Jacques Villeneuve Biography

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Jacques Villeneuve
Birthdate:	09/04/1971
Website:	http://www.jv-world.com
Category:	Sports

Date of birth:	April 9, 1971
Birthplace:	St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Qu�bec
Residence:	Monaco
Height:	1,68 m (5'6'' )
Weight:	67 kg (150 lbs)
Maritul status:	Single
Hobbies:	Skiing, playing guitar, writing and listening to music, computer technology
Favourite music:	Rock & Pop
Most memorable experience:	Becoming F1 World Champion (1997) and Indy 500 Winner (1995)
First racing car:	Formula Ford 1600
First race:	1988 (Alfa Italian Tourism Championship)

Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve was born to parents Gilles Villeneuve and Joann Barthe, on April 9th, 1971, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. Jacques's father Gilles was a great Formula One driver for Ferrari. In 1976, Gilles moved the family to Monaco, but in 1982, the senior Villeneuve died in a qualifying accident for a race in Belgium. Jacques was only eleven at the time of his father's death.

Much to the horror of his mother a couple of years later, the then 13-year-old Jacques Villeneuve told her that he wanted to pursue a professional driving career. His mother reluctantly agreed to her son's request, on the condition that he maintained high marks in school.

At the age of fifteen, under the guidance of his uncle Jacques Sr., the teenaged Villeneuve enrolled at the Jim Russell Racing Driver's School in Quebec. While at the very same racing school that his father attended, Jacques Villeneuve learned all about the Formula Ford 1600cc. In his first few laps around the track, Villeneuve immediately demonstrated his potential for racing stardom.

In 1987, after a brief stay at the Richard Spenard Formula 2000 Racing School in Ontario, Canada, Villeneuve felt as though he was ready to race professionally. The following year, he left his Switzerland boarding school to pursue his driving dream.

Despite his lack of recent success, Jacques Villeneuve remains one of the most intriguing figures in motorsport

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2005	Formula 1 driver with Team Sauber Petronas
2004	Formula 1 driver with Team Renault (3 races) Win : 0 Pole Position : 0 Best Results : 10th at Suzuka and Interlagos Points : 0 Standing : 21^st
2003	Formula 1 driver with Team BAR-Honda (16 races) Win : 0 Pole position : 0 Best Results : 6th at Interlagos Points : 6 Standing : 16th
2002	Formula 1 driver with Team BAR-Honda Win : 0 Pole position : 0 Best Results : 4^th at Silverstone Points : 4 Standing : 12th
2001	Formula 1 driver with Team BAR-Honda Eighth in Championship (12 points) Win : 0 Pole position : 0 Podium : 2 Points : 12 Standing : 8th First the first time in the history of BAR, Jacques has two podium finishes at Barcelona and Hockenheimring.
2000	Formula 1 driver with Team BAR-Honda Win : 0 Pole position : 0 Best Results : 4^th at Melbourne, Magny-Cours, A1-Ring and Indianapolis Points : 17 Standing : 7th
1999	Formula 1 driver with Team BAR-Supertech Win : 0 Pole position : 0 Best Results : 8^th at Monza Points : 0 Standing : 21st
1998	Formula 1 driver with Team Williams-Mecachrome Win : 0 Pole position: 0 Best results : 3rd place (Germany and Hungary) Points: 21 Standing: 5^th
1997	Formula 1 World Champion with Team Williams-Renault Wins: 7 (Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Britain, Hungary, Austria, Luxembourg) Pole positions: 10 (Australia, Brazil, Argentina, San Marino, Spain, Britain, Belgium, Austria, Japan, Europe) Points: 81 Standing: 1^st
1996	Formula 1 driver with Team Williams-Renault Wins: 4 (Europe, Britain, Hungary, Portugal) Pole positions: 3 (Australia, Belgium, Japan) Points: 78 Standing: 2^nd "Rookie of the Year"
1995	IndyCar Champion Winner of Indy 500 race
1994	IndyCar Series Second in Indy 500 race Sixth in the Championship and "Rookie of the Year"
1993	Third in Formula Atlantic
1992	Second in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship
1990 - 1991	Italian Formula 3 Championship 1990 14th and 1991 sixth in the Championship

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