"The sport is more important than anything. More important than any of the people in it. Of course I say what I think. I always have, even if it upsets people like Ecclestone and Balestre. Why should I be afraid of them? The fans aren't here to see politicians and manipulators. They're here to see Alain and Mario and Carlos and me. I am very secure in my feelings about racing. I make a lot of money from it, but one thing I can tell you for sure: if the money disappeared overnight, I would still be in racing, because I love it. The entrepreneurs would be gone." Gilles Villeneuve
@@kukulili585 when you said that worthy of senna, I just think just a year and half ,of Giles and senna having the greatest battle in F1 history thought the 80s how Monaco grand Prix would of been special senna Vs Villeneuve 1988 qualifications at Monaco Villeneuve doing his famous passing on senna at Monaco.but fate robbed us of this.
French Canadian here, from Montreal, I didn’t realize that he was also this much of an icon in other parts of the world. He was adored here, we often talk about him, but it’s heart warming that he’s still loved across the world, even if he never won a championship
Cara Ella, Gilles here in Bologna Italy is remembered from everybody. And me, a 52 years old Ferrari fan, was a teenager when Gilles was racing. He was the greatest talent ever. He was a pure man, fair, he was a hero for all of us, he had such courage and balls, Italians cannot resist to a man like this. Even Enzo Ferrari was so affectionated to him, like a real son. And like all heroes he died young and in a brutal way. I am cying even now, and not ashamed of it. He was our new Nuvolari, the crazy flying man form 30s. Gilles, we always remember you in Italy. Sempre. Forever.
I was racing B sedan and GT 2 in Canada at the same time on the same track's Gilles was racing Formula Ford and Formula Atlantic , it was an honour to watch the greatest driver of all times . I saw him race at Mosport , the "Glen" and Hockenhiem in '79 . I met him at Watkins Glen and he was just as humble as he was when he raced Formula Ford , he took time to talk to me when he was racing for Ferrari and I will never forget that . Racing was was never the same for me after his death , that morning I was working on my car in my shop when I heard the tragic new's and I remembered him taking time to talk to an amateur racer and making me be a proud Canadian . Thank you Gilles ...R.I.P.
I just met him in the pits in 1979. took the time to talk to me and I was just a teenage fan. It was my first GP that I was able to attend. F1 was like a religion to me. Started watching on TV in 1971 and missed very few races from 1974-1982. But then a light went out and I lost all interest in F1 it never really came back until his son Jacques conquered the motoring world in the nineties.
Man your story almost makes me cry... You were lucky to have met the man. I hear he was "CRAZY" and other things. I refuse to believe it. he was ultra competitive of that I know. He died because he was betrayed and Gilles was a man of intense loyalty and dignity. He did not suffer fools lightly. OR people like Peroni or Enzo who betrayed him. His death was one of the biggest tragedies of all sports. I think to me it was the biggest tragedy. He was a great great racer and a fine man
I'm an old guy that has followed F1 from the mid 60's until now. Without a doubt Gilles was the most exciting driver ever. He tried to win every single lap that he ever raced even when he didn't have to. I always knew he would eventually die, but he was the most daring and dashing of them all. That is his legacy.
I too have watched F1 from the early 60's and I too always thought that one day he wouldn't make it. He pulled some great moves undoubtedly and many are shown on the video but there were many that were reckless to say the least. Most that comment here would have seen just his highlights but to have watched all his races for all his years you get a different prospective.
No driver in the history of F1 has came close to the excitement and pure driving control and seat of the pants and pushing a race car to it's absolute limits like Gilles ....the most exciting driver ever to step foot in a race car .....period
@@noobednatherium4082 Watkins Glen 1979. Friday practice. Heavy rain. First: Villeneuve 2m 01.437s. Second: Scheckter 2m 11.029s. (!!!) Nor Senna, or anybody else ever made such a monstrous difference. Even his contemporary fellow racers recognaised that he was in a league of his own.
Keke Rosberg is one of those close to him. Senna if we take account his qualifying laps aswell. But when it comes to racing Senna usually led from pole and won appart from couple of instances where he fought from the back.
Fantastic tribute to an incredible driver. Gilles Villeneuve may only have won 6 races in his all too short a career but my word did he provide the world with some cracking memories that will remain with us forever. A true racer.
