You don't win the Cart(IndyCar) title, the Indy 500 and the Formula 1 title all by the age of 26 unless you are a great driver. He made the mistake of going to BAR and then lost interest in F1 when he didn't have a competitive car.
yup, and by the time he finally decided to start looking around at other teams the top ones were no longer interested in him. Becasue they felt he was a "has been".
Williams was the fastest car, but Heinz-Harald Frentzen never showed the kind of blistering pace in it as did Villeneuve. If Williams had been driven by Frentzen and some other less capable driver as his team mate, the car wouldn't have looked so good suddenly.
Mr. Wapoj lol you saying a shit. Williams in start season be faster 0.1-0.2 at the end ferrari be faster by 0.8-1 sec. Because reno go away from f1 and not keeped bild new engine modifications. Shumi all his life drive with fasters cars and with ferrari car why fastwr 1.5 to 2 seconds. If JV and MS drive in one time in ferrari, MS stay with 0 title in ferrari. Amd not forget that MS teams always be with cheats...fuel, aerodinamoc, traction control... and badest think that MS like a people be shit...
@@the_red_barron1002 what the hell were you watching lmfao the BAR 01 was a shitbox. It was literally midfield, this was an outrageous performance by Villeneuve and in hindsight criminally underrated. Out racing Schumacher for a lengthy period in a brilliant 3rd, then running a strong 5th till retirement. Miles in front of anyone else. It was Alonso esque. JV in his prime was a great driver.
@@flipflop4396 dude you got NFI. Actually watch the race before talking lol. That BAR was the 6th or 7th fastest car on average in 1999, he was racing the wheels off it. Not only did he mix it with the Ferraris for the first stint, in the second stint he was 5th and miles in front of the superior Jordan's, Stewart's, Williams and Benettons until he retired. It was a brilliant performance straight up. That car was garbage
@@rupertpupkin9630 so what? He hardly won title with best car on the grid. Even Patrick Head said that Villneueves Williams was a better car than Schumacher, yet he made it hard and complicated to win that title.
I remember Alesi's incredible 5th place on the starting grid. Back then such a qualifying performance meant a lot when chance played a much smaller part of determining the grid.
I remember Villeneuve stating he wanted to go to a new team so what happened in 1998 at Williams didnt happen again 😬 Villeneuve said in an interview he turned down a seat at McLaren for 1999 to team with Häkkinen. A week after he was confirmed to be going to B.A.R, McLaren announced they were bringing back Coulthard. A pretty big "what if" also if he just stayed at Williams...surely he would've done better than Alex Zanardi let alone Ralf Schumacher.
It's actual performance was probably good enough for 12th to 15th. Villeneuve regularly got it into the points but as has been stated was marred with reliability. I think he only finished 4 races that season. The main issue was gearbox and electrics I believe as the Supertec engine was a Renault engine, it was just built tuned and shipped by Supertec.
That was only 3 positions made, it's a great start, but not uncommon. You want the King of fast starts then just look at Jean Alesi. He could go from 6th to 2nd by the first corner, and he did stuff like that regularly. He was the legend of clean getaways.
Jaques won the Indycar(Cart) and Formula 1 titles, his father won neither. He also won 11 Formula 1 races, his father won 6. Jacques surpassed his father.
Correct!! But there are some stats missing. He also surpassed his father by being in F1 for twice the gp's. Ahhh ... and over a decade, while his father died after 4 and a half seasons.
Gilles villeneuve is one of the best EVER!!! He died before he could win anything... but he would have won for sure!! If he just had the life time for it...
@ardoalg - It was also a no-overtaking snore fest. There was not a single proper overtake in the 1999 spanish grand prix. DRS and KERS witht he combination of pirelli tyres have made races spectacular.
The first F1 race I ever watched as a kid, and I was practically praying that the strange 555/Lucky Strike car that was the BAR held off the Ferraris before I even knew any of the drivers!
Along with San Marino qualifying, the only time all year that Villeneuve hauled that mangy dog up to where his pompous manager said it would be. In all honesty, the first BAR wasn't a slow car and Jacques' qualifying performances were usually decent, but the damn thing couldn't last for more than 15 laps at a time.
@nitroboost8765 - Barring 1 or 2 races DRS has been fair this year. No blocking? Check out Vettel for 30 laps vs Hamilton in Barcelona and 40 laps vs Alonso in Monaco, Hamilton for 20 laps vs Webber in Korea.. Anyways like I said DRS doesn't do as much as you think, when drivers have similar tyres they never breeze past each other, most of the overtakes are from new tyres vs destroyed ones..
