian authorities would not grant him a licence since he was a year younger than their minimum age requirement, so he obtained an international racing licence inAndorra withCanadian Automobile Sport Clubs aid.[c][18] Villeneuve performed poorly in each of the three rounds.[17]
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Villeneuve went on to sign a three-year contract to drive aReynard-Alfa Romeo car forPrema in theItalian Formula Three Championship, a deal that was aided by the squad obtaining sponsorship from theCamel cigarette company.[d] Initially struggling to drive aFormula 3 car, he enrolled at the Magione Driving School. Under Henry Morrogh's direction, he gradually developed his character and driving technique. Villeneuve did not qualify five times, failed to finish three of the eleven races, and scored no points. In the 1990 season, he qualified for each of the twelve rounds and scored ten points for 14th in the Drivers' Championship.[e][18] Villeneuve was considered a title favourite for the 1991 championship. A late-season switch to theRalt RT35 chassis failed to improve his performance, but he still finished sixth overall with twenty points and three podiums.[20][18] In late 1991, Villeneuve finished eighth in both theMacau Grand Prix and the Formula 3 Fuji Cup.[18]
Dissatisfied with his management in 1991,[21] Villeneuve asked former Beausoleil sports administrator and motor racing promoterCraig Pollock to take over his management three times.[6][17][18] For the 1992 season, he wanted to compete inFormula 3000 in Europe withPrema,[18] but did not have the funding to compete with the top teams.[22] Villeneuve accepted an offer to relocate to Japan and drive a Toyota 032F car for theTOM'S squad in theJapanese Formula 3 Championship in 1992 following advice from Tambay. He felt the Japanese series was almost as good as the Italian one, and he did not want to remain in Europe. Villeneuve was the only driver to receive works support from TOM'S, and he got driver training. He won three races and finished no lower than sixth nine times, earning second in the Drivers' Championship and 45 points.[18] People in the racing world observed that ten years after his father's death, Villeneuve was becoming a well-known racer.[17][18] In August, Pollock negotiated a contract for Villeneuve to enter theFormula Atlantic street event atTrois-Rivières in the1992 Atlantic Championship.[11][23] He finished third in the No. 49Swift DB4-Toyota car lent by the ComPred team.[18][24] In addition, he also tested aGroup C Toyota that year and was mentored by driverRoland Ratzenberger.[9]
Four months later, Villeneuve accepted an invite to share a TOM'S-enteredToyota TS010 car withEddie Irvine andTom Kristensen at the final round of the1992 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship atMine Circuit, finishing fourth. He was fourth at theMacau Grand Prix for TOM'S.[18] In Trois-Rivières, Villeneuve met crew chief Barry Green who wanted a driver for his newForsythe-Green Racing squad.[11] He accepted a three-year contract from Green with personal sponsorship from sports marketing armPlayer's November 1992.[8][21][17] He raced the lower-tier1993 Atlantic Championship which featured more powerful cars with more grip and downforce to become better acquainted withAmerican open-wheel racing before progressing toChampionship Auto Racing Teams (CART) in 1994.[18][22] Villeneuve built a close working relationship with aerodynamicist Tony Cicale.[25] Driving the No. 10Ralt RT40-Toyota car, Villeneuve won five races and finished in the top three four times for third overall and 185 points after a season-long duel withDavid Empringham and teammateClaude Bourbonnais.[20][24][25] He was named the series'Rookie of the Year,[1] and ended 1993 retiring from theMacau Grand Prix driving aMarch Racing Ralt 93C-Fiat car.[25]
Villeneuve began participating in CART in the1994 season for Forsythe-Green Racing, driving the No. 12Reynard 94I-Ford XB vehicle after Green obtained sponsorship.[f][27][28] He debuted at the season-openingAustralian FAI Indycar Grand Prix atSurfers Paradise Street Circuit, starting eighth and finishing 17th after colliding withStefan Johansson. In the season's next round, theSlick 50 200 atPhoenix International Raceway, he was involved in a five-car accident which saw him sustain aside collision withHiro Matsushita before being struck byDominic Dobson. Qualifying fourth for his firstIndianapolis 500, Villeneuve finished second, earningIndianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honors as the highest-finishing rookie.[21][29] Villeneuve finished ninth or higher in six of the next nine rounds,[29] before beatingAl Unser Jr. andEmerson Fittipaldi in the close finish to theTexaco/Havoline 200 atRoad America road course in his first CART victory.[28] He placed seventh and third in the final two rounds ending the year withRookie of the Year honors and was sixth in theDrivers' Championship with 94 points.[27][29]
Before the1995 season, Villeneuve rejected offers from fellow CART teams and someFormula One (F1) squads and remained at the renamed Team Green driving the renumbered No. 27Reynard 95I-Ford XB.[27][28] Before the season, Villeneuve and his team were concerned, as their car had been unreliable and under-performed in pre-season testing.[21][28] He won the season-openingMarlboro Grand Prix of Miami after starting eighth, but he only finished two of the next four races. His season highlight was theIndianapolis 500. Though Villeneuve was penalised two laps for overtaking thepace car, he re-took the lead after fellow CanadianScott Goodyear failed to serve a ten-second stop-and-go penalty for also passing the pace car. Winning just his second Indianapolis 500 start, Villeneuve took the Drivers' Championship lead. Villeneuve went on to win both theTexaco/Havoline 200 at Road America and the Grand Prix of Cleveland, also scoring points in all but one of the remaining rounds to clinch the title at the final race inLaguna Seca.[28][29] He won the championship with 172 points, four victories and sixpole positions.[g][27]
