Jacques Villeneuve

For his uncle, see Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.

Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve (jack VILL-nerve; born 9 April 1971 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian Formula One driver, who won the 1997 Formula One World Championship, the 1995 Indianapolis 500, and he is the son of legendary Ferrari driver, Gilles Villeneuve and nephew of Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.

After being dropped by BMW Sauber in 2006, Villeneuve briefly raced in what was then the N.A.S.C.A.R. Nextel Cup, a US oval based touring car series. He now races the FIA's World Rallycross Championship.

Villeneuve has also ventured into music, so far releasing one album, Private Paradise and one single Accepterais-tu, but has had no success so far.

At the 1996 Australian Grand Prix, Villeneuve became only the 5th driver in F1 history to score pole position on début.

The 1999 Formula One Season was his worst yet - he signed for the brand-new BAR team, retired from the first 11 races of the season and in half of them qualified no lower than sixth. The only other time he didn't score in an F1 season was in 2004, where he took part in the last 3 races for Renault after Jarno Trulli was sacked, despite the Italian winning for them in Monaco.

To this day, Villeneuve remains the last non-European driver to win a World Championship and the last World Champion to be disqualified from a race en route to his title. His title was also Williams' most recent to date.

Formula One Statistical Overview[]

F1 Career History[]

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Pts.	WDC Pos.	Report
1995	Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams-Renault	Test Driver
1996	Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams-Renault	78	2nd	Report
1997	Rothmans Williams Renault	Williams-Renault	81	1st	Report
1998	Winfield Williams	Williams-Mecachrome	21	5th	Report
1999	British American Racing	BAR-Supertec	0	NC	Report
2000	Lucky Strike Reynard BAR Honda	BAR-Honda	17	7th	Report
2001	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR-Honda	12	7th	Report
2002	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR-Honda	4	12th	Report
2003	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR-Honda	6	16th	Report
2004	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault	Test Driver		Report
2004	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault	0	21st	Report
2005	Sauber Petronas	Sauber-Petronas	9	14th	Report
2006	BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber	7	15th	Report

Statistics[]

Entries	165
Starts	164
Pole positions	13
Front row starts	23
Victories	11
Podia	23
Fastest laps	9
Points	235
Laps raced	8314
kms raced	39993.307
Races led	20
Laps led	633
kms led	2965.140
Doubles	5
Hat-tricks	2

Wins[]

No.	Race
1	1996 European Grand Prix
2	1996 British Grand Prix
3	1996 Hungarian Grand Prix
4	1996 Portuguese Grand Prix
5	1997 Brazilian Grand Prix
6	1997 Argentine Grand Prix
7	1997 Spanish Grand Prix
8	1997 British Grand Prix
9	1997 Hungarian Grand Prix
10	1997 Austrian Grand Prix
11	1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix

Career Results[]

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pts	Pos
1996																				78	2nd
1996	2nd^P	Ret	2nd	1st	11th^†	Ret	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd^P	7th	1st	Ret^P				78	2nd
1997																				81	1st
1997	Ret^P	1st^P	1st^P	Ret^P	Ret	1st^P	Ret	4th	1st^P	Ret	1st	5th^P	5th	1st^P	1st	DSQ^P	3rd^P			81	1st
1998																				21	5th
1998	5th	7th	Ret	4th	6th	5th	10th	4th	7th	6th	3rd	3rd	Ret	Ret	8th	6th				21	5th
1999																				0	NC
1999	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15th	8th	10th^†	Ret	9th				0	NC
2000																				17	7th
2000	4th	Ret	5th	16th^†	Ret	Ret	7th	15th^†	4th	4th	8th	12th	7th	Ret	4th	6th	5th			17	7th
2001																				12	7th
2001	Ret	Ret	7th	Ret	3rd	8th	4th	Ret	9th	Ret	8th	3rd	9th	8th	6th	Ret	10th			12	7th
2002																				4	12th
2002	Ret	8th	10th^†	7th	7th	10th^†	Ret	Ret	12th	4th	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	9th	6th	Ret			4	12th
2003																				6	16th
2003	9th	DNS	6th	Ret	Ret	12th	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	10th	9th	Ret	6th	Ret					6	16th
2004																				0	21st
2004																11th	10th	10th		0	21st
2005																				9	14th
2005	13th	Ret	11th^†	4th	Ret	11th	13th	9th	DNS	8th	14th	15th	Ret	11th	11th	6th	12th	12th	10th	9	14th
2006																				7	15th
2006	Ret	7th	6th	12th	8th	12th	14th	8th	Ret	Ret	11th	Ret								7	15th

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish	DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish	TD	Test driver
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap	DNS	Did not start
18th^†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)	NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4th^P	Qualified for pole position	[+] More Symbols

^† Did not finish, but completed over 90% of the race-winner's distance and was classified.