Yes... and in his first race he had pole position too. I was myself a Jacques villeneuve fan while he was in F1, but there's no way you can compare him with Hamilton and his pace...
Hamilton wouldn't even be able to handle turn 1. The cars drive the driver around the track these days. There was no driver aids when Jaques won. Not even comparable, real racing is lost forever
@Anime998877 DRS plays a significant part in overtakes in F1 today...thats why defending has been effectively thrown out of the window this season, the order always shuffles itself out to Red Bulls at the front, followed by the McLarens, Ferrari (Massa not included) and the mercedes cars, followed by the rest of the midfield.
Villeneuve was a nightmare: if you had been overtook by one of his superb starts then his poor pace used to destroy your race. (I'm referring to his post-Williams years)
Lewis Hamilton only beat Alonso because it was Mclaren vs Alonso in 2007 and he still managed to tie Hamilton on points. If they had backed Alonso instead of Hamilton he would have been world champion in 2007.
If, if, if. Seeing as Hamilton is two race wins from equalling Schumacher's overall win record and looks set to equal his 7th title in 2020 it certainly seems as if Ron Dennis was *wise* not to hold back such incredible talent. They backed *nobody* - Alonso just tried to pull a Prost (who tried to say that Honda gave Senna better engines etc). Unfortunately Alonso was never as smart as Prost.
2 points here. First, this car was supposed to have won its first race, according to the fraud himself, Craig Pollock. Second, Villeneuve's start saw him gain more positions than overtaking moves in the race.
Actually it was Adrian Reynard, the car designer, that said it would take pole and win its first race. Not trying to say that Craig Pollock wasn't extremely stuck up and rather narcissistic though.
Mate this was the worst race of 1999. The 1999 season was the best I've ever seen So many classic races. Watch France, Nurburgring, Silverstone, Australia and Japan before you criticize this legendary season.
Yes, and did you know that Alain Prost would have won both the 1988 and 1989 championships (with Senna as his team mate) if ALL the points had counted to the world championship and not just the best 11 out of 16? That would mean that Prost would have had 5 titles to Senna's 2.
@MP423Fan Nonethless there is something quite incredible about a team with squillions to spend not managing to get both cars home in the points until their 32nd race
@DnylF1 He should never have left Williams at all. Only money and his manager Craig Pollock lured him away to BAR. A very bold move but ultimately foolish. Frank Williams wanted Villenueve to stay for 1999 and 2000.
@F1andris wtf you talking about that BAR was nearly on same performance level of the Stewart Ford. Zonta let the car look like shit but the BAR was definetly not a horrible Car kid...ive wtchin every single practice since the end of the season 96.....
It wasn't terribly slow, just extremely unreliable. Many times that season they were in healthy points scoring positions and either the engine or the fragile wings/suspension let them down.
@Anime998877 Alonso's defending at Monaco, what a joke! Nobody but Webber, Kobayashi, Schumacher and Lewis (Who everyone calls dangerous for even trying to pass) even managed an overtake at Monaco, and almost none of them overtook cleany! The other two exaples are fair enough though, but none of the midfield runners are able to mix it up at the front anymore, Alonso would have been champion had DRS been availible in 2010...he would have breezed past Petrov and Rosberg at Abu Dhabi.
When Villeneuve got to F1 he was already an Indy Car Series Champion... not really an amateur. The car he drove was WAY better than the others. And... he was beaten by his teammate Damon Hill. Lewis Hamilton hasn't been beaten by any of his teammates till today... not even by Alonso! It's like cristiansenmillus wrote: "Villeneuve is the best worst driver ever!"
@steviegbcool Unless you can win the Indy 500 and the Indycar World Series AND the F1 World Championship in three years, than I'd shut the hell up good sir.
@TheCarlsonsRaiders one good start in a poor car doesnt make you a great driver, truth is after he left williams he achieved nothing and was twice replaced midway through a season for being to slow.
Lewis Hamilton is and will continue to be one of the best drivers no matter what car he drives. Jacques wasn't half the driver Hamilton is. No comparison possible!!
I miss the V10's... and next year the Turbo V6's.. going to sound too much like Indy cars... dull and boring... FAIL I tells ya.. a hole bunch of FAIL.. Go back to V10's ... It's F1 ffs... it's supposed to be the best of the best of the best....