In early 1995, theWilliams F1 team and engine supplierRenault became interested in Villeneuve replacing the outgoingDavid Coulthard.Bernie Ecclestone, F1's commercial rights holder, saw this as an opportunity to lure Villeneuve from CART even though Team Green wanted him to remain in America.[30] Technical directorPatrick Head and team principalFrank Williams gave Villeneuve a test in aFW17 car at Britain'sSilverstone Circuit in August 1995. He lapped two seconds slower than driverDamon Hill.[h][31] Negotiations between Villeneuve's representatives in mid-1995 led to Villeneuve signing a contract for1996 and1997 with the option for the1998 season.[30][32] He was sent by Frank Williams to cover 6,000 mi (9,700 km) in testing during the six-month pre-season period testing on permanent European racing circuits,[29][33] and he also prepared by learning the circuits on a simulation computer game.[34]
Villeneuve drove the docileFW18 car equipped with a powerful, reliable Renault engine and a bettergearbox.[33][35] Villeneuve built up a rapport with his race engineerJock Clear and learnt from his teammate Hill.[9][12] Although not considered a title favourite by the media,[36] he contended for theWorld Drivers' Championship with Hill but never led the standings. Villeneuve's debut at the season-openingAustralian Grand Prix saw him become the third driver ever to claim pole position on his first start,[34] and despite anoil leak, he finished second.[35] He beat Ferrari'sMichael Schumacher in theEuropean Grand Prix three races later for his maiden F1 victory.[34] Villeneuve scoredpoints in eight of the next eleven events and won theBritish Grand Prix, theHungarian Grand Prix and thePortuguese Grand Prix.[29] Entering the season-endingJapanese Grand Prix, he had nine fewer points than Hill, requiring him to win the event and for Hill to score no points to claim the title;[29][37] however, Villeneuve's right-rear tyre came off his car, forcing him to retire from the race. He finished runner-up to Hill in the drivers' standings with 78 points in his maiden season.[29][32] Villeneuve was the first rookie to achieve four Grand Prix victories in his debut year and the first to finish runner-up overall.[i][38]
Before the 1997 season, Williams did not re-sign Hill who moved to theArrows team, resulting in Villeneuve's promotion to lead driver. He was paired withHeinz-Harald Frentzen.[39][40] He and Schumacher vied for that year's World Drivers' Championship and variously shared the title lead.[39] Villeneuve trained extensively and drove an aerodynamically efficient and powerfulFW19 car designed around him.[12][41] He won seven Grands Prix and qualified on pole position eight times in the first 14 races. At the season's penultimate race, theJapanese Grand Prix, he had a chance to win the championship but was banned for overtaking underyellow flag conditions twice during practice. He was allowed to race under appeal but was disqualified from fifth when the appeal was rejected.[39][42] Before the season-endingEuropean Grand Prix, Villeneuve had 77 points, one fewer than Schumacher, requiring him to finish in the top six and ahead of Schumacher to win the championship.[43] During qualifying, Villeneuve, Schumacher and Frentzen all set the exact same lap time, but Villeneuve started from pole position per F1 regulations because he was the first driver to set the time. Villeneuve and Schumacher were involved in a collision that saw Schumacher careen into agravel trap, giving the title to Villeneuve.[44][45] Villeneuve became the second driver (afterMario Andretti) to win the F1 World Championship, the CART title, and the Indianapolis 500. He was also Canada's first F1 World Champion.[42]
Villeneuve threatened to leave F1 and return to CART if F1 introduced grooved tyres and narrower cars for the 1998 season.[5][40] Though these changes were adopted, he remained at Williams with Frentzen. Villeneuve'sFW20 car had one-year oldMecachrome-branded engines after Renault's withdrawal from F1 after the 1997 season, which transpired to be noncompetitive.[12][46] He scored points at nine Grands Prix with season-high third-place finishes at theGerman Grand Prix and theHungarian Grand Prix. During practice for theBelgian Grand Prix, he lost control of his car in Eau Rouge corner and crashed backwards into the barrier at approximately 170 mph (270 km/h). Villeneuve was unhurt.[47] With 21 points, he finished fifth in the Drivers' Championship.[46]
Villeneuve left Williams following the 1998 season. McLaren technical directorAdrian Newey, who liked Villeneuve's performance and who Villeneuve respected, offered him employment for the1999 season, but Villeneuve rejected it.[48] He instead signed a contract to drive with the newBritish American Racing (BAR) team founded by Pollock andBritish American Tobacco following their late 1997 purchase of the financially strugglingTyrrell team. Villeneuve joined the team because he sought to emulate Schumacher's style of basing a team around him and employing highly skilled people to get from the bottom of the running order to the top.[49]
