Jacques Villeneuve

Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve OQ (French pronunciation: ​[ʒɑk vilnœv]; born April 9, 1971) is a Canadian professional auto racing driver and amateur musician. Villeneuve currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving the #5 car for FEED Vict Racing in the EuroNASCAR PRO class.[1][2] He is the son of Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, and is the namesake of his uncle, who was also a racer. Villeneuve won the 1995 CART Championship, the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1997 Formula One World Championship, making him only the third driver after Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi to achieve such a feat. As of 2019, no other Canadian has won the Indianapolis 500 or the Formula One Drivers' title.

This article is about the younger Jacques Villeneuve. For his uncle, see Jacques Villeneuve (racing driver, born 1953).

Jacques Villeneuve OQ
Villeneuve in 2010
Nationality	Canadian
Born	Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (1971-04-09) April 9, 1971 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
Related to	Gilles Villeneuve (father) Jacques Villeneuve Sr. (uncle)
Championship titles
1995 Indianapolis 500 Winner 1995 CART PPG Indy Car World Series Champion 1997 Formula One World Champion
Awards
1994 PPG Indy Car World Series Rookie of the Year 1994 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
IndyCar Series career
1 race run over 1 year
First race	2014 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
Champ Car career
33 races run over 2 years
Years active	1994–1995
Best finish	1st (1995)
First race	1994 Australian FAI Indycar Grand Prix (Surfers Paradise)
Last race	1995 Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey (Laguna Seca)
First win	1994 Texaco/Havoline 200 (Road America)
Last win	1995 Budweiser Grand Prix of Cleveland (Cleveland)
Wins Podiums Poles 5 10 6
Statistics current as of December 12, 2015.
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1996–2006
Teams	Williams, BAR, Renault, Sauber, BMW Sauber
Entries	165 (163 starts)
Championships	1 (1997)
Wins	11
Podiums	23
Career points	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
NASCAR Cup Series career
4 races run over 3 years
2013 position	51st
Best finish	51st (2013)
First race	2007 UAW-Ford 500 (Talladega)
Last race	2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
9 races run over 5 years
Best finish	49th (2012)
First race	2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)
Last race	2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 6 1
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
7 races run over 1 year
Best finish	42nd (2007)
First race	2007 Smith's Las Vegas 350 (Las Vegas)
Last race	2007 Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
3 races run over 2 years
2013 position	43rd
Best finish	33rd (2009)
First race	2009 Tide 250 (St. Eustache)
Last race	2013 JuliaWine.com 100 (Trois-Rivieres)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
Formula E career
Debut season	2015–16
Teams	Venturi Grand Prix
Car number	12
Starts	2
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	19th in 2015–16
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season	2019
Current team	FEED Vict Racing
Car number	5
Former teams	Go Fas Racing
Starts	13
Wins	0
Poles	2
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	8th in 2019
Finished last season	8th in 2019
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2007–2008
Teams	Peugeot
Best finish	2nd (2008)
Class wins	0

Following two successful years in CART, Villeneuve moved into Formula One with the front-running Williams team, alongside Damon Hill. In his debut season, Villeneuve challenged teammate Hill for the title, winning four races and taking the fight to the final round in Japan, where Villeneuve retired and Hill won the race and the title. Villeneuve, however, did win the following year's title, this time challenging Michael Schumacher and once again taking it to the final round in Jerez, where Schumacher retired after the two collided. 1997 would be the last year in which Villeneuve would win a championship level race and finish the season in the top three. For 1998, Villeneuve's Williams team had to fare with less competitive Mecachrome engines, and Villeneuve moved to the newly formed British American Racing team in 1999. He stayed there for the next four seasons but, following poor results he was replaced by former British Formula Three Champion Takuma Sato. Villeneuve also drove for Renault at the end of 2004, and Sauber in the 2005 season and eleven races of the 2006 season before suffering an injury in Germany. Villeneuve was replaced by Robert Kubica and soon BMW and Villeneuve parted company.

Outside Formula One, Villeneuve has taken on several new careers: in sportscar racing, racing for Peugeot in the 2007 and 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, jumping to NASCAR in August 2007 and racing as an invited driver in the Argentinian Top Race V6 series and the Australian-based International V8 Supercars Championship. As a musician, he has released an album titled Private Paradise.

Villeneuve was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998.

Personal and early life

Villeneuve was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, to aspiring Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve and his wife Joann and raised in Monaco.[3] He has a sister Melanie and a half sister Jessica. His uncle, Jacques Sr., was also a racing driver and in 1985 at Road America became the first Canadian to win a CART race. When Villeneuve was eleven years old, his father was killed during the qualifying session for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder following a collision with Jochen Mass.

Villeneuve was engaged to Australian singer Dannii Minogue in the late 1990s and was once engaged to American ballerina Ellen Green. He married his Parisienne girlfriend Johanna Martinez on May 29, 2006, at a civil ceremony in Switzerland. After the ceremony, it was announced the Villeneuves were expecting a baby in November. Johanna gave birth to a son, Jules, on November 14, 2006. Their second son Joakim[4] was born on December 23, 2007. The couple divorced in July 2009.[5] In June 2012, Villeneuve married Camila Lopes,[6] with whom he has had two more sons, Benjamin and Henri.[7]

Villeneuve was among the first group inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.[8] Also he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. He was named Canada's Athlete of the Year, receiving the Lou Marsh Trophy in 1995 and 1997.[9] In 1998, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.[10]

From 1996 to 2002 he lived in Monaco, and from 2002 to 2007 he lived in Switzerland. In 2007 he moved to Quebec, buying a $3 million house in Westmount, Montreal, with his mother acting as real estate agent.[11] Villeneuve owned a nightclub and restaurant in Montreal called Newtown, but he sold it in 2009.[12] In 2012 he moved to Andorra, stating that he was leaving Quebec because of the province's language laws, business climate and the general "morose ambiance."[13] Villeneuve and family are currently living in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland.