His car was a beast and I don't mean that in a good way. It handled badly. Gilles I think, but who knows, in. a Williams or McClaren might have won more races. But I don't care how many races he won or didn't win. Gilles was a genius and a titan of F1.
In that video, Villeneuve "flies" past Lauda, Prost, Piquet, Jones, Sheckter and Rosberg - people who massed no less than 3+4+3+1+1+1 = 13 (THIRTEEN !) championship driver titles altogether, between 1977 and 1993 ! Only Mansell and Senna are missing. This is completely mind-blowing. One has to recognize that when Villeneuve had strokes of genius, and when his car did not broke down, NOBODY on the track could resist him. He was such a daredevil and genius driver, much like Senna, really.
@@mulhamtaibani8157 Yes. They both got "out of this world" moments in qualifications. Senna at Monaco 1988 left Prost with his mouth agap. Least known: check "Villeneuve 1979 Watkin glens". He drove under torrential rains ten second faster than his team mate and world champion Jody Sheckter. Just like Prost ten years later, he was left aghast by Villeneuve driving.
@@vonbraunwerner9067 I think the battle between Villenueve and Rene Arnox is the greatest F1 battle in F1 history! The second best I think it is the battle between Senna and Mansell in Monaco 92, And in Monaco 88 race Senna was 55 seconds faster than Prost, and Prost was second! I remember I watched a video where Senna had an amazing qualifying time, Schumacher tried several and several times to break it but couldn’t! And Senna was in that Williams rubbish car! And Villenueve’s semi-drifting driving style was far beyond beautiful, this proves that greatness is not about records who mostly achieved by calculated driving style drivers like Prost and Hamilton, but it’s about what you do on the track.
I am one of Gilles biggest fans. A talent never fully appreciated. One of F1 GREAT drivers bar none. Up there with Senna, Clark and Moss. I was very fortunate to see him win the 1979 South African GP at Kyalami. I had a photographer friend who gave me this beautiful black and white photograph he had taken of Gilles exiting Leeukop corner during the 1979 SAGP. In 1980, this photographer introduced me to Gilles after a Ferrari function prior to the 1980 SAGP which Gilles very kindly autographed the photograph for me. That photo now hangs in my study. Gilles and Jody were driving the diabolical 312 T5 that year which was one of the worst Ferraris ever raced by the Scuderia. But did Gilles ever give up? Hell no that was not in his nature. In the wet he was streets above his contemporaries. He won races in the turbo Ferrari which had power but handled like an ox cart. Gilles was great.
Same here bro... Still have may 9 82 newspaper, announcing his death... I had only one hero in my life... Proudly wore #27 on my first MX race back then
that's not true !!! Yes it was a legendary fight, but still now there is drama sometime .... for example 53 laps in Italy's gp or for example in sochi's gp ... or in germany's gp all in this season !
You're making a lot of assumptions based on things I haven't said. I said that in that era making an overtake required more skills and there was, as an attacker, no button to press to have a moving rear wing that the defender is not allowed to use. There was less management and more full throttle racing. And since it was far more dangerous, it required more bravery. Is the modern safety wrong? No. Is it sad? In a way. That's all I'm saying. Stop reacting based on your own conclusions about others opinions.
@@atheist0627 this is not true. absolutely not true. the vehicle and tires management was the primary quality because the reliability was 100 times lower than today.
I cant help but smile every time I see Villeneuve race. The way he tamed the infamous ferocious Ferrari finding gaps on the track that didn't exist. Not only was he an extremely gifted driver who was always on the limit but a true gentleman on and off the race track. The fact that his opponents spoke well of him says it all. They respected and admired him. Senna might have been the ultimate competitor but Gilles to me is and will always be the ultimate racing driver
Gilles, Gilles, Gilles ......... forever The best champion ever with Nuvolari ... nobody else so special in the F1 history ... after every race we loved him more and more .... winner or not winner he took our heart every time ....... after Gilles, we look accountants only, with no passion indeed ..... Gilles beloved forever ........ Thanks a lot to Ing. Enzo Ferrari too: he chose an unknown talent in Canada; it was a genius matter only involved two fantastic minds for our enjoyment, for our pleasure only ... Dear GOD, why shattered this our lovely dream?