Villeneuve was joined at BAR by former McLaren test driverRicardo Zonta for most of the season and then byMika Salo for three Grands Prix. HisBAR 01 car was efficient and fast but chronically unreliable.[50][51] He failed to finish each of the first eleven races due to either mechanical trouble or crashing.[52] Villeneuve was only able to finish four Grands Prix with a best finish of eighth at theItalian Grand Prix.[50] Villeneuve qualified a season-high fifth at theSan Marino Grand Prix and was briefly third in theSpanish Grand Prix two events later before retiring.[51] During qualifying for theBelgian Grand Prix, he suffered a high-speed crash through Eau Rouge corner, which destroyed his car but left him uninjured. He tallied no points towards the Drivers' Championship.[52]
For the2000 season, hisBAR 002 car had a more reliable and powerful worksHonda engine, and Zonta was again his teammate.[20][53][54] Villeneuve finished fourth at the season-openingAustralian Grand Prix and scored two more points by placing fifth at theSan Marino Grand Prix two races later. He also finished fourth at theFrench Grand Prix, theAustrian Grand Prix and theUnited States Grand Prix. Villeneuve scored points in the final two races by finishing sixth at theJapanese Grand Prix and fifth at theMalaysian Grand Prix.[54] Overall, his performances had improved from 1999 due to a better built and more reliable car.[54] Villeneuve finished the season seventh in the Drivers' Championship with seventeen points.[53]
There were rumours of Villeneuve leaving the BAR team after 2000.[55] He talked to Benetton, Ferrari and McLaren about racing with them in the2001 championship.[56][57][58] Villeneuve later admitted McLaren was not an option since his management team got accused of conducting early season publicity and he disliked McLaren's corporate methodology.[59] Villeneuve also considered taking a sabbatical,[58] but he ultimately signed a three-year contract extension with BAR in July 2000.[60] He obtained a get-out clause enabling him to leave BAR should they under-perform.[61]
Villeneuve was joined byOlivier Panis, and the003 car he drove was approximately 30 kg (66 lb) lighter than the 002 chassis.[53] Villeneuve was cordial with his teammate since they could talk to each other in French, and set himself the goal of winning a race and finishing third in the Drivers' Championship. His car was fairly reliable but lacked rear grip and straight-line speed due to an underpowered Honda engine.[62] At the season-openingAustralian Grand Prix, Villeneuve struck the rear ofRalf Schumacher's car, launching him into the air. One of Villeneuve's car's wheels struckmarshal Graham Beveridge, killing him.[20] Villeneuve achieved BAR's first two podium results, finishing third at both theSpanish Grand Prix and theGerman Grand Prix. He finished the season seventh in the Drivers' Championship with 12 points.[63][62] Although he scored five fewer points than the year before, Villeneuve qualified higher than Panis eleven times in 2001.[62]
Before the2002 season Villeneuve remained at BAR.[64] He talked to team principalFlavio Briatore,[9] who offered him a seat at Renault in lieu ofJenson Button but Villeneuve rejected it.[12][53] Villeneuve ultimately opted to remain at BAR due to pressure from Honda, and he again partnered with Panis.[65] He became uncomfortable when new BAR team principalDavid Richards publicly mentioned that money spent on Villeneuve's high salary could be better used for research and development. TheBAR 004 chassis proved to be more unreliable than the year before and slower due to an under-powered Honda engine. He scored four points for 12th in the Drivers' Championship with a fourth place at theBritish Grand Prix being his season's best result.[65] Villeneuve regretted remaining at BAR due to the lack of results,[66] and he was offered a contract to join Team Player's in CART for the2003 championship before returning to BAR for the2004 and2005 F1 seasons. The deal was pushed by Richards but not agreed upon because Villeneuve's and Pollock's financial settlements were too great for team ownerGerald Forsythe to be willing to take on.[67]
Villeneuve decided to remain at BAR for the2003 season, and was partnered with Button. Villeneuve'sBAR 005 car had a more powerful but bulky Honda engine.[53][68] He initially had a poor relationship with Button, not speaking to him and saying that Button "should be in a boy band".[69] Their relationship did not improve after the season-openingAustralian Grand Prix when Villeneuve was due to make a pit stop but drove an additional lap when Button was due to make his, leaving Button stationary behind Villeneuve. Although he blamed it on "radio problems", Button and Richards hinted their disbelief in his execution.[68] Villeneuve was outperformed by his teammate and retired eight times due to mechanical faults. He finished sixth at both theBrazilian Grand Prix and theItalian Grand Prix. Before the season-endingJapanese Grand Prix, Villeneuve was informed by Richards he was no longer needed. He was replaced by test driverTakuma Sato.[53][68] He was 16th in the Drivers' Championship with 6 points.[68]
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Villeneuve took a sabbatical after BAR released him.[70] He thought of taking upNASCAR as a new challenge, but no teams approached him.[71] After speaking to senior officials from BAR and Williams, Villeneuve believed that they would want to resign him to their respective teams, but neither move occurred.[70][72] When he realised no competitive team would employ him,[72] he and Pollock metSauber team ownerPeter Sauber inHinwil in mid-2004.[70] Impressed with Sauber's professionalism,[72] he signed a two-year contract the next month to drive for Sauber from the 2005 season and help them attract new sponsors and partners.[70]