Racing career

Early career

In 1984, two years after his father's death, Villeneuve asked his mother if he could follow his father's footsteps and go motor racing.[14] His mother, Joann, promised she would allow him to drive a kart if he got good marks in one of his weakest subjects, mathematics. Villeneuve applied himself at school and soon got the marks he required for his mother to fulfill her promise.[14] A year later, Joann allowed him to drive a 100 cc kart at a kart track in Imola.[14] The owners of the track, Luigi and Massimo Buratti, were impressed by him and after proving himself in a 100 cc machine, he moved up to the 135 cc version before, on the same day, being allowed onto the Grand Prix circuit with a Formula Four car.[14]

Soon, Villeneuve's uncle, Jacques Sr., enrolled him at the Jim Russell Racing Driver School in Mont Tremblant, Quebec. Villeneuve's course lasted three days and in that time he demonstrated a great amount of concentration for a boy of his age.[14] At the end of his course, the young Canadian received his diploma and chief instructor Gilbert Pednault declared Villeneuve as the best student he'd ever seen.[14] During the summer of 1987, Villeneuve attended a racing school set up by former instructor Richard Spenard. In return for helping in the garage, Villeneuve received guidance in terms of race craft as he attempted to hone his skills.[14] At the age of seventeen, Villeneuve was too young to obtain a racing license in both his native Canada and Italy and so, with help from the Canadian Automotive Federation, got a license from Andorra.[14]

In 1988, the seventeen-year-old entered the Alfa Cup and, against former Formula One drivers Johnny Cecotto and Mauro Baldi, finished the two legged race in tenth position.[15] Two weeks later at Monza, Villeneuve was up against the likes of Riccardo Patrese and Nicola Larini.[15]

Villeneuve competed in the Italian Formula Three series from 1989 through 1991, but failed to make an impression.[3]

In 1992, he raced in the Japanese Formula Three series with the TOM's team, winning three races and placing second in the championship, as well as third in the non-championship Macau Grand Prix. Daniel Desmarais acted as Jacques' facilitator during his season in Japan.

Villeneuve soon received an invitation from Craig Pollock to compete as a one-off in the Trois Rivières Formula Atlantic race, Villeneuve finished the race third and Pollock was impressed by Villeneuve, leading him to arrange for him to race in the North American Toyota Atlantic series for the upcoming season.[3]

During the 1993 season, Villeneuve took seven pole positions and five race victories from the 15 races.[3] However, a few crucial driving errors cost him the series title and so finished his debut season third in the standings.[3]

CART IndyCar World Series

Villeneuve's 1995 Indianapolis 500-winning car.

Villeneuve racing in the 1995 PPG IndyCar World Series at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

His Forsythe-Green team took Villeneuve up a level into the IndyCar championship in 1994. In his first year, Villeneuve came second at that year's Indianapolis 500 and won his first race at Road America, the circuit where his uncle had become the first Canadian to win a CART race nine years before. Villeneuve finished the season in sixth position; 131 points behind champion Al Unser Jr. and also taking the Rookie of the Year award.

Villeneuve started the 1995 campaign strongly, winning the first race on the streets of Miami. Along with the win in Miami came three other victories, the most significant of which came at Indianapolis for the Indy 500. Despite a mid-race two lap penalty, Villeneuve fought his way back up through the field. Running second with less than 10 laps to go, Villeneuve claimed the lead from fellow Canadian Scott Goodyear after Goodyear was penalized for having passed the pace-car before the restart. With Goodyear out of the picture Villeneuve went on to win the race by two seconds over Brazilian Christian Fittipaldi.

His performances, as well as his family name, brought him to the attention of Frank Williams, Managerial Director of the Williams Grand Prix team. Williams signed him to his Formula One team for 1996 and Villeneuve began testing the Williams F1 car in 1995 after the IndyCar season. Villeneuve was the last CART IndyCar World Series champion before the 1996 CART/IRL split created two rival series: The Indy Racing League (IRL) and the Champ Car World Series.[16]

Formula One

Williams

Villeneuve driving for the Williams Formula One team at the 1996 Canadian Grand Prix.

1996

Villeneuve signed a two-year contract with Williams with an option year available.[3] Villeneuve impressed during his debut race in Australia, taking pole position and almost won the race. But due to an oil leak, Villeneuve was forced to slow down and allow teammate Damon Hill to pass and take victory at the opening round of the Championship. The Canadian, however, did manage to hold onto second place. It would be another 11 years before another driver finished on the podium on his debut, which was Lewis Hamilton at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix.

Four rounds into the season, Villeneuve won his first Formula One race at the Nürburgring. Villeneuve won a further three races and managed to take the title fight to the final round at Suzuka. The Canadian and teammate Damon Hill were the only drivers who could win the title, but with a gap of nine points between the two prior to the final race, his chances of winning the title were slim. In the end, Hill won the race, and the championship, while Villeneuve retired on lap 37 after his right-rear wheel came off.

