gilles villeneuve (spelling)?

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i reckon the lucky bastard, id give my left nut to be associated in any way shape or form in f1 at any time. hell, id be a front wing if i could.
 
Wow,the video of Gilles Villeneuve was cool!To notch for that CCX 👍 I'll +rep you for that!Anyways,very few people are like Gilles.His skills and bravery are no match for others at that time.He could be compared to Aryton Senna (or the other way around).But sadly,both died in a crash which doesn't deserve to take out their live :(

If Gilles was still alive today (as well as Senna) both of them could be racing side by side in a matter of inches and no one will ever get close to them.Not even Michael Schumacher or even Mika Hakkinen!

EDIT: Oh yeah, that song in that video was The Boulevard of Broken Songs by The Legion of Doom for your information.
 
I figured I would add my 2 cents in as well. I kinda got to this thread a little late, and I believe D0wNForc3 got the answers he was looking for. but, I believe the reason he is one of the most revered Ferrari drivers in history is because he did things that weren't supposed to be done. he made them work, and he bent the laws of physics...or at least it seemed like it. I mean, it was his teammate who won the championship in '79 (Jody Schekter), yet people seem to forget about him when they were reminded who was in the other car.

I actually bought the biography of him after hearing stories of him and his car control. I prefer an oversteering car when racing, so interest was sparked when seeing a few clips of him. when I bought the biography, and heard all the stories that were told of him, I quickly became a fan of him. I regard him as the quickest person to ever sit behind the wheel of a racing car to date. and as big a fan of Senna as I am, I even believe Gilles would have proved too much for him. before he died (obviously), Senna has said that he wished to have raced against Gilles maybe in the same way Schumacher wanted Senna to live, or Lewis wanting Schumacher to not have retired. the man was just ridiculously quick (11 seconds quicker than anyone in wet practice at the Glen in '79), and his car control was just gobsmackingly good. to me, he will always be supreme when it comes to driving a car quickly.

"I never think I can hurt myself not-seriously. If you belive it can happen to you, how can you do this job? If your never over eight-tenths, or whatever, because your thinking about a shunt, you're not going as quick as you can. And if your not doing that, you're not a racing driver. Some guys in Formula 1...well, to me, they're not racing drivers. They drive racing cars, that's all. They're doing half a job. And in that case, I wonder why they do it at all..."
-Gilles Villeneuve






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If Gilles was still alive today (as well as Senna) both of them could be racing side by side in a matter of inches and no one will ever get close to them.Not even Michael Schumacher or even Mika Hakkinen!
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I dont think you can say that. If Gilles had lived it looks like he would have gone to Mclaren, meaning Senna my never got into Mclaren. Also If Gilles went to Mclaren then other drivers would have stayed at other teams, so Senna might not have even got into f1 as soon as he did.

Just a thought.
 
gilles would have been into his 40's to race schucheater and mika
 
Nice spelling of schumi you got there.
I think if he was thrown into today when he was 30 he wouldnt have been such a great driver. Today it's a more techincal sport and one mistake could cost you the race. No doubt he was a great driver in his day. The slicks were slicks so wearing out wasn't such a problem.

In his day he was a true great, Throwing him into a completly different era would be not the best thing to judge a driver on.
 
do u reckon if gilles was around today in todays f1 cars he would still have a very loose car??? or its not practical with todays cars and racing etc?
 
I'd say traction control would have something to say about it. Not too many loose drivers around at the moment unfortunately.
 
No, no, brilliant video. But, even then, it doesn't tell the whole story about who/how was Gilles Villeneuve. This low quality video shows the missing part. The Canadian GP of 1981, done under heavy rain, with a turbo car (early turbo era, when these cars were still very difficult to master).

The brazilian commentators keep saying that GV should pit or retire, that the race director should black-flag him ... and they were probably right :D

Anyway, watching this footage again and even though I know the story and actually saw this race live, I still find what Gilles did ... unbelievable! I guess he knew how to drive this track with his eyes closed (and without downforce at the front, and with probable turbulence all over, and in a turbocharged car, and in extreme wet conditions, and .... unbelievable, what else can be said ... )

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EDIT: All this surfaced into my mind because of the "top 20" F1 drivers thread, I really hope posting in a 2 -year old thread isn't a problem.
 

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