What an ugly, ugly car!! I wish JV had stayed at Williams. Ralf had 35 points that year in the Williams. IMO Jacques would've done much better than that.
Yes he has scored more poins in fact. But Hamilton won more races and made more podiums... also had more retirements. Besides Button has more than 200 F1 starts , Hamilton the half of it! Older, more experienced, same car... and he didn't manage to beat him! Sorry...
Jacques is a champ of two worlds, Gilles is the most overrated Driver who was in F1... Piquet was much better at the time, i don´t think Gilles would have a Title today ...
Dude, you should check yourself before you wreck yourself. It was greater people that speed of Gilles put in shade. On the contrary, I think Piquet is overrated. All 3 titles were thanx to the right car, while Gilles didn't particularly hit the greatest Ferrari era. Although, the lack of his success was also a bit shaped by his one track mind. The other best drivers of that time in my opinion were Nikki & Alain.
Villeneuve could have acheived so much more. He was fantastic!
You don't win the Cart(IndyCar) title, the Indy 500 and the Formula 1 title all by the age of 26 unless you are a great driver. He made the mistake of going to BAR and then lost interest in F1 when he didn't have a competitive car.
Mike Jones You are right
Mr. Wapojif Bastard Shumacher tried to put Villneuve out of the race back in 1997. As he did 3 years ago with D.Hill. Great sportsman!! 😂 😂 😂
yup, and by the time he finally decided to start looking around at other teams the top ones were no longer interested in him. Becasue they felt he was a "has been".
Williams was the fastest car, but Heinz-Harald Frentzen never showed the kind of blistering pace in it as did Villeneuve. If Williams had been driven by Frentzen and some other less capable driver as his team mate, the car wouldn't have looked so good suddenly.
Mr. Wapoj lol you saying a shit. Williams in start season be faster 0.1-0.2 at the end ferrari be faster by 0.8-1 sec. Because reno go away from f1 and not keeped bild new engine modifications. Shumi all his life drive with fasters cars and with ferrari car why fastwr 1.5 to 2 seconds.
If JV and MS drive in one time in ferrari, MS stay with 0 title in ferrari. Amd not forget that MS teams always be with cheats...fuel, aerodinamoc, traction control... and badest think that MS like a people be shit...
I've had the luck to enjoy live V10 synphony at the start of a GP live: it's a memory I'll never forget.
Yes simply the best! This was an incredible performance from Villeneuve. BAR was horribly slow car in 1999! Cannot believe it! :)
It wasn't that slow it was just very unreliable
@@the_red_barron1002 what the hell were you watching lmfao the BAR 01 was a shitbox. It was literally midfield, this was an outrageous performance by Villeneuve and in hindsight criminally underrated. Out racing Schumacher for a lengthy period in a brilliant 3rd, then running a strong 5th till retirement. Miles in front of anyone else. It was Alonso esque. JV in his prime was a great driver.
@@rupertpupkin9630 Spain is very hard place to overtake, lol he didnt outraced he just held Michael and cars behind him he just had better start.
@@flipflop4396 dude you got NFI. Actually watch the race before talking lol. That BAR was the 6th or 7th fastest car on average in 1999, he was racing the wheels off it. Not only did he mix it with the Ferraris for the first stint, in the second stint he was 5th and miles in front of the superior Jordan's, Stewart's, Williams and Benettons until he retired. It was a brilliant performance straight up. That car was garbage
@@rupertpupkin9630 so what? He hardly won title with best car on the grid.
Even Patrick Head said that Villneueves Williams was a better car than Schumacher, yet he made it hard and complicated to win that title.
I remember Alesi's incredible 5th place on the starting grid. Back then such a qualifying performance meant a lot when chance played a much smaller part of determining the grid.
The BAR-Supertec was an awfully unreliable car in its first year. But, it did show occasional speed now and again. Great start by JV.
I remember Villeneuve stating he wanted to go to a new team so what happened in 1998 at Williams didnt happen again 😬 Villeneuve said in an interview he turned down a seat at McLaren for 1999 to team with Häkkinen. A week after he was confirmed to be going to B.A.R, McLaren announced they were bringing back Coulthard. A pretty big "what if" also if he just stayed at Williams...surely he would've done better than Alex Zanardi let alone Ralf Schumacher.
Best season I have ever watched.
The sound of all those F1 cars on the start line, the engines revving in readiness for the start. I miss that sound.
It's actual performance was probably good enough for 12th to 15th.