Having won 4 races in his debut season, Villeneuve took the record for most wins for a rookie. He also became the only rookie in Formula One history to finish second in the championship. Both records were later equaled by Lewis Hamilton in 2007.

1997

Damon Hill was dropped by Williams for the 1997 season, making Villeneuve the team's lead driver. Heinz-Harald Frentzen was brought in to replace Hill. Villeneuve once again challenged for the title, but instead of Hill, the Canadian found himself battling with then double World Champion Michael Schumacher.

David Coulthard took the opening race win in Australia but Villeneuve took the next two wins in Brazil and Argentina. Five more victories came that season at the Spanish, British, Hungarian, Austrian and Luxembourg Grand Prix, as well as ten pole positions. His main rival, Michael Schumacher, had five wins of his own to set up a showdown at the final race of the season.

In Suzuka, the penultimate race of the season, Villeneuve started on pole but was relegated to the back of the grid after ignoring yellow flags during Saturday practice. An appeal by Williams saw his position reinstated. Villeneuve finished 5th but was disqualified from the race leaving Schumacher leading the Drivers' Championship by one point.[17]

The title went down to the final round in Jerez. Villeneuve came out as the Drivers World Champion in only his second season. But the race was remembered for a highly controversial collision between himself and title rival Michael Schumacher. As Villeneuve passed Schumacher at the Dry Sac corner on the 48th lap, the German turned into the Canadian's car; leaving Villeneuve with a damaged sidepod. Villeneuve recovered however and took third place while Schumacher retired. The FIA deemed Schumachers actions deliberate and thus disqualified him from the Championship.[18]

Villeneuve driving for Williams at the 1998 Italian Grand Prix.

1998

Villeneuve's career went into sharp decline following his World Championship title. Remaining with Williams in 1998 (and becoming the first Williams driver since Keke Rosberg in 1982 to stay with the team for his title defense), he struggled with an underpowered Mecachrome engine which were basically rebadged Renault V10 engines from the previous season that despite some development had been overtaken in power by both Ferrari and the Mercedes-Benz powered McLarens. He failed to win a single race (like Hill the previous season), although he did finish on the podium twice in Germany and Hungary. Villeneuve finished fifth in the Drivers' Championship with 21 points, 79 points behind Champion Mika Häkkinen in the McLaren-Mercedes.

British American Racing

Villeneuve driving for BAR in the team's first season, at the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix.

1999

In 1999, Villeneuve joined the newly founded British American Racing (BAR) team, co-founded and partly owned by Villeneuve's personal manager, Craig Pollock, and by Adrian Reynard. Joining him as his teammate was Brazilian Ricardo Zonta. There was a lot of media hype about the new squad, but despite the high expectations, BAR had a poor season, retiring from the first eleven races of the season and not scoring a single Championship point. At times the car showed a promising pace, with Villeneuve running in third place at Barcelona, but often technical problems ruined his chances. Villeneuve suffered a high speed crash during practice at the Belgian Grand Prix at the Eau Rouge corner, from which he emerged unharmed.[19]

2000

Despite the lack of a competitive car in 1999, Villeneuve remained loyal to Pollock's team, as did Zonta. The Supertec engines of the previous season were replaced by Honda engines, and the new BAR-Honda package proved to be more competitive, with Villeneuve finishing in the points on seven occasions and almost securing a podium finish at the United States Grand Prix.

2001

Villeneuve driving for BAR at the 2001 Canadian Grand Prix.

Zonta left BAR in 2001 to join Jordan as a test driver. Zonta was replaced by experienced Frenchman Olivier Panis. Villeneuve was involved in a crash at the Australian Grand Prix, the first race of the season, when he hit the back of Ralf Schumacher's Williams. A track marshal was killed when a stray tyre hit him in the chest.[20] Villeneuve scored five points less than the previous season, but finished on the podium twice in Spain and Germany. The latter was the final podium finish of his Grand Prix career.

Villeneuve in 2002.

2002

Pollock was removed from his post as team manager in 2002 and was replaced by Prodrive boss David Richards. Along with Pollock, Richards removed Technical Director Malcolm Oastler and fifty members of staff at BAR.[21] Richards soon began to debate over Villeneuve's £15 million annual salary.[21] From this point on, Villeneuve felt less comfortable at the team. The BAR 004 proved to be a much less competitive car than the teams' previous two, with neither Villeneuve or Panis scoring points consistently with only seven points scored between them, Villeneuve scoring four points to Panis's three.

2003

Villeneuve driving for BAR at the 2003 United States Grand Prix. Villeneuve retired from the race ten laps from the finish with an engine problem.

With one year left to run on his contract Villeneuve turned down a lucrative offer to spend a season racing in CART before returning to BAR for 2004 and 2005, a deal which Villeneuve claimed was spoken about but never actually produced for him to sign. Instead, he decided that he would see out his present deal in the hope of landing a role at another Grand Prix team the following year. Villeneuve was joined by Jenson Button from Renault in 2003 as Panis was offered a position at Toyota.[22] Button would prove to become the second of Villeneuve's teammates to outscore him in the Drivers' Championship as, unlike Villeneuve, Button was able to score consistently with the BAR 005, finishing in the points every two races on average.