I was born an hour from his birthplace. Was only 3 years old when Gilles died. Never saw him race live… So glad he made Tiffosi and Enzo proud Salut Gilles 🏁🏎🇨🇦
I'm from Modena (Italy). It was 1979, I was 13 years old. One evening, at dinner with my parents, at the Green Park in Casinalbo (town halfway between Modena and Maranello) we found ourselves sitting at the table next to Gilles, Joann, Melanie and Jacques. From that evening I have the memory of a photo I took Gilles and Joann while they were slow dancing in the center of the dance floor.
@@Donfrak On 25 April 1982 in Imola, Ferrari lost a fan, myself, who was born 15 km from the factory. On May 9th at Zolder, however, it lost its most beloved rider. I think Enzo Ferrari loved Gilles like a son. But I can't forgive him for cheating on him! After wonderful years as 2nd driver in the service of his team mate. When it was up to him to be the 1st pilot, everyone betrayed him, infamously! Excuse the outburst, but after 41 years I still haven't forgiven Ferrari.
@@robertolasagni5616 I'm not even close your age but in feel the same. Gilles is my favourite driver all time. I can't even watch clips from Imola 1982. Makes me angry.
About Gilles Villeneuve: I had already purchased my ticket for the Belgium Grand Prix at Zolder, in May 1982, when the day before the race I heard on the radio of his crash. "Clinically dead", the newsman said. I lost all interest to go to the race. Still have the unused ticket. Mark.
xedor2003 Its a very touching thing that you kept the ticket, I wasn't alive when Villeneuve was racing and was only a kid when Senna died, but I feel like I missed out on something spectacular. When I watch F1 today and see people like Alonso and Vettel complain about horsepower defecits and team mates being unhelpful I feel like there is no love or heart in the racing anymore and when I come to watch videos of Villeneuve I see a man with such passion, how the world has changed.
Alex Drake Dear Alex, I hope that every era will have it's heroes, but I must admit that I feel lucky to have seen Senna & Prost battle it out at Suzuka, seen Senna's first win in the rain in Estoril, seen Mansell & Senna battle it out for the win in the last laps both in Monaco and Estoril, have seen Villeneuve drag his back wheel section for 4/5 of the Zandvoort circuit towards the pits and leave a blaze of firy sparks behind him 3 meters long, have seen Villeneuve in Spain keep 5 cars behind him and they all finish within 2 seconds, have seen Andretti & Peterson showing what loyalty looks like and I've seen Villeneuve and Pironi in Italy showing how an end to a friendship looks like. Formula One is better now because it is safer and safer is better. But we already heard these words in the 80's... If Max Verstappen has only half of the fighting spirit that his father Jos had and if he survives his first year in F1 than things might become interesting again. Mark.
Yes I know exactly what your talking about, everyone has been building him up to be the next Senna, I personally don't think he'll be on that level, but I certainly hope he proves to be a fighter. For me the only two things that I have found interesting in the past several seasons of F1 were the fact that Mercedes allowed Hamilton and Rosberg to fight each other, even though Rosberg cheated on two occasions, neither of which he was penalized for and seeing Ricciardo bitch-slap Vettel all over the place and forcing him out of Red Bull and even when Ricciardo was penalized and given sheet bad luck he just got back up without complaining and continued racing. I just wish all the drivers had such heart
Ogni volta che vedo correre Gilles ho i brividi e grande emozione, dice bene il signore che sotto ha scritto " you see race him, you understand why the Italians loved him so much". Forse l'unico per qui il Grande Vecchio l'abbia pianto.
Villeneuve, Sena, Shumaker... thank you, you represent the finest of this sport. The home town of Gilles Villeneuve is 10 minutes from my home. He is still a hero today. RIP little crazy French men.
+ftp2leta Gilles Villeneuve wasn't French but Canadian.Maybe Villeneuve wasn't as succesful as Senna, Schumacher or Prost, but still he is my alltime favourite driver.
I watched the WWOS broadcast of the Arnoux vs Villeneuve race, and you just have to watch the whole race to get the perspective. The camera skipped the leader for what, 20 laps while it went on, and it was one of the finest examples of all out - yet trusting - driving I've seen outside a sprint car race. Truly fantastic. And after the race smiles and no rancor in celebration of an almost superhuman effort. There was no way Gilles could, on paper, keep up on the straightaways, yet he did, and attacked on EVERY corner at 100%. Legendary stuff. And afterwards, when he was interviewed, he was "What,me worry?" Like it was no big deal...
caribman10 Gilles was able to keep up in the straightaways because he wase the one that ‘’invented’’ power shifting, he even said that he loved to feel all the horsepower’s making the wheels chirp each time he banged into gears..such a great driver and person he was and still is... De la part de tout les Québécois je te salut Gilles et que tu repose en paix.
