Jacques Villeneuve (French: [ʒɑk vilnœv]; born 9 April 1971) is a Canadian former racing driver, who competed in IndyCar from 1994 to 1995, and Formula One from 1996 to 2006. Villeneuve won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1997 with Williams, and won 11 Grands Prix across 11 seasons.

20 hours ago · Jacques Villeneuve will rejoin Williams in an ambassadorial role for the 2025 F1 season. The 53-year-old Canadian is returning to the Williams team with whom he won the world championship in 1997.

19 hours ago · Williams has announced that 1997 Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve has returned to the team in an ambassadorial role for the upcoming 2025 season.. Having excelled in American single-seater racing with an IndyCar title and an Indy500 win, Villeneuve embarked upon a new venture in F1 with Williams back in 1996.. The Canadian won on his …

21 hours ago · Williams have announced that 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve has returned to the team in an ambassadorial role ahead of the F1 2025 season. Villeneuve said: “Williams has been a crucial ...

1 day ago · Jacques Villeneuve will reunite with the Williams Formula 1 team he won the 1997 world championship with, 27 years after his first stint. Villeneuve has rejoined Williams as an ‘ambassador’ for 2025 alongside the returning 2009 world champion Jenson Button (who rejoined Williams in 2019) and three-time W Series champion and Indy NXT race ...

21 hours ago · Williams has signed 1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve as an ambassador for the 2025 season. Villeneuve, who remains the most recent driver to win a title for Williams, will join Jenson Button and Jamie Chadwick in helping “strengthen the connection between the team’s celebrated history and its ambitious future”.

Dec 6, 2024 · Jacques Villeneuve (born April 9, 1971, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Can.) is a Canadian race-car driver who in 1995 became the first Canadian to win the Indianapolis 500 and the youngest winner of the IndyCar championship.

Jacques Villeneuve Judging by the record books Jacques Villeneuve had a Formula 1 career in reverse. He nearly won the driving title in his debut year, did so in his second season, then went steadily downhill and eventually dropped right out of the sport.

Dec 19, 2023 · Jacques Villeneuve's searing F1 debut was a prelude to a scintillating run where he dispatched distinguished opponents and won the title. But then, writes Matt Bishop, he made one bad decision that he never recovered from

Jun 9, 2010 · Jacques Villeneuve, auto racer (b at Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Qué 9 Apr 1971). Villeneuve spent his formative years around auto racing, living mainly in Monaco, where his father, Gilles Villeneuve, was based during his legendary Formula 1 racing career.