Villeneuve was criticized by the media for being outpaced by his inexperienced teammate and before the final round in Japan; he was replaced by former British Formula 3 Champion Takuma Sato.[23]

Renault

With no contract for 2004, Villeneuve was forced to take a sabbatical, but maintained that he wanted to return to the sport. He continued training and made a special appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed driving his late father's Ferrari. In September, Villeneuve returned to Formula One, driving the final three Grands Prix of the season for the French Renault team. Jarno Trulli had fallen out of favour and team boss Flavio Briatore felt Villeneuve would be worth a gamble.[24] Although vowing to help Renault achieve second place in the Constructors' Championship, ahead of his former team BAR, Villeneuve failed to score a single point, unable to finish any of his races on the lead lap; Renault settled for third in the final standings. Villeneuve admitted that the enforced lay-off had cost him vital seat time. With the cars so much faster than in 2003, he found it difficult to adapt, and with an up-and-coming Fernando Alonso as teammate his task was made all the more difficult. Just before his 3-race Renault comeback, Villeneuve signed a two-year contract to drive for Sauber, starting in 2005.[25]

Sauber

Villeneuve driving for Sauber at the 2005 Canadian Grand Prix.

2005

His Sauber debut at the Australian Grand Prix saw him start on the grid in fourth position, although he would finish the race nine places down the order in thirteenth and a lap down. For the opening three races he was the slowest driver on Michelin tyres, and rumors began to spread that he would soon be replaced. The rumors proved unfounded, and at Imola he scored his first points for the team with a fourth place. The pressure was soon back on him when he forced teammate Felipe Massa off the track when attempting to overtake the Brazilian in Monaco, ruining both their races. Towards the end of the season, his pace improved and he scored more points at Belgium, where he finished sixth, moving ahead of Massa in the championship tables, although Massa repassed him after finishing 6th in the season finale in China. In terms of speed, the two teammates were fairly evenly matched by the end of the year. Massa was later drafted into Ferrari to support Michael Schumacher's 2006 campaign.

After much uncertainty, in late 2005 BMW confirmed that Villeneuve would race for BMW Sauber in 2006. GP2 frontrunner Heikki Kovalainen and Indycar champion Dan Wheldon had both been linked with the seat, but BMW opted to honour Villeneuve's contract; to cut the contract would possibly have been an expensive exercise that would have cost them around $2 million, and Villeneuve was popular with the sponsors and team personnel.

2006

Villeneuve at the 2006 Canadian Grand Prix.

Several changes were made at Sauber during the off season. First, the Swiss team were bought by BMW and renamed BMW Sauber. The German manufacturer wished to start their own works team following a six-year partnership with Villeneuve's former employers Williams. In addition, Massa left Sauber for the vacant role left by Rubens Barrichello at Ferrari and Nick Heidfeld was brought in to replace him. Villeneuve scored seven points during the first twelve rounds of the season. But at the German Grand Prix, Villeneuve had allegedly sustained an injury in a crash on lap 31.[26]

Villeneuve walks away from his crashed F1.06 at the 2006 German Grand Prix, his last F1 race.

After replacing Villeneuve in Hungary, test driver Robert Kubica drove to a solid seventh place, despite the chaotic wet conditions, but was later disqualified because his car was too light. Within days, BMW and Villeneuve announced that they had parted company with immediate effect.[27] The reason for his departure was later revealed that he simply did not want to be a part of a potential "shoot-out" with Kubica, feeling that he had proven himself already.[28]

Later efforts

Villeneuve was close to signing with Stefan GP for the 2010 Formula One season, and undertook a seat fitting, but the FIA did not certify Stefan GP for competition in 2010. Villeneuve stated he was still looking for further opportunities in Formula One in 2010 and 2011.[29]

In the middle of July 2010, reports from the German media emerged revealing that Villeneuve was putting together an entry bid to join the 2011 Formula One grid with his own team under the name "Villeneuve Racing". The report went on to suggest that Villeneuve Racing had satisfied the entry criteria set by the FIA and had joined two other outfits on a shortlist of teams under consideration for the grid entry. Villeneuve subsequently released a statement confirming the existence of the entry, and that it is a collaboration with the Italian Durango team.[30]

Le Mans

Villeneuve was partnered with fellow ex-Formula One driver Marc Gené, joining them was Frenchman Nicolas Minassian. Here, the trio's number seven Peugeot 908 HDi FAP is being prepared for the Le Mans race.

On January 10, 2007, at the launch of the 908 HDi FAP diesel-powered Le Mans prototype, Villeneuve was confirmed as one of Peugeot Sport's nine drivers for the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans. This was his first drive in a sportscar since working with Toyota in 1992. For the race, Villeneuve shared the No.7 car with Marc Gené and Nicolas Minassian. Villeneuve set the fastest time of the three drivers in qualifying to put the car into fourth place on the starting grid. The car ran second for much of the race before pitting with engine problems at 12:39 pm. The car was officially retired at 1.42pm with only 100 minutes left of the race, after the team decided the problem could not be fixed.

In the 2008 race, Villeneuve and his Nº 7 Peugeot team finished 2nd. The team led for several hours but began to lose their lead when it rained. They did lose the lead in the 15th hour during a pitstop change. The Nº 2 Audi team won after leading for the final 10 hours.