Villeneuve regularly got it into the points but as has been stated was marred with reliability. I think he only finished 4 races that season. The main issue was gearbox and electrics I believe as the Supertec engine was a Renault engine, it was just built tuned and shipped by Supertec.
That Ferrari was beautiful... And the sounds of the V10 were fantastics...
Damn I love these commentators, adding so much passion to the race
Jacques was awesome in starts. He could start 12nd and enter 6th or 5th in the first curve.
Just like his father
good start with a '97 engine.
What was the point of this comment... lmao
@@ballaking1000 that Jacques did magic with a schrott of an engine if you missed that.
@@ballaking1000 2 year old engine is a slight disadvantage in F1.
eman kcin small disadvantage???
@@Funeral_Tango yes, the same engine of Jerez '97.
Villeneuve was really brave by moving to BAR from Williams, he went there to improve & develop the team to become successful.
He went there for 20 million a year, nothing brave about it.
@francescofucito1854mclaren wanted him for 1999 but he chose bar instead
This car was more like BAR imprezza instead of supertech :) with the 555.
That was only 3 positions made, it's a great start, but not uncommon. You want the King of fast starts then just look at Jean Alesi. He could go from 6th to 2nd by the first corner, and he did stuff like that regularly. He was the legend of clean getaways.
Phoenix1664 "Clean"...he jumped the start slightly more often than not
in the case he is mentioning (silverstone 95) it was clean
Or just look at jacques father. Best start ever
Italy 1996 he went from 6th to 1st!
I LOVE the 1999 BAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yup, F1 was all about pure skill back then: No KERS, No DRS etc ... just skills
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Jaques won the Indycar(Cart) and Formula 1 titles, his father won neither. He also won 11 Formula 1 races, his father won 6. Jacques surpassed his father.
Lol his father was a Kamikaze That couldn't drive ,Peterson was a better driver who knew the limits in that ex.
JEV 25 u mad
JEV 25 Yet you are a Senna fangirl
@@jev2573 pretty sure Enzo and pretty much anyone in racing would laugh at you
Correct!! But there are some stats missing. He also surpassed his father by being in F1 for twice the gp's. Ahhh ... and over a decade, while his father died after 4 and a half seasons.
Great Jacques for ever!!!!!!!!
I love how Murray Walker says Villeneuve
How I miss the voice of Murray Walker - Legend!
Gilles villeneuve is one of the best EVER!!! He died before he could win anything... but he would have won for sure!! If he just had the life time for it...
This is basically Villneuve every race he enters in NASCAR.
you have to remeber , that the 99 BAR, was the follow on from the 98 Tyrrell
Good old days!
@ardoalg - It was also a no-overtaking snore fest. There was not a single proper overtake in the 1999 spanish grand prix. DRS and KERS witht he combination of pirelli tyres have made races spectacular.
That BAR was not slow. It was one of the most unreliable F1 cars of all time
Car be slow engine just v8 not v10 and less power
The BAR was a piece of shit with a two year old customer engine. It had no right being up the front even for 1 lap.
@@DEO5182 The BAR 001 was powered by a V10 1998 Renault RS9 (Badged as Supertec)
@@Octolicia Villeneuve said, it was like a nice lady.. what do you think he was really saying
@@DEO5182 It was a v10..all the engines were...
and it was about, REAL Cars , with REAL ENGINEERING PUSHING THE LIMITS 21,000 rpms !!!! V10
:30 '' ...Behind him Eddie Irvine, then David Coolfart... '' Did I hear that right?
The first F1 race I ever watched as a kid, and I was practically praying that the strange 555/Lucky Strike car that was the BAR held off the Ferraris before I even knew any of the drivers!
Hakkinen Germany and Hungary 2000, Alonso USA 2004, Fisichella Canada 2005, Massa Hungary 2008 and Australia 2010
Along with San Marino qualifying, the only time all year that Villeneuve hauled that mangy dog up to where his pompous manager said it would be. In all honesty, the first BAR wasn't a slow car and Jacques' qualifying performances were usually decent, but the damn thing couldn't last for more than 15 laps at a time.
Fuck the electronic on f1. Nunca más ese sonido, esas peleas auto a auto, para electrónico está la fórmula E, la era híbrida le quitó el alma a la f1
@nitroboost8765 - Barring 1 or 2 races DRS has been fair this year. No blocking? Check out Vettel for 30 laps vs Hamilton in Barcelona and 40 laps vs Alonso in Monaco, Hamilton for 20 laps vs Webber in Korea.. Anyways like I said DRS doesn't do as much as you think, when drivers have similar tyres they never breeze past each other, most of the overtakes are from new tyres vs destroyed ones..