Dijon 1979 was a display of some of the greatest racing anyone has ever seen! Most of the race seemed uneventful to the casual observer, but Gilles and René were on fire that day. Arnoux had the better car, but Villeneuve was able to get more from the Ferrari than even his team thought possible. The back and forth battle for 2nd place was gripping!
Gilles Villeneuve was one of the very few and certainly the last "pilote" to earn the respect and admiration of "IL Commandatore". Enzo went to his grave in 1988 still grieving for this "pint-sized" Canadian bred distillation of the Prancing Horse legend.
Astonishing. So brazen, so fearless, so flamboyant, you can see why the Italians loved him. To see him make those passes at Monaco almost boggles the mind, his car control was so good. He was a true Maestro. I am humbled.
As a canadian myself, Gilles Villeneuve was my hero. But I wish that nobody forget that René Arnoux was quite a driver too. It takes two dancers to dance the tango, and that unforgetable show was possible because Gilles and René respected each other and were trusting the skills of each other. Probably the fact they were friends helped.
Eu tinha 11 anos quando Gilles morreu ,pra mim , Gilles e Moss são Campeões , mesmo sem títulos na F1 , são lembrados mais que muitos Campeões, e não seram esquecidos.🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑
Gilles Villeneuve was to F1 what Dale Earnhardt Sr. was to NASCAR... Absolute total dedication and focus on winning, honing their skills to a degree that few, if any have equaled and certainly none have surpassed since. I can only imagine what an IROC race featuring Gilles and Dale Sr. in equally prepared cars would have been like... RIP to both of them and sympathies to their families.
I don't care how many, or to say better, how few races you won, how many cars you have totaled, or how many ingenuities you could have avoided to score more points. You will always be a hero, the one and only true holder of the red 27. Ciao Gilles.
@Retro All the killed & injured people were in a restricted area, they trespassed at their own risk The marshal who died was trying to get people away from there. The other casualty was a photographer that was a trespasser as well. Villeneuve has nothing to do with their death. Try again, dummy.
I am a 90s kid and so only ever heard the legend of Gilles Villeneuve until I came across this video. And I’m only 3 minutes in and already 3 overtakes at Monaco. Among everything else. That scrap with Arnoux is something to behold
The most brilliant driver I've ever watched when small ,I remember going to the park to play with friends then hearing the sad news on the radio when I went home and cried in my bedroom .
@@northern_lights9333 can't believe it will be 40 years ,I remember when small the brilliant race he had at imola ,then ,he had the race taken from him .
@@redd605 yeah when Pironni screwed him over? Villeneuve was still fuming two weeks later about that when he was killed. He was an incredible racing driver.
L'unico vero pilota degli ultimi 60 anni. Nessuno come lui ha saputo trasmettere emozioni tali da tenere incollati ai video anche quelli che di corse non ne capivano. Ancora oggi la F1 deve ringraziare questo pilota che, senza vincere un mondiale, ha dato tanta fama e notorietà allo sport delle corse. Impossibile dimenticarlo.
Watkins Glen 1979, USGP... it rains ropes!! Track was flooded.... Gilles gets out of the stands and get a lap time.... Everybody in awe.. shit we have to get out too... they do... At the end.. Gilles was 9 seconds faster than ANYBODY on the field.Scheckter was second fastest with ; 2:11.029Villeneuve had 2:01.437 min !!!Jacques Lafitte was mesmerised; "Look at him, He's different from the rest of us. On a separate level"Enough said... Gilles IS LEGEND!!!
He said his days snowmobile racing forever prepared him to drive in the rain. On snow, he was absolutely blinded if anyone was in front of him so he said this experience helped him for rain driving.