Villeneuve has since pledged to keep competing in the event until he wins it, and has been supported by Allan McNish.[31] If he wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans, he would become the first person since Graham Hill to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport, having previously won both the Indianapolis 500 and the Formula One World Championship.[32]

NASCAR

Villeneuve racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in early 2008.

In a subsequent interview with Autosport magazine, Villeneuve's manager Craig Pollock confirmed that Villeneuve's Formula One career was over.[33] It was announced on August 24, 2007 that Villeneuve would run the remaining seven races in the Craftsman Truck Series driving a Toyota Tundra for Bill Davis Racing and undertake a full-time Sprint Cup Series schedule in 2008. In Villeneuve's first Truck Series race on September 22, 2007, in Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he qualified in seventh position, and finished 21st. He made his NASCAR Nextel Cup race debut in the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama over the weekend of October 5–7, 2007. He qualified sixth, however, due to his lack of experience in this type of car, he elected to start the race from the back of the field and ran there for most of the race. He finished 21st due to a large number of accidents and mechanical failure on the other cars. Villeneuve failed to qualify for the 2008 Daytona 500. He lost his ride in Bill Davis Racing's No. 27 car due to a loss of sponsorship, two days after he caused a pileup in his qualifying race, when his car got loose, then slid back up the track, colliding with another car.[34] He took part in the Nationwide race in Montreal for Braun Racing. The race started off in the sun, but before halfway, it began to rain and the teams were told to pit and use rain-tires, for the first time in NASCAR. Qualifying 5th, Villeneuve finished 16th after crashing into a car during a caution caused by poor visibility due to the rain. The race ended shortly after.

Villeneuve at the 2011 Road America Nationwide race

In 2009, Villeneuve had two starts in the Canadian Tire Series. His best start was fifth and his best finish was fourth, both in the August 2009 event at Circuit de Trois-Rivieres. Villeneuve also had two starts in the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, both for Braun Racing, with his best performance starting sixth and finishing fourth at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, again under wet conditions and the second time rain tires were used in a NASCAR event. He was then tabbed to drive the No. 32 car in Montreal and at Road America in 2010.[35] At Road America, he qualified second and stayed in second place for much of the race including leading three laps. He was unable to complete the race since an alternator wire broke on the final lap; he was credited with a 25th-place finish as the first car one lap down.[36][37] For 2011 Villeneuve agreed to take over for Brad Keselowski in the number 22 car for Penske Racing in the Nationwide Series for two races which Keselowski could not attend. He started and finished third at Road America; later he won the pole at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve before finishing 27th.[38]

Villeneuve made his return to the Cup Series in 2013 in the 51 car for Phoenix Racing at Sonoma Raceway.[39]

In 2016, Villeneuve returned to NASCAR, driving the No. 27 Ford for Wing Nut Racing in the Xfinity Series. Despite initial plans to start at Daytona's PowerShares QQQ 300,[40] Villeneuve announced the team would make its debut two weeks later at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.[41] However, the 27 team did not show in Las Vegas and did not enter a race in 2016. There are claims that the organization was never legitimate because no cars were ever prepared.

Villeneuve returned to NASCAR once again in 2019 after he signed a contract with Go Fas Racing to compete full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series for the 2019 season.[42] He scored a double podium finish in his second Euro Series race week at Franciacorta.[43] Later at Venray, Villeneuve scored his first pole position in the series and would led the majority of the race before finishing in third for his third podium of the season.[44][45] His participation in the season finale race at Zolder would mark the first time he raced on the track where his father Gilles was killed in 1982.[46] Despite being involved in a first corner incident on the first race in Zolder, he scored the fastest lap to secure pole position for the second race on Sunday, his second in his Euro Series career.[47] Villeneuve would finish the season in 8th place, 120 points behind champion Loris Hezemans.

On 27 September 2019, Villeneuve states in an interview with German website Leadlap after the race at Hockenheim that he may field his own team for the 2020 season.[48] Later on 27 December 2019, it was announced that Villeneuve will be fielding his own team FEED Racing in the 2020 season, with Villeneuve scheduled to be driving the team's No. 5 car in the renamed-EuroNASCAR PRO class. FEED Racing would later change its name to FEED Vict Racing on 30 January 2020 following a merger with Italian team Racers Motorsport.[1][2]

Speedcar

With no sponsor for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Villeneuve joined the Speedcar Series for the remainder of the 2008 season. The series is composed of road courses and stockcars similar to NASCAR and Villeneuve said "On a personal level, Speedcar will give me more road racing experience with this kind of cars which will be useful in future NASCAR road course events and it's also a great excuse to meet race fans."[49] He raced four times with a best finish of sixth place.

Villeneuve driving for Kelly Racing at the Coates Hire Ipswich 300 in 2012

Top Race V6

After racing both NASCAR Sprint Cup and Speedcar Series, Villeneuve was invited by the Top Race V6 chairman Alejandro Urtubey to join the series in its major event of the 2008 season, called La Carrera del Año (The Race of the Year), held at the Buenos Aires circuit. Villeneuve raced the No. 27 car (Volkswagen Passat silhouette) of the Oro Racing team and finishing the race in the 16th place. In 2009 he was invited again to run in two out of the three major races in the season: one at Interlagos on July 19 (did not finish after contact with Leonel Pernía and spun) and the other being the second edition of La Carrera del Año at the Buenos Aires circuit on September 20, the last mentioned race being its better results in the series, finishing 13th. During a press conference held during the previous week before La Carrera del Año, Villeneuve stated that he would race the whole 2010 season if he did not get anything in Formula One or NASCAR.