Before his tenure at Sauber began, Villeneuve was employed by Briatore to help Renault claim second from BAR in theWorld Constructors' Championship by scoring the maximum number of points in the 2004 season's final three races following the dismissal ofJarno Trulli for performing poorly.[70][72] Sauber was comfortable in letting Villeneuve drive for Renault because both teams usedMichelin tyres.[9] Driving theR24 car, he finished all three events but under-performed and was lapped each time. Villeneuve scored no points and was unclassified in the Drivers' Championship.[70][72]
At Sauber, Villeneuve used aC24 chassis and was teammates withFelipe Massa. A lack of both pre-season testing and money for car development caused Villeneuve to have a difficult handling car.[73] He did not have a good relationship with the team because he was not allowed to give feedback on car setup due toWilly Rampf's influence.[9][12] Villeneuve finished a season-high fourth at theSan Marino Grand Prix and scored more points in eighth at theFrench Grand Prix and sixth at theBelgian Grand Prix.[j][73] He was 14th in the Drivers' Championship with 9 points.[39][73]
For the2006 championship, Villeneuve stayed at the renamed BMW Sauber afterBMW purchased the team.Nick Heidfeld was his teammate. The atmosphere within the team made Villeneuve content, and he was happy with BMW's involvement. He found the less electronically dependent and less refined aerodynamicallyF1.06 car more driveable. Team principalMario Theissen criticised Villeneuve for not achieving decent results, thus failing to please BMW's board of directors.[75] Despite retiring three times, he accumulated seven points from the first eleven races, ranking him fifteenth in the Drivers' Championship.[20][75] At theGerman Grand Prix, Villeneuve sustained muscle pains in an accident exiting a corner. Shortly afterward, Theissen terminated his contract and replaced him withRobert Kubica.[75] He did not want to be part of a shootout between himself and Kubica,[76] and saw his release as a precursor to his future, saying "Screw this, It's time to get on with the rest of my life."[3] Villeneuve twice failed to return to F1, first withStefan Grand Prix in the2010 season, then with his team in partnership withDurango for thefollowing year.[20]
Villeneuve explored NASCAR after exiting F1, talking toRoush Racing ownerJack Roush who agreed to help Villeneuve obtainTruck Series experience before progressing to theBusch Series in 2007 on the condition of a sponsorship agreement.[77] Before that, he made his24 Hours of Le Mans debut withPeugeot in the2007 edition informing team manager Serge Saulnier that he wanted to complete theTriple Crown of Motorsport.[k][78] Sharing theLe Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1)-class No. 7Peugeot 908 HDi FAP car withMarc Gené andNicolas Minassian, Villeneuve retired after 338 laps with engine injection trouble.[79][80] He entered into a partnership withBill Davis Racing (BDR) to enter the2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series' last seven events in its No. 27Toyota Tundra in anticipation of racing full-time in 2008.[81][82] Villeneuve finished outside the top ten in all seven events for 42nd overall with 615points.[83] That same year, he drove two races in theNextel Cup Series (theUAW-Ford 500 atTalladega Superspeedway and theChecker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix) in BDR's No. 27 Toyota,[l] finishing 21st and 41st respectively.[85]
Villeneuve and Pollock agreed to end their working relationship in early 2008, and Barry Green began managing him. That February, BDR released Villeneuve, who failed to qualify for theDaytona 500 of the renamed Sprint Cup Series after causing amulti-car accident in theGatorade Duels.[86] Two months later, he raced the final two rounds of theinaugural season of the Middle East and Southeast Asian-based stock carSpeedcar Series at theBahrain International Circuit and theDubai Autodrome.[87][88] Villeneuve then won the2008 1000 km of Spa (part of theLe Mans Series) for Peugeot with Gené and Minassian in his first race victory in eleven years.[20] Although he finished second in the24 Hours of Le Mans, sharing Peugeot's No. 7 LMP1 entry with Gené and Minassian,[80] he was released a month later because Peugeot wanted a French driver.[12] In August, Villeneuve signed a contract to make hisNationwide Series debut drivingBraun Racing's No. 32Toyota Camry in theNAPA Auto Parts 200 at Montreal'sCircuit Gilles Villeneuve,[89] finishing sixteenth.[90] He also came 16th at theAutódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez round ofTop Race V6 Argentina aboard Oro Racing Team's No. 27Volkswagen Passat TRV6.[91]
Villeneuve returned to the Speedcar Series in the2008–09 season driving for Durango.[92] Competing in five races, he finished in the top ten three times, scoring seven points for eleventh in the Drivers' Championship.[93] In mid-2009, Villeneuve partook in the Tide 250 atAutodrome Saint-Eustache and the GP3R 100 atCircuit Trois-Rivières of theNASCAR Canadian Tire Series for the Jacombs Racing Team in its No. 7Ford Fusion,[94] finishing fourth at Trois-Rivieres.[95] For the first and only time, Villeneuve entered theSpa 24 Hours in2009. He shared Gravity Racing International's G2 category No. 118Mosler MT900R GT3 withVincent Radermecker, Loris de Sordi andHo-Pin Tung. The trio failed to finish.[80] He drove the No. 27 Mercedes TRV6 at theInterlagos Circuit and Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez rounds of Top Race V6 Argentina,[96] achieving a best finish of thirteenth in Buenos Aires.[93] He made one appearance in the2009 Nationwide Series, finishing fourth at the NAPA Auto Parts 200 in Braun Racing's No. 32 car.[97][98]