I knew a guy who was racing agains Gilles when he was in snowmobile races. One day, he said to Gilles that his machine is way overpowered and thats why he wins. Gilles said "ok than, just take mine and i take yours and lets do couples of laps and we'll see". Gilles was way ahead and when they comeback from the track, Gilles just said "it's not the machine i guess" but in the funny way, not the cocky way. The guy tell me that it was his last season. He said to me "it's then i realize that i just cant compete with the top drivers so i just sell my snowmobile. I knew that i probly kill myself just to try to catch up with him. I just dont have the talent to perform at this level". Gilles was just above others. In snowmobile and in F1.
What a champion... the first turn at Monaco was fucking hard in that period with the double kerb... but he overtook other drivers like there won't be a tomorrow.
Villeneuve had a slow Ferrari, middle of the pack type... Somehow he managed to sneak to the top many times, and drive way closer to the edge than any other driver would. He was fast an spectacular, he was a natural. I admire his talent and his devotion..
The Ferrari flat-12 and transversale gearbox were almost indestructible (and quick). The problem was that the combination was too wide to fit a ground-effect car and make GE effective. Hence the 312T4 (and even worse, the 312T5) being mobile chicanes for the narrow 'V' engined full ground-effects cars.
2:13 meu amigo, que ultrapassagem foi essa...o cara para passar por dentro em Monaco daquele jeito tem que ter bola de aço e nervos de gelo. Que piloto fantástico era o Villeneuve. Ah! em em cima do melhor carro do Grid hein...
Em memória do piloto mais agressivo da história da fórmula 1, e o melhor piloto que não teve chances de ser campeão. "I loved him a like don." - Enzo Ferrari
The only F1 driver that raced to the extreme, with determination, passion, courage, and paid with is life, when he had that fatal accident, Mr. Enzo Ferrari said I just lost my son, he was from far Mr. Ferrari favorite F1 driver, we will never see another F1 driver like him, R.I.P Gilles Villeneuve 🇨🇦🏁🙏
I remember Gilles in Vancouver at Westwood before he went F1 , in the rain at a level higher than any of that Formula Atlantic day, head and shoulders above the rest. There was and will forever be only one Gilles Villeneuve.
Gilles was one of my favorite drivers back in my days of enjoying F1. Super competitive guy that showed lots of poise, talent and humility. As an young Argentinean, my driver was Reutemann, but it didn't upset me seeing Gilles win races; what a great driver!
Poor Jabouille, he won the first GP with a turbo car while everybody was excited for 2nd place fight! Only Gilles could make this! Salut Gilles, race in sky for us!
Cher Gilles Villeneuve, vous êtes parmi nous aux cieux comme représentant du coeur et du génie Français, ...mais aussi Canadien etc. Il est bon de contempler vos expressions et travaux de coureurs. Vous représentez l'énergie hardi des peuples que nous voulons comme constituant. Votre relation international du grand nous tous rassemblé chez vous fut une démonstration électrisante et à pleine charge. Vous êtes pour toujours immortalisé pour inspirer ce que doit être la valeur de nos gens et de leurs renaissances. Merci à vous, et à la famille Villeneuve qui est partout reconnu pour être très énergique.
@@Donfrak Hopefully you'll be able dust off all those videos from 78-82.....I hope you've got the time to watch dozens of hours of footage especially as Gilles seem to do it every other corner (without losing any speed).
No one, and I mean NO ONE, could drive like Gilles! How many others have that skill? Passing on the OUTSIDE! Pedal to the metal in a total downpour, with complete control of the car! Patiently waiting for his opportunity, then he's by you like you were standing still! That kind of talent will never be seen again. And I consider myself incredibly lucky to have been able to see it. Salut Gilles. We miss you.
Donfrak Thank you very much indeed for this wonderful video!!! I could never get tired of watching Gilles delivering magic with his unique talent amongst all those fabulous racers...! How I miss the good old days of F1...!!! Just when my father and I thought they'd been gone with Fangio, one day there was Gilles to be grateful for. So so sad when he passed...! And then there was Ayrton. Whenever I watch him driving I think of Gilles; whenever I see Gilles, I remember Ayrton. There have been many excellent drivers, but it always seemed to me that Gilles and Ayrton were vibrating in a very different frequency from most of those ones'... May you both R.I.P.
He is still a legend here in Italy. Damn overtaking in Monaco is always a big risk: well he didn't care a lot! He braked later then the other pilot and pushed his Ferrari in the corner faster....sure that requires some guts!