Villeneuve competing in the 2014 World Rallycross Championship

V8 Supercars

Villeneuve first competed in the V8 Supercar series as an endurance co-driver partnered with Paul Dumbrell for Rod Nash Racing in the 2010 Gold Coast 600.[50]

In 2012, Villeneuve participated in the Sucrogen Townsville 400, Coates Hire Ipswich 300 and Sydney Motorsport Park 360 rounds, driving the No. 51 Pepsi-sponsored Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore filling in for an injured Greg Murphy.[51]

FIA World Rallycross Championship

In 2014 after receiving sponsorship from Julia Wine and Cyclops Gear Villeneuve announced that he will be taking part in the FIA World Rallycross Championship with Albatec Racing.[52][53] Driving a Peugeot 208 Villeneuve competed in seven events for the Albatec team in 2014 and failed to qualify for the Semi-Finals in any of them. He finished the season in 37th place with 8 points.[53]

Villeneuve during qualifying for the 2015 Punta del Este ePrix.

Formula E

In 2015 it was announced that Villeneuve will be taking part in the FIA Formula E Championship with Venturi Grand Prix alongside Stéphane Sarrazin.[54]

At the third round of the season in Punta del Este, Villeneuve crashed in qualifying and withdrew from the race. In January 2016, Villeneuve announced that he would be parting ways with the squad[55] and leaving the series after a best finish of 11th at the second race in Malaysia.

Helmet

Villeneuve sports a simple multi-coloured helmet, which has remained unchanged for his entire professional career. The helmet has a blue upper, with flowing pink, yellow, green and red lines underneath. Villeneuve apparently designed his helmet while doodling on a drawing pad. The pink line forms a 'V' on each side, which Villeneuve has been quoted as saying was 'unintentional'. Some say that the colors of the helmet were based on the shirt of his mother Joann.[56]

Villeneuve's helmet

Music career

Though he started writing his lyrics during his lower league days in Japan, it was not until 2006 that he released his first commercial single "Accepterais-tu", a French song with lyrics that fit well with his present personal status—asking his loved one to marry him. On February 19, 2007, Villeneuve released his first album entitled Private Paradise. The launch was held at his café[57] where he performed two songs in front of a crowd largely composed of news reporters. When asked about his expectations on the album he released the following statement: "I hope the album makes a great success. I would never do something hoping to get criticized."[58] His new record had very low sales; as of March 9, 2007, only 233 copies were sold in the entire province of Quebec and about 30 outside of Quebec and Canada – excluding digital sales.[59] On December 31, 2007, Infoman 2007, a satirical end-of-year review on Radio-Canada, announced that he had sold only 836 CDs in North America.

TV appearances

Villeneuve has appeared in various TV commercials for Honda when he was driving for the BAR team. In March 2006, when driving for BMW Sauber, he appeared in television campaign for Intel's Centrino laptop campaign, in which he touts the benefits of using Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology.

Villeneuve also appeared in a Canadian commercial alongside Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter and countryman Donovan Bailey shortly after winning his 1997 F1 World Driver's title. The ad proclaimed Canada to be the "fastest nation on earth."

In 1997, following his win of the Formula One World Championship, Villeneuve appeared in a Volkswagen advert on Quebec television. Villeneuve was seen driving a VW before stopping and saying at the camera that he has nothing against German guys, much less for the "allemandes", referring to the vehicle and German girls—a reference to his rivalry with Michael Schumacher and for the incident at the 1997 European Grand Prix.

Villeneuve also appeared briefly in the 2001 Sylvester Stallone action movie Driven as himself.

He voiced a racing announcer in the European and Canadian French versions of animated film Cars 2.