In 2010, Villeneuve ran the Nationwide Series road courses at Road America,Watkins Glen and Montreal in Braun Racing's No. 32 vehicle.[99][100] He finished eighth at Watkins Glen before claiming third at Montreal, where he started second.[101] In mid-season, Villeneuve entered theBrickyard 400 atIndianapolis Motor Speedway finishing 29th in Braun Racing's No. 32 car.[102][103] Villeneuve joinedRod Nash Racing asPaul Dumbrell's international co-driver in its No. 55Ford FG Falcon for theGold Coast 600 double header in October 2010 and sought advice from driverMarcos Ambrose ontouring car racing.[m][105] He finished 22nd in the first race and fifth in the second.[106] Ford motorsport manager Chris Styring considered Villeneuve for theBathurst 1000, theL&H 500 and theGold Coast 600 in the2011 International V8 Supercars Championship, but Villeneuve's financial demands were too great for Ford.[107]
Villeneuve drove the Road America and Montreal road course races of the2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series forPenske Racing in its No. 22Dodge Challenger in lieu ofBrad Keselowski.[108] He finished the Road America race third and qualified on pole position for the Montreal event but finished 27th despite leading 29 laps.[109] In August 2011, he joinedShell V-Power Racing for the Stock Car Corrida do Milhão for the2011 championship ofStock Car Brasil despite concerns about adapting to his car.[110] Driving the No. 27Peugeot 408,[93] Villeneuve qualified 27th and finished eighteenth.[111] He was employed by Penske to drive its No. 22 car at the Road America and Montreal road course races in the2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series.[112] Villeneuve finished sixth at Road America and third at Montreal.[113] During the2012 International V8 Supercars Championship, he filled in for the injuredGreg Murphy for three rounds inKelly Racing's No. 51Holden Commodore,[114] finishing no higher than 24th.[115] He finished seventh sharing Vita4One's No. 34BMW Z4 GT3 withJos Verstappen at theCity Challenge Baku GT event in October.[80][116]
When Villeneuve expressed interest in the International V8 Supercars Championship, he was considered for a full-time seat at Kelly Racing in the2013, but no agreement was reached.[117] For the first and only time, he partook in the Le Mans double header counting towards the2013 season of theFFSA GT Championship, sharing the No. 27 Sport Garage-enteredFerrari 458 Italia GT3 withÉric Cayrolle.[80][n] The duo finished 11th in the first race and retired from the next.[o][80] Midway through the season, Villeneuve was hired by car ownerJames Finch to drive theToyota/Save Mart 350 atSonoma Raceway in theSprint Cup Series forPhoenix Racing in its No. 51 Chevrolet SS, finishing 41st due to mechanical trouble after nineteen laps.[119][120] Later that year, he finished fifth in the Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres (part of theCanadian Tire Series) in 22 Racing's Dodge Challenger.[121][122]
In 2014, Villeneuve signed to drive anAlbatec Racing-preparedPeugeot 208 Supercar part-time in theFIA World Rallycross Championship'sinaugural season.[123][124] He chose to dorallycross because he felt it was exciting for both drivers and spectators.[124] In seven races, Villeneuve scored eight points for 37th in the Drivers' Championship.[125] He was released before the season ended due to non-supportive statements he made concerning his team and rallycross.[126] Villeneuve entered theIndianapolis 500 for the first time in 19 years, drivingSchmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports' No. 5Dallara DW12-Honda third car entry.[p][27][128] Though he had not planned to return to American open-wheel racing, he changed his mind after the 2012 introduction of a new car and engine formula.[129] He qualified 27th and finished 14th.[27] In August, Villeneuve finished 24th in Jacombs' No. 7 Dodge atCanadian Tire Series' Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres.[130][131]
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Villeneuve accepted an invitation to enter2015 Stock Car Brasil's season-openingAutódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna round alongside Zonta in Shell Racing's No. 10Chevrolet Sonic, placing 21st.[93][132] He signed a contract to replace Heidfeld and partner withStéphane Sarrazin atVenturi Grand Prix in the2015–16 season of the all-electricFormula E series.[133] Villeneuve had observed Formula E intently throughout 2014, admiring its bumpy city tracks. Guido Pastor called him to test a car, after which he got selected to drive.[134][135] Villeneuve finished outside the top ten in the first two races and failed to start thePunta del Este ePrix due to an accident during qualifying.[136] His relationship with Venturi cooled thereafter and they agreed to terminate their working relationship early in January 2016.[137] Villeneuve signed a one-race agreement to return to rallycross in the2018 season.[138] He drove aSubaru Rally Team USA-enteredWRX STi Supercar at theWorld RX of Canada (part of theAmericas Rallycross Championship).[139] He failed to qualify for the final following two accidents sustained during the second semi-final.[140]