External links[]

V T E	Jacques Villeneuve
Seasons 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006
Season Reports 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006
Teams Williams (1996-1998) • BAR (1999–2003) • Renault (2004) • Sauber (2005) • BMW Sauber (2006)
Teammates Damon Hill (1996) • Heinz-Harald Frentzen (1997-1998) • Ricardo Zonta (1999-2000) • Mika Salo (1999) • Olivier Panis (2001-2002) • Jenson Button (2003) • Fernando Alonso (2004) • Felipe Massa (2005) • Nick Heidfeld (2006)
Rivalries Michael Schumacher
Other pages Gilles (father) • Jacques, Sr. (uncle) • Statistics • Teammate comparison • Category

V T E	List of World Drivers' Champions
1950: Giuseppe Farina 1951: Juan Manuel Fangio 1952: Alberto Ascari 1953: Alberto Ascari 1954: Juan Manuel Fangio 1955: Juan Manuel Fangio 1956: Juan Manuel Fangio 1957: Juan Manuel Fangio 1958: Mike Hawthorn 1959: Jack Brabham 1960: Jack Brabham 1961: Phil Hill 1962: Graham Hill 1963: Jim Clark 1964: John Surtees 1965: Jim Clark 1966: Jack Brabham 1967: Denny Hulme 1968: Graham Hill 1969: Jackie Stewart		1970: Jochen Rindt 1971: Jackie Stewart 1972: Emerson Fittipaldi 1973: Jackie Stewart 1974: Emerson Fittipaldi 1975: Niki Lauda 1976: James Hunt 1977: Niki Lauda 1978: Mario Andretti 1979: Jody Scheckter 1980: Alan Jones 1981: Nelson Piquet 1982: Keke Rosberg 1983: Nelson Piquet 1984: Niki Lauda 1985: Alain Prost 1986: Alain Prost 1987: Nelson Piquet 1988: Ayrton Senna 1989: Alain Prost	1990: Ayrton Senna 1991: Ayrton Senna 1992: Nigel Mansell 1993: Alain Prost 1994: Michael Schumacher 1995: Michael Schumacher 1996: Damon Hill 1997: Jacques Villeneuve 1998: Mika Häkkinen 1999: Mika Häkkinen 2000: Michael Schumacher 2001: Michael Schumacher 2002: Michael Schumacher 2003: Michael Schumacher 2004: Michael Schumacher 2005: Fernando Alonso 2006: Fernando Alonso 2007: Kimi Räikkönen 2008: Lewis Hamilton 2009: Jenson Button	2010: Sebastian Vettel 2011: Sebastian Vettel 2012: Sebastian Vettel 2013: Sebastian Vettel 2014: Lewis Hamilton 2015: Lewis Hamilton 2016: Nico Rosberg 2017: Lewis Hamilton 2018: Lewis Hamilton 2019: Lewis Hamilton 2020: Lewis Hamilton 2021: Max Verstappen 2022: Max Verstappen 2023: Max Verstappen

V T E	List of World Drivers' Championship runners-up
1950: Juan Manuel Fangio 1951: Alberto Ascari 1952: Giuseppe Farina 1953: Juan Manuel Fangio 1954: José Froilán González 1955: Stirling Moss 1956: Stirling Moss 1957: Stirling Moss 1958: Stirling Moss 1959: Tony Brooks 1960: Bruce McLaren 1961: Wolfgang von Trips 1962: Jim Clark 1963: Graham Hill 1964: Graham Hill 1965: Graham Hill 1966: John Surtees 1967: Jack Brabham 1968: Jackie Stewart 1969: Jacky Ickx		1970: Jacky Ickx 1971: Ronnie Peterson 1972: Jackie Stewart 1973: Emerson Fittipaldi 1974: Clay Regazzoni 1975: Emerson Fittipaldi 1976: Niki Lauda 1977: Jody Scheckter 1978: Ronnie Peterson 1979: Gilles Villeneuve 1980: Nelson Piquet 1981: Carlos Reutemann 1982: Didier Pironi 1983: Alain Prost 1984: Alain Prost 1985: Michele Alboreto 1986: Nigel Mansell 1987: Nigel Mansell 1988: Alain Prost 1989: Ayrton Senna	1990: Alain Prost 1991: Nigel Mansell 1992: Riccardo Patrese 1993: Ayrton Senna 1994: Damon Hill 1995: Damon Hill 1996: Jacques Villeneuve 1997: Heinz-Harald Frentzen* 1998: Michael Schumacher 1999: Eddie Irvine 2000: Mika Häkkinen 2001: David Coulthard 2002: Rubens Barrichello 2003: Kimi Räikkönen 2004: Rubens Barrichello 2005: Kimi Räikkönen 2006: Michael Schumacher 2007: Lewis Hamilton 2008: Felipe Massa 2009: Sebastian Vettel	2010: Fernando Alonso 2011: Jenson Button 2012: Fernando Alonso 2013: Fernando Alonso 2014: Nico Rosberg 2015: Nico Rosberg 2016: Lewis Hamilton 2017: Sebastian Vettel 2018: Sebastian Vettel 2019: Valtteri Bottas 2020: Valtteri Bottas 2021: Lewis Hamilton 2022: Charles Leclerc 2023: Sergio Pérez
* Michael Schumacher was disqualified from the 1997 championship.

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Name	Villeneuve, Jacques
Alternative names
Short description	Racing driver
Date of birth	9 April 1971
Place of birth	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada
Date of death
Place of death