Villeneuve was one of several celebrity Canadians who carried the Olympic flag into Vancouver Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the 21st Winter Olympic Games. He also carried the Olympic torch.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Position
1989	Italian Formula Three Championship	Prema Racing	6	0	0	0	–
1990	Italian Formula Three Championship	Prema Racing	12	0	0	10	13th
1991	Italian Formula Three Championship	Prema Racing	11	3	0	20	6th
1992	All-Japan Formula Three Championship	TOM'S	11	2	3	45	2nd
	All Japan Sports Prototype Championship	Toyota Team TOM'S	1	0	0	N/A	NC
	Toyota Atlantic Championship	Comprep/Player's	1	0	0	14	28th
1993	Toyota Atlantic Championship	Forsythe/Green Racing	15	7	5	185	3rd
	Macau Grand Prix	March Racing	1	0	0	N/A	NC
1994	PPG Indy Car World Series	Forsythe/Green Racing	15	0	1	94	6th
1995	PPG Indy Car World Series	Team Green	17	6	4	172	1st
1996	Formula One	Rothmans Williams Renault	16	3	4	78	2nd
1997	Formula One	Rothmans Williams Renault	17	10	7	81	1st
1998	Formula One	Winfield Williams	16	0	0	21	5th
1999	Formula One	British American Racing	16	0	0	0	21st
2000	Formula One	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	17	0	0	17	7th
2001	Formula One	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	17	0	0	12	7th
2002	Formula One	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	17	0	0	4	12th
2003	Formula One	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	14	0	0	6	16th
2004	Formula One	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	3	0	0	0	21st
2005	Formula One	Sauber Petronas	18	0	0	9	14th
2006	Formula One	BMW Sauber F1 Team	12	0	0	7	15th
2007	NASCAR Nextel Cup	Bill Davis Racing Toyota	2	0	0	140	60th
	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series		7	0	0	615	59th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Team Peugeot Total	1	0	0	N/A	NC
2008	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Braun Racing Toyota	1	0	0	120	111th
	Speedcar Series	Speedcar Team	4	0	0	3	13th
	Le Mans Series	Team Peugeot Total	1	0	1	10	9th
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	N/A	2nd
	Top Race V6	Oro Racing Team	1	0	0	0	NC
2008–09	Speedcar Series	Durango	5	0	0	7	11th
2009	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Braun Racing Toyota	1	0	0	165	107th
	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series	Jacombs Racing Ford	2	0	0	257	33rd
	Top Race V6		2	0	0	0	NC
	FIA GT Championship	Gravity Racing International	1	0	0	0	NC
2010	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series	Braun Racing Toyota	1	0	0	76	69th
	NASCAR Nationwide Series		3	0	0	405	77th
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	Rod Nash Racing	2	0	0	N/A	NC
2011	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Penske Racing	2	1	0	61	52nd
	Stock Car Brasil	Shell V-Power Racing	1	0	0	N/A	NC
2012	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Penske Racing	2	0	0	82	49th
	International V8 Supercars Championship	Kelly Racing	6	0	0	N/A	NC
2013	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series	Phoenix Racing	1	0	0	3	51st
	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series	Dave Jacombs	1	0	0	43	43rd
2014	IndyCar Series	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	1	0	0	29	30th
	World Rallycross Championship	Albatec Racing	8	0	0	8	38th
	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series	Dave Jacombs	1	0	0	20	54th
2015	Stock Car Brasil	Shell Racing	1	0	0	0	NC
2015–16	Formula E	Venturi Grand Prix	3	0	0	0	20th
2018	Americas Rallycross Championship	Subaru Rally Team USA	1	0	0	12	14th
2019	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	Go Fas Racing	13	2	0	431	8th

American open-wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Toyota Atlantic Championship

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	MDO	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	MDO 1	NAZ 11	LS1 1	LS2 1	3rd	185

CART

Champ Car results
Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1994	Forsythe/Green Racing	SRF 17	PHX 25	LBH 15	INDY 2	MIL 9	DET 7	POR 6	CLE 4	TOR 9	MCH 20	MDO 9	NHA 24	VAN 24	ROA 1	NAZ 7	LAG 3		6th	94
1995	Team Green	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	MDO 3	NHA 4	VAN 12	LAG 11	1st	172

IndyCar Series

IndyCar Series results
Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2014	Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports	Dallara DW12	Honda	STP	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY 14	DET	DET	TXS	HOU	HOU	POC	IOW	TOR	TOR	MDO	MIL	SNM	FON	30th	29

Indianapolis 500

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

Formula One

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Formula One results
Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	WDC	Points
1996	Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams FW18	Renault RS8 3.0 V10	AUS 2	BRA Ret	ARG 2	EUR 1	SMR 11^†	MON Ret	ESP 3	CAN 2	FRA 2	GBR 1	GER 3	HUN 1	BEL 2	ITA 7	POR 1	JPN Ret				2nd	78
1997	Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams FW19	Renault RS9 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA 1	ARG 1	SMR Ret	MON Ret	ESP 1	CAN Ret	FRA 4	GBR 1	GER Ret	HUN 1	BEL 5	ITA 5	AUT 1	LUX 1	JPN DSQ	EUR 3			1st	81
1998	Winfield Williams	Williams FW20	Mecachrome GC37-01 V10	AUS 5	BRA 7	ARG Ret	SMR 4	ESP 6	MON 5	CAN 10	FRA 4	GBR 7	AUT 6	GER 3	HUN 3	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	LUX 8	JPN 6				5th	21
1999	British American Racing	BAR 01	Supertec FB01 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	MON Ret	ESP Ret	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	AUT Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 15	ITA 8	EUR 10^†	MAL Ret	JPN 9				NC	0
2000	Lucky Strike Reynard BAR Honda	BAR 002	Honda RA000E 3.0 V10	AUS 4	BRA Ret	SMR 5	GBR 16^†	ESP Ret	EUR Ret	MON 7	CAN 15^†	FRA 4	AUT 4	GER 8	HUN 12	BEL 7	ITA Ret	USA 4	JPN 6	MAL 5			7th	17
2001	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR 003	Honda RA001E 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BRA 7	SMR Ret	ESP 3	AUT 8	MON 4	CAN Ret	EUR 9	FRA Ret	GBR 8	GER 3	HUN 9	BEL 8	ITA 6	USA Ret	JPN 10			7th	12
2002	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR 004	Honda RA002E 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL 8	BRA 10^†	SMR 7	ESP 7	AUT 10^†	MON Ret	CAN Ret	EUR 12	GBR 4	FRA Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 8	ITA 9	USA 6	JPN Ret			12th	4
2003	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR 005	Honda RA003E 3.0 V10	AUS 9	MAL DNS	BRA 6	SMR Ret	ESP Ret	AUT 12	MON Ret	CAN Ret	EUR Ret	FRA 9	GBR 10	GER 9	HUN Ret	ITA 6	USA Ret	JPN				16th	6
2004	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R24	Renault RS24 3.0 V10	AUS	MAL	BHR	SMR	ESP	MON	EUR	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	CHN 11	JPN 10	BRA 10		21st	0
2005	Sauber Petronas	Sauber C24	Petronas 05A 3.0 V10	AUS 13	MAL Ret	BHR 11^†	SMR 4	ESP Ret	MON 11	EUR 13	CAN 9	USA DNS	FRA 8	GBR 14	GER 15	HUN Ret	TUR 11	ITA 11	BEL 6	BRA 12	JPN 12	CHN 10	14th	9
2006	BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber F1.06	BMW P86 2.4 V8	BHR Ret	MAL 7	AUS 6	SMR 12	EUR 8	ESP 12	MON 14	GBR 8	CAN Ret	USA Ret	FRA 11	GER Ret	HUN	TUR	ITA	CHN	JPN	BRA		15th	7