Yes... and in his first race he had pole position too. I was myself a Jacques villeneuve fan while he was in F1, but there's no way you can compare him with Hamilton and his pace...
Hamilton wouldn't even be able to handle turn 1. The cars drive the driver around the track these days. There was no driver aids when Jaques won. Not even comparable, real racing is lost forever
@@rich8381
You're partly right!
@hypervyper76 that's strange. From what I remember of my Villeneuve supporting days he was quite possibly the poorest starter I have ever seen.
@Anime998877 DRS plays a significant part in overtakes in F1 today...thats why defending has been effectively thrown out of the window this season, the order always shuffles itself out to Red Bulls at the front, followed by the McLarens, Ferrari (Massa not included) and the mercedes cars, followed by the rest of the midfield.
Villeneuve was a nightmare: if you had been overtook by one of his superb starts then his poor pace used to destroy your race. (I'm referring to his post-Williams years)
Lewis Hamilton only beat Alonso because it was Mclaren vs Alonso in 2007 and he still managed to tie Hamilton on points. If they had backed Alonso instead of Hamilton he would have been world champion in 2007.
If, if, if.
Seeing as Hamilton is two race wins from equalling Schumacher's overall win record and looks set to equal his 7th title in 2020 it certainly seems as if Ron Dennis was *wise* not to hold back such incredible talent.
They backed *nobody* - Alonso just tried to pull a Prost (who tried to say that Honda gave Senna better engines etc). Unfortunately Alonso was never as smart as Prost.
Cars stalling on the grid.... I don't think we'll ever see this again....
2 points here. First, this car was supposed to have won its first race, according to the fraud himself, Craig Pollock. Second, Villeneuve's start saw him gain more positions than overtaking moves in the race.
Yep - and people call this rubbish the "golden age" of F1. This rubbish racing is going to be what next year is gonna be like as well.
Actually it was Adrian Reynard, the car designer, that said it would take pole and win its first race. Not trying to say that Craig Pollock wasn't extremely stuck up and rather narcissistic though.
Mate this was the worst race of 1999. The 1999 season was the best I've ever seen So many classic races. Watch France, Nurburgring, Silverstone, Australia and Japan before you criticize this legendary season.
@@AlonsoRules it was a great era. Anyway, would you honestly expect Jacques to be overtaking those silver vehicles in the front with the BAR ? 🤔
@TheLarry1993 - DRS does very little. Most of the overtakes we've seen this season are from new tyres vs old tyres.
Yes, and did you know that Alain Prost would have won both the 1988 and 1989 championships (with Senna as his team mate) if ALL the points had counted to the world championship and not just the best 11 out of 16?
That would mean that Prost would have had 5 titles to Senna's 2.
@MP423Fan Nonethless there is something quite incredible about a team with squillions to spend not managing to get both cars home in the points until their 32nd race
@DnylF1
He should never have left Williams at all. Only money and his manager Craig Pollock lured him away to BAR. A very bold move but ultimately foolish.
Frank Williams wanted Villenueve to stay for 1999 and 2000.
McLarenMercedes and thats how villeneuve becsme a huge fluke rip
Williams sucked in 1999-2000 though. It was only from 2001 onwards they started to win races and challenge Ferrari and McLaren.
@F1andris
wtf you talking about that BAR was nearly on same performance level of the Stewart Ford. Zonta let the car look like shit but the BAR was definetly not a horrible Car kid...ive wtchin every single practice since the end of the season 96.....
@tomz1000 I have to agree... my favorite livery ever!
No that was Ralph Schumacher.
@thestonecoldandy: Launch control was introduced during 2001.
Villeneuve stole it a few years ago. He has been racing with it ever since...
man I forgot how sweet that split colour BAR looked. Its always the shit teams who have the best paintjobs
He would have scored quite a few points that year if the car wasn't so horribly unreliable.
How the hell can you say this car is terribly slow ???
It wasn't terribly slow, just extremely unreliable. Many times that season they were in healthy points scoring positions and either the engine or the fragile wings/suspension let them down.
You think that car should have been qualifying so high at Imola and Spain? It did so only because of Villeneuve. It was a horrible car.