For the2019 season, Villeneuve shared Scuderia Baldini 27's GT3 Pro-class No. 27Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo withGiancarlo Fisichella and Stefano Gai in theItalian GT Championship, finishing fourth at the 3 Hours of Misano and second at the 3 Hours of Vallelunga.[80][93] He raced as a guest driver at theRing Knutstorp andKarlskoga Motorstadion rounds of thePorsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia in a MTech Competition-entered Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car, placing in the top ten in the second race of both rounds.[141] That year, he made his debut inNASCAR Whelen Euro Series in the Elite 1 Division. Villeneuve drove the No. 32Go Fas Racing Chevrolet, finishing the season eighth in points with 431 scored, two pole positions and seven top-tens.[142] For the 2020 season, he entered that year'sWhelen Euro Series with FEED Vict Racing, a team owned by him andPatrick Lemarié.[143] Driving four rounds in the No. 5 car, he achieved two top fives for 104 points (21st overall) in the Elite 1 Division.[20][144] He drove Academy Motorsport's No. 5 car in the2021 Whelen Euro Series,[145] achieving his first two series victories in both races of the season's final round atVallelunga,[146] and scoring 331 points for ninth in the points standings with two wins and four top-ten finishes.[147] He left the series after the season was over to focus on his F1 commentary commitments.[148]
For2022, Villeneuve returned to the NASCAR Cup Series as a part-time driver of the non-chartered No. 27Team Hezeberg Ford.[149][150] He aimed to assist Team Hezeberg in the launch of its Cup Series programme and he consented to assist with their effort in theDaytona 500.[151] Villeneuve qualified for the race as of the fastest of the open non-charter teams; starting from fortieth, he finished the race in 22nd after an early-race half-spin and a subsequent collision withTyler Reddick.[152] In August, he failed to start the NASCAR Pinty's Series' Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières in the No. 7 Dumoulin Competition-prepared Dodge after accepting an offer by Festidrag Développement president Martin D'Anjou to enter the race.[153][154]
For 2023, Villeneuve entered the first three rounds of the2023 FIA World Endurance Championship alongsideTom Dillmann andEsteban Guerrieri in theFloyd Vanwall Racing Team's No. 4 non-hybridVanwall Vandervell 680-Gibson in theLMH category, although he was noncompetitive and was replaced byTristan Vautier for the24 Hours of Le Mans.[155] He subsequently withdrew from the team for the rest of the season.[156]
Villeneuve began writing lyrics while he was driving in Japan,[157] and purchased a guitar in 1996.[158] When he became uncertain whether he would remain at Sauber for the 2006 F1 season in November 2005,[159] he elected to rent a professional recording studio in Paris in order to better hear his music. Travelling to England to record with theTenebrae Choir,[158] Villeneuve recorded nearly every day for a month before stopping to prioritise motor racing.[159] That same year, he released his debut French single, "Accepterais-tu",[158] and an acoustic rock albumPrivate Paradise with 13 songs (nine in French and four in English) in 2007.[158][160] Six songs each were written by Villeneuve and his friends; he also performed a cover ofWomen Come, Women Go byGazebo.[160] Villeneuve collaborated with vocalistsSteve Smith andAmélie Veille.[161] The album debuted at No. 49 on the Quebec pop charts and received negative media reviews.[162] It sold 233 copies in Quebec and 836 in North America.[163][164]
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Villeneuve was a guest on 6 June 1995 and 2 June 1998 episodes of theLate Show with David Letterman.[165] Villeneuve made a cameo appearance as a racing driver in the 2001 filmDriven.[166] He carried theOlympic torch inOld Montreal during the2010 Winter Olympics torch relay in December 2009.[167] Villeneuve also carried theOlympic flag at theopening ceremony.[168] Villeneuve was employed byDisney France in late 2010, spending two days recording the French voice of David Hobbscap for the 2011Pixar animated filmCars 2. The character was also renamed after him in the French dub.[169] He analysed the2012 Canadian Grand Prix and the2024 Canadian Grand Prix for the British television channelSky Sports F1.[170][171] Since 2013, Villeneuve has commentated for the pay-TV servicesSky Sport in Italy andCanal+ in France,[172] and forSky Sports in Britain at the2025 Japanese Grand Prix.[173] He co-designed the Area 27 racing track inOkanagan, British Columbia.[174] Villeneuve became an ambassador of the Williams Formula One team for the2025 season.[175]
Villeneuve was engaged firstly to a Montreal college student named Sandrine Gros D'Aillon, then to Australian pop singerDannii Minogue and later American ballerina Ellen Green.[75] Villeneuve's first marriage was to Parisian Johanna Martinez in May 2006. They had two children before divorcing in June 2009. In June 2012, he married Brazilian Camila Andrea López Lillo, with whom he has two children.[176] Villeneuve married his third wife Giulia Marra, with whom he has a son and a daughter, at the2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix .[177]
Since January 2017,Revenu Québec has pursued Villeneuve for $1.7 million in unpaid taxes after doing an audit of his business activities from 2010 to 2012.[178] The October 2021 release of thePandora Papers revealed that he had set up offshore companies in the tax-free jurisdictions ofThe Bahamas and theBritish Virgin Islands in the 1990s and early 2000s to receive endorsement and income and to avoid paying Canadian income tax.[179] In the fiscal year of 2010, Villeneuve declared $6,431 of personal income, and even claimed a tax-credit for low-income families.[179]