^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Sports car racing

24 Hours of Le Mans

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 Minassian Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	381	2nd	2nd

Le Mans Series

Le Mans Series results
Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2008	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	CAT	MON	SPA 1	NÜR	SIL	9th	10

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

24 Hours of Spa results
Year	Class	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2009	G2	M	Mosler MT900 R GT3 Chevrolet LS7 7.0 L V8	Gravity Racing International	Vincent Radermecker Loris de Sordi Ho-Pin Tung	65	DNF

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	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	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
2007	Bill Davis Racing	27	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL 21	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO 41	HOM	60th	140
2008				DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	0
2010	Braun Racing	32	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND 29	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	69th	76
2013	Phoenix Racing	51	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	KAN	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON 41	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	51st	3

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2008	Bill Davis Racing	Toyota	DNQ

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	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	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Pts
2008	Braun Racing	32	Toyota	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEB	MIL	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV 16	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	111th	120
2009				DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MIL	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV 4	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	107th	165
2010				DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA 25	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN 8	MCH	BRI	CGV 3	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM	77th	405
2011	Penske Racing	22	Dodge	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL	NSH	RCH	DAR	DOV	IOW	CLT	CHI	MCH	ROA 3	DAY	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN	CGV 27*	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM		52nd	61
2012				DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA 6	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV 3*	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			49th	82

Craftsman Truck Series

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
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

Canadian Tire Series

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
2009	Jacombs Racing	7	Ford	ASE	DEL	MSP	ASE 22	MPS	EDM	SAS	MSP	CTR 4	CGV	BAR	RIS	KWA	33rd	257
2013	22 Racing	24	Dodge	MSP	DEL	MSP	ICAR	MPS	SAS	ASE	CTR 3*	RIS	MSP	BAR	KWA		43rd	43
2014	Jacombs Racing	7	Dodge	MSP	ACD	ICAR	EIR	SAS	ASE	CTR 24	RIS	MSP	BAR	KWA			60th	20

Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR PRO

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
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
2020	FEED Vict Racing	5	TBA	VNC	VNC	BRH	BRH	MOS	MOS	VEN	VAL	VAL	ZOL	ZOL	HOC	HOC	-*	-*

^* Season still in progress

Other stock cars

Speedcar Series

(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

Stock Car Brasil

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†

† Ineligible for championship points.

Touring Cars

V8 Supercar

V8 Supercars 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	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	Final Pos	Points
2010	Rod Nash Racing	Ford FG Falcon	YMC R1	YMC R2	BHR R3	BHR R4	ADE R5	ADE R6	HAM R7	HAM R8	QLD R9	QLD R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HDV R13	HDV R14	TOW R15	TOW R16	PHI Q	PHI R17	BAT R18	SUR R19 22	SUR R20 5	SYM R21	SYM R22	SAN R23	SAN R24	SYD R25	SYD R26					NC	0 †
2012	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	PHI R10	PHI R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14 Ret	TOW R15 24	QLD R16 24	QLD R17 24	SMP R18 24	SMP R19 26	SAN Q	SAN R20	BAT R21	SUR R22	SUR R23	YMC R24	YMC R25	YMC R26	WIN R27	WIN R28	SYD R29	SYD R30	NC	0 †

† Not Eligible for points

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

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

Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Formula E results
Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	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	MSC	LON	LON	20th	0

See also

• List of Canadians in Champ Car

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External links

• Official website
• Jacques Villeneuve driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Jacques Villeneuve at F1DB
• Jacques Villeneuve at Driver Database
• Villeneuve to drive for BMW in 2006

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Al Unser, Jr.	Indianapolis 500 Winner 1995	Succeeded by Buddy Lazier
	PPG CART Indy Car World Series Champion 1995	Succeeded by Jimmy Vasser
Preceded by Damon Hill	Formula One World Champion 1997	Succeeded by Mika Häkkinen
Preceded by Nigel Mansell	Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 1994	Succeeded by Christian Fittipaldi
	Indy Car Rookie of the Year 1994	Succeeded by Gil de Ferran
Preceded by David Coulthard	Lorenzo Bandini Trophy 1996	Succeeded by Luca di Montezemolo
Preceded by Damon Hill	Hawthorn Memorial Trophy 1997	Succeeded by David Coulthard
	Autosport International Racing Driver Award 1997	Succeeded by Mika Häkkinen
Records
Preceded by Juan Manuel Fangio and Giuseppe Farina 3 wins (1950 season)	Most wins in first Formula One season 4 wins 1996, tied with: Lewis Hamilton (2007)	Succeeded by Co-Incumbent