Giles Villeneuve

There is so much to write about Giles, that its a monumental task. Someday I will get to it.
Perhaps, his own words say a lot about him:

I love driving the car right to the limit, feeling it drifting and knowing the car is right at its maximum. Hitting that limit, the absolute flat-out fastest that a car will go through a corner, is a tremendous feeling - an absolutely fantastic sensation. It doesn't matter if there's anyone watching or even if there's a stopwatch on me. By itself, it is enough.

Meanwhile, here are a couple of photographs of the greatest racer in F1.

Here is Giles doing a lap on three wheels with a broken suspension in his Ferrari at Zandvoort in 1979. He always gave his 100% even when the car was way below his potential.


Giles was a simple, uncomplicated person. Here he is with his family (Joann - his wife, and Jacques and Melanie - his kids)


Dad at work ! Jacques and Melanie with their father.