From a French Canadian, I live 5 min from the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit, I’m so happy to hear, I didn’t know he was still remembered in other parts of the world. Especially that he never won a championship. We always talk about him a lot, but I thought it was more because he was Canadian, especially a Québécois. Heart warming.
choked up watching this a whole generation of F1 fans have no idea how insanely talented and driven he was he gets lost in the shuffle with the greats but if not for a moment in time NOBODY shined any brighter. RIP GILLES
Gilles Villeneuve, Pironi, Tambay, De Angelis... se fueron tan jóvenes de la F1 pero siempre van a ser recordados. ¿Quién se acuerda de una carrera o siquiera de una maniobra de Alan Jones? Nadie. Pero todos recordamos a los pilotos que nos hicieron emocionar a principios de los '80.
Eu fico fascinado em conhecer essa história, Donfrak. Vc me apresenta um piloto que até hoje os ferraristas reverenciam, em especial pelo arrojo que ele demonstrava na pista. Aquela prova em que disputou com o René Arnoux também foi sensacional.
The good old days of F1, they don't have drivers like Villeneuve, Senna, Mansell, anymore. F1 today is a complete bore, I use to love F1 , not anymore, it died for me when Senna died.. Thanks for posting that great tribute to a real driver, who had great talent, and most of all had balls !!
Nah, sorry but that doesn't compute. At all. I don't see how you can put Senna on that group. My all time favorite driver was Piquet, not just because of his driving, but also because of his (bad) temper, his funny mood, his mechanic abilities, etc. But he wasn't the best. The best will always be Gilles and Schumacher will always come out very close. I can add a second group with Jean Alesi, Mansell, Alonso (his last 4 or 5 seasons) and topping a third group I can put Hunt, Lauda, Piquet, Senna, Andretti, Prost, Jones, Stewart, Fittipaldi, etc. Notice how even in the 3rd group I put Piquet's name in front of Senna's. ROFL All I'm saying is that Senna thought he had god controlling his hands/feet when he was driving, and that's just plain stupid. All his talking about god at the end of the races made people start a kind of a cult, that's what it was. Punchline: Senna was more of a cult than a driver. He was good at it, he was fast, he had the best car whenever he won with the exception made to Estoril 86 or 87 (I'm Portuguese but I can't recall lol) and Monaco 85 or 86 when he didn't win but he would had won if J. Yckx hadn't waved Prost the chequered flag prematurely, Yckx himself having been a hell of a driver and never winning a championship. Senna's premature death, the fact that it happened at the wheels of an F1, and the fact that it happened during a GP, all that added to the fact that F1 entered a dark era in terms of circuit safety, car safety, blah blah blah, all that have contributed to a line of thought that Senna was the best driver ever, in front of GV and MS when in fact that's pure rubbish. End of rant. :-D
Apesar d não ter nenhum título na F1 o Giles ainda é considerado por muitos o melhor piloto até hj, que clip cheio d belíssimas ultrapassagens arrojadas e éssa melodia que toca no fundo é muito mais linda ainda.
I loved you so much Gilles. You're in heaven now, and like one of your female Italian fans once said, up there, when the lighs go green, just go. We love you.
@@sergeantsupreme4395 yes, it was dangerous, drivers knew that they could die, but was real driving, no shit of electronics, only a steering wheel and manual gearbox, and pure spectacular racing
@@80sf1fan2 I dont see the problem with any of those things - manual gearbox were gone in the late 90s, as for the spectacular racing, I cant give a first hand account, but I doubt this happened every race. There is a reason its one of the greatest battles, if not the best, ever, and thats not because it was a regular occurrence. And the technology isnt really an issur, you cant expect f1 to stay in the stone ages whilst cars and life in general moves on
GRANDE EMOZIONE CHE CI A REGALATO IL GRANDE GILLES VILLENEUVE CHE IN F1 DI ADESSO NON SI VEDRANNO MAI DA NESSUNA PARTE DI UN PILOTA DI ADESSO CIAO RAGAZZI RISPONDETEMI GRAZIE MILLE.