Journalist Gerald Donaldson describes Villeneuve as "engagingly eccentric, opinionated and outspoken" and one who "defied convention and challenged authority, saying exactly what he thought in an era when drivers were expected to express only sweet-talking platitudes."[3] He was popular with the European press for his willingness to speak his mind in a time ofpolitical correctness.[180] He publicly bemoaned F1's commercialised and commodified image,[181] the sport's structure, focus on cheaper, younger, corporate groomed drivers,[182] and the manufacturing of driver personalities by corporations so as not to impugn their reputation by drivers voicing their thoughts and opinions through the media.[183][184] Villeneuve frequently dyed his hair in various colours and sported grunge street wear.[3][185] His behaviour earned him multiple cautions from F1's governing body, theFédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), for bringing the series into disrepute.Max Mosley, the association's president, commented that Villeneuve's controversies would benefit him when he was no longer successful.[3]
Villeneuve's decision to be independent as much as possible from media relations to avoid over promotion was endorsed by Pollock.[29] He refused to conduct substantial public relations duties for teams even after BAR attempted to purchase more public relations appearances for him, and he limited his commitments communicating to the press.[186] Journalist Matt Bishop observed that Villeneuve was frequently criticised for refusing to do sponsorship functions and for his self-imposed limiting interactions with the press at Grands Prix, but Bishop noted others appreciated Villeneuve's focus on racing and instead of "extraneous commitments".[187] Villeneuve resisted to join theGrand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), which he believed would serve only the interests of drivers and not F1's. He finally joined in late 2000, feeling his views were being ignored.[188] Villeneuve decided to resign in mid-2006 after the GPDA decided that Schumacher did not have to apologize nor face sanctions for purposely stopping during qualifying for the2006 Monaco Grand Prix, despite Villeneuve's protests, and Schumacher remained president of the GPDA.[189]
Villeneuve was voted the winner of theLorenzo Bandini Trophy in 1996, and both theLou Marsh Trophy and theLionel Conacher Award in 1995 and 1997.[190] Villeneuve received theHawthorn Memorial Trophy for 1997 as the most successful British or Commonwealth driver over the course of a season.[191] In April 1998, he was appointedOfficer of the National Order of Quebec but collected the honour at the following year's ceremony due to his racing commitments.[192] He was added toCanada's Walk of Fame two months later.[193] In December 2010, Villeneuve was inducted into the athlete category ofCanada's Sports Hall of Fame.[194] He was added to both theFIA Hall of Fame and theCanadian Motorsport Hall of Fame seven and eight years later respectively.[195][196]
JournalistMark Hughes describes Villeneuve's driving as "spectacular" and "hard-charging". Villeneuve frequently went past the edge of the available track to increase his momentum as much as possible.[197] He provided his engineers with suggestions that Maurice Hamilton wrote were "so far from the norm to the point of diametrically opposed to standard practice, sometimes giving the impression of being pursued just for the hell of it."[198] Villeneuve prefers driving onslick tyres and with no electronicdriver aids. He found driver aids difficult and thus ran with lesstraction control than his teammates since he could not deal with either theanti-lock system on the rear brakes or heavy traction control.[199] This required Villeneuve to modify his driving style and take fewer risks until his exit from F1 in 2006.[197] He switched from wearing spectacles in his helmet to contact lenses in 1994 after his spectacles vibrated slightly on minor bumps in Indianapolis.[200]
Villeneuve based the design of hisracing helmet on his father's, reportedly drawing it on a doodling pad.[201] He looked at a photograph of his mother wearing a pink, yellow, green and blue V-shaped striped polo shirt at a motor race her husband was competing at, and he used her pencils to produce the design.[200][201] Villeneuve incorporated an inverted V-style swoosh with varying thickness of colours around the shape on the helmet's two sides.[201] He retained a single black line from his first design in the centre to divide the colours without difficulty.[q][200]
| Toyota Atlantic results | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Rank | Points |
| 1992 | Comprep/Player's | MIA | PHX | LBH | LIM | MON | WGL | TOR | TRR 3 | VAN | MOH | MOS | NAZ | LS1 | LS2 | 14th | 28 | |
| 1993 | Forsythe/Green Racing | PHX 18 | LBH 2 | ATL 1 | MIL 17 | MON 1 | MOS 2 | HAL 7 | TOR 3 | LOU 2 | TRR 14 | VAN 19 | MOH 1 | NAZ 11 | LS1 1 | LS2 1 | 3rd | 185 |
Source:[24] | ||||||||||||||||||
| CART results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 1994 | Forsythe/Green Racing | 12 | SRF 17 | PHX 25 | LBH 15 | INDY 2 | MIL 9 | DET 7 | POR 6 | CLE 4 | TOR 9 | MCH 20 | MOH 9 | NHA 24 | VAN 24 | ROA 1 | NAZ 7 | LAG 3 | 6th | 94 | [202] | |
| 1995 | Team Green | 27 | MIA 1 | SRF 20 | PHX 5 | LBH 25 | NAZ 2 | INDY 1 | MIL 6 | DET 9 | POR 20 | ROA 1 | TOR 3 | CLE 1 | MCH 10 | MOH 3 | NHA 4 | VAN 12 | LAG 11 | 1st | 172 | [203] |
Source:[27] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| IndyCar Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 2014 | Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports | 5 | Dallara DW12 | Honda | STP | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY 14 | DET | DET | TXS | HOU | HOU | POC | IOW | TOR | TOR | MOH | MIL | SNM | FON | 30th | 29 | [204] |
Source:[27] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Reynard 94I | Ford XB | 4 | 2 | Forsythe/Green Racing |