That move destroyed his career, why would a world champion go for a new team
Inhumain he improved the team into what we now know bar as mercedes ;)
Because the whole team was built around him, it was actually his team. He part owned it...and was being paid big $$$$. Didn't work out though.
@Anime998877 Alonso's defending at Monaco, what a joke! Nobody but Webber, Kobayashi, Schumacher and Lewis (Who everyone calls dangerous for even trying to pass) even managed an overtake at Monaco, and almost none of them overtook cleany! The other two exaples are fair enough though, but none of the midfield runners are able to mix it up at the front anymore, Alonso would have been champion had DRS been availible in 2010...he would have breezed past Petrov and Rosberg at Abu Dhabi.
Lol and the Ferraris are not able to overpass the tricky Jacques Villeneuve...
even with a world championship. maybe if he died at the wheel the old romantics would admire him a little more
Darryl Eastlake sounds like he'd get Martin Brundle stuck in his teeth.
Sickly publicity much excel press
Yea, with Williams Jacques could have got some more wins and maybe challenge for the title again. Who knows.
There's one Villeneuve only. And his name is Gilles.
Cost Michael the race.
No. McLaren were dominant this weekend in my view.
coulda woulda shoulda
When Villeneuve got to F1 he was already an Indy Car Series Champion... not really an amateur. The car he drove was WAY better than the others. And... he was beaten by his teammate Damon Hill. Lewis Hamilton hasn't been beaten by any of his teammates till today... not even by Alonso! It's like cristiansenmillus wrote: "Villeneuve is the best worst driver ever!"
No that would be Jean Alesi.
Only one Villineuve has won a world championship, and it's not Gilles.
PJ2436 Sweet dreams kiddo 😂
@TheV12ferrari Different situations and circumstances...
@hypervyper76 not always he had a dreaful start in canada in the 2001 season
VEALNUV
if you thought that was a good start, go back 2 years earlier at Michael Schumachers start.
he tried to pull a schumacher
@nitroboost8765 True
That BAR was a good car but it was just so damn unreliable...
Alonso´s start in Barcelona was better 4th ---> 1st
Una ventina di giri dietro ad una BAR,che era più lenta di 1 secondo al giro senza riuscire a passare ......superkaiser🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It wasn't a great start, Eddie had a bad start and Schumi couldn't overtake him before the first corner so that slowed the two ferraris
jaque could never live up to his dad.
V10 gasm
@steviegbcool Unless you can win the Indy 500 and the Indycar World Series AND the F1 World Championship in three years, than I'd shut the hell up good sir.
@TheCarlsonsRaiders one good start in a poor car doesnt make you a great driver, truth is after he left williams he achieved nothing and was twice replaced midway through a season for being to slow.
I saw him jump into second place at the montreal gp in 2000. Too bad it was that shitbox Bar car. He couldn't hold them off.
Just about the same...
:56-:59 - Listen to those V10s. Pure sexy...
Lewis Hamilton is and will continue to be one of the best drivers no matter what car he drives. Jacques wasn't half the driver Hamilton is. No comparison possible!!
Damn, even in that piece of shit BAR, Jacques just flew up the grid, that's why he's such a great driver, this shows it.
Max does this every race :D
The best worst driver ever.
I miss the V10's... and next year the Turbo V6's.. going to sound too much like Indy cars... dull and boring... FAIL I tells ya.. a hole bunch of FAIL.. Go back to V10's ... It's F1 ffs... it's supposed to be the best of the best of the best....
Career wasted.
So not good :P
What an ugly, ugly car!! I wish JV had stayed at Williams. Ralf had 35 points that year in the Williams. IMO Jacques would've done much better than that.
Yes he has scored more poins in fact. But Hamilton won more races and made more podiums... also had more retirements. Besides Button has more than 200 F1 starts , Hamilton the half of it!
Older, more experienced, same car... and he didn't manage to beat him! Sorry...
Barcelona 1999 is one of the most boring race ever. Snoozefest
I think that he was put off for the rest of the season by that awful livery.
Jacques is a champ of two worlds, Gilles is the most overrated Driver who was in F1... Piquet was much better at the time, i don´t think Gilles would have a Title today ...
Dude, you should check yourself before you wreck yourself.
It was greater people that speed of Gilles put in shade.
On the contrary, I think Piquet is overrated. All 3 titles were thanx to the right car, while Gilles didn't particularly hit the greatest Ferrari era. Although, the lack of his success was also a bit shaped by his one track mind. The other best drivers of that time in my opinion were Nikki & Alain.