| 1995 | Reynard 95I | Ford XB | 5 | 1 | Team Green |
| 2014 | Dallara | Honda | 27 | 14 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
Source:[27] | |||||
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
| 24 Hours of Le Mans results | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
| 2007 |  Team Peugeot Total | Nicolas Minassian Marc Gené | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 338 | DNF | DNF |
| 2008 | Team Peugeot Total | Nicolas MinassianMarc Gené | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | LMP1 | 381 | 2nd | 2nd |
Source:[80] | |||||||
| Le Mans Series results | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points | |
| 2008 | Team Peugeot Total | LMP1 | Peugeot 908 HDi FAP | PeugeotHDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | CAT | MON | SPA 1 | NÜR | SIL | 9th | 10 | |
Source:[80] | ||||||||||||
| 24 Hours of Spa results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Class | Tyres | Car | Team | Co-drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. | |
| 2009 | G2 | M | Mosler MT900 R GT3 ChevroletLS7 7.0 L V8 |  Gravity Racing International | Vincent RadermeckerLoris de Sordi Ho-Pin Tung | 65 | DNF | ||
Source:[80] | |||||||||
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Bill Davis Racing | Toyota | DNQ | [206] | |
| 2022 | Team Hezeberg | Ford | 40 | 22 | [208] |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Truck | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2007 | Bill Davis Racing | 27 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | KAN | LOW | MAN | DOV | TEX | MCH | MIL | MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | GTY | NHA | LVS 21 | TAL 30 | MAR 32 | ATL 14 | TEX 25 | PHO 19 | HOM 36 | 42nd | 615 | [83] |
| NASCAR Pinty's Series results | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 2009 | Jacombs Racing | 7 | Ford | ASE | DEL | MSP | ASE 22 | MPS | EDM | SAS | MSP | CTR 4 | CGV | BAR | RIS | KWA | 33rd | 257 | [95] |
| 2013 | 22 Racing | 24 | Dodge | MSP | DEL | MSP | ICAR | MPS | SAS | ASE | CTR 3* | RIS | MSP | BAR | KWA | 43rd | 43 | [122] | |
| 2014 | Jacombs Racing | 7 | Dodge | MSP | ACD | ICAR | EIR | SAS | ASE | CTR 24 | RIS | MSP | BAR | KWA | 60th | 20 | [130] | ||
| 2022 | Dumoulin Competition | 07 | Dodge | SUN | MSP | ACD | AVE | TOR | EDM | SAS | SAS | CTR DNS | OSK | ICAR | MSP | DEL | 51st | 18 | [153] |
(key) (Bold – Pole position.Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)
| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO results | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NWES | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2019 | Go Fas Racing | 32 | Chevy | VAL 11 | VAL 25 | FRA 3 | FRA 3 | BRH 15 | BRH 8 | MOS 22 | MOS 19 | VEN 3* | HOC 5 | HOC 7 | ZOL 14 | ZOL 7 | 8th | 431 | [142] | ||
| 2020 | FEED Vict Racing | 5 | ITA 16* | ITA 2 | ZOL 4 | ZOL 19 | MOS | MOS | VAL | VAL | ESP | ESP | 21st | 104 | [144] | ||||||
| 2021 | Academy Motorsport | EuroNASCAR FJ 2020 | ESP 7 | ESP 9 | GBR | GBR | CZE 11 | CZE 4 | CRO 3 | CRO 17 | BEL | BEL | ITA 1* | ITA 1* | 9th | 331 | [93] | ||||
(key)
| Speedcar Series results | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Points |
| 2008 | Speedcar Team | SEN1 | SEN2 | SEP1 | SEP2 | BHR1 6 | BHR2 Ret | DUB1 9 | DUB2 Ret | 14th | 3 | |
| 2008–09 | Durango | DUB 6 | BHR1 10 | BHR2 Ret | LOS1 5 | LOS2 Ret | DUB1 | DUB2 | BHR1 | BHR2 | 11th | 7 |
Source:[93] | ||||||||||||
| Stock Car Brasil results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Rank | Points |
| 2011 | Shell V-Power Racing | Peugeot 408 | CTB | INT | RBP | VEL | CGD | RIO | INT 18 | SAL | SCZ | LON | BSB | VEL | NC† | 0† | |||||||||
| 2015 | Shell Racing | Chevrolet Sonic | GOI 1 21 | RBP 1 | RBP 2 | VEL 1 | VEL 2 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | SCZ 1 | SCZ 2 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | GOI 1 | CAS 1 | CAS 2 | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | TAR 1 | TAR 2 | INT 1 | NC† | 0† |
Source:[93] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Ineligible for championship points.
† Not Eligible for points
| Supercar results | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WRX | Points |
| 2014 | Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 GTi | POR 17 | GBR | NOR 14 | FIN 16 | SWE 17 | BEL 14 | CAN 16 | FRA | GER | ITA 18 | TUR | ARG | 37th | 8 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Formula E results | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos | Points | |
| 2015–16 | Venturi Formula E Team | Spark SRT01-e | Venturi VM200-FE-01 | BEI 14 | PUT 11 | PDE DNS | BUE | MEX | LBH | PAR | BER | LDN | LDN | 20th | 0 | |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Floyd Vanwall Racing Team | Hypercar | Vanwall Vandervell 680 | Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 | SEB 8 | ALG Ret | SPA Ret | LMS | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | 18th | 6 |
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | Indianapolis 500 Winner 1995 | Succeeded by |
| PPG CART Indy Car World Series Champion 1995 | Succeeded by | |
| Preceded by | Formula One World Champion 1997 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1994 | Succeeded by |
| Indy Car Rookie of the Year 1994 | Succeeded by | |
| Preceded by | Lorenzo Bandini Trophy 1996 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Hawthorn Memorial Trophy 1997 | Succeeded by |
| Autosport International Racing Driver Award 1997 | Succeeded by | |
| Records | ||
| Preceded by | Most wins in first Formula One season 4 wins 1996, tied with: Lewis Hamilton (2007) | Succeeded by Co-Incumbent |
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