"The sport is more important than anything. More important than any of the people in it. Of course I say what I think. I always have, even if it upsets people like Ecclestone and Balestre. Why should I be afraid of them? The fans aren't here to see politicians and manipulators. They're here to see Alain and Mario and Carlos and me. I am very secure in my feelings about racing. I make a lot of money from it, but one thing I can tell you for sure: if the money disappeared overnight, I would still be in racing, because I love it. The entrepreneurs would be gone." Gilles Villeneuve
Love this
You can't be more Québécois! 😉
Worthy of Senna
Wow stickin it to ecclestone ❤
@@kukulili585 when you said that worthy of senna, I just think just a year and half ,of Giles and senna having the greatest battle in F1 history thought the 80s how Monaco grand Prix would of been special senna Vs Villeneuve 1988 qualifications at Monaco Villeneuve doing his famous passing on senna at Monaco.but fate robbed us of this.
French Canadian here, from Montreal, I didn’t realize that he was also this much of an icon in other parts of the world.
He was adored here, we often talk about him, but it’s heart warming that he’s still loved across the world, even if he never won a championship
He was an idol for F1 fans here in Brazil until today.
One of the biggest.
An untitled champion.
Greetings, from Rio de Janeiro.
I wachted him, at Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, in 1982.
Almost every Italian knows who Villeneuve was and someone still cries at his memory
Ella, he won our hearts he won our minds
Gracias totales Gilles
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Cara Ella, Gilles here in Bologna Italy is remembered from everybody. And me, a 52 years old Ferrari fan, was a teenager when Gilles was racing. He was the greatest talent ever. He was a pure man, fair, he was a hero for all of us, he had such courage and balls, Italians cannot resist to a man like this. Even Enzo Ferrari was so affectionated to him, like a real son. And like all heroes he died young and in a brutal way. I am cying even now, and not ashamed of it. He was our new Nuvolari, the crazy flying man form 30s. Gilles, we always remember you in Italy. Sempre. Forever.
Gilles restera toujours dans nos coeurs ici au Québec et partout dans le monde. Tu ne seras jamais oublié! 😢
The greatest champion, that never was.
Le Grand Gilles Villeneuve.
Sir Sterling Moss is also on that list.
He did it - again and again! No traction control, no ABS and no compromise - but always fair play - well done! Thumbs up for this guy.
I was racing B sedan and GT 2 in Canada at the same time on the same track's Gilles was racing Formula Ford and Formula Atlantic , it was an honour to watch the greatest driver of all times . I saw him race at Mosport , the "Glen" and Hockenhiem in '79 . I met him at Watkins Glen and he was just as humble as he was when he raced Formula Ford , he took time to talk to me when he was racing for Ferrari and I will never forget that . Racing was was never the same for me after his death , that morning I was working on my car in my shop when I heard the tragic new's and I remembered him taking time to talk to an amateur racer and making me be a proud Canadian . Thank you Gilles ...R.I.P.
I just met him in the pits in 1979. took the time to talk to me and I was just a teenage fan. It was my first GP that I was able to attend. F1 was like a religion to me. Started watching on TV in 1971 and missed very few races from 1974-1982. But then a light went out and I lost all interest in F1 it never really came back until his son Jacques conquered the motoring world in the nineties.
@@markusmueller2246 @Edgar Schuermer
You were very lucky!
I Had this honor with another fantastic driver: Colin McRae
Man your story almost makes me cry... You were lucky to have met the man. I hear he was "CRAZY" and other things. I refuse to believe it. he was ultra competitive of that I know. He died because he was betrayed and Gilles was a man of intense loyalty and dignity. He did not suffer fools lightly. OR people like Peroni or Enzo who betrayed him. His death was one of the biggest tragedies of all sports. I think to me it was the biggest tragedy. He was a great great racer and a fine man
Gilles was so good he appeared to defy the laws of physics. An amazing driver, born for speed. Salut Gilles!
Gilles Leggend Forever!!
I'm an old guy that has followed F1 from the mid 60's until now. Without a doubt Gilles was the most exciting driver ever. He tried to win every single lap that he ever raced even when he didn't have to. I always knew he would eventually die, but he was the most daring and dashing of them all. That is his legacy.
I too have watched F1 from the early 60's and I too always thought that one day he wouldn't make it.
He pulled some great moves undoubtedly and many are shown on the video but there were many that were reckless to say the least. Most that comment here would have seen just his highlights but to have watched all his races for all his years you get a different prospective.
No driver in the history of F1 has came close to the excitement and pure driving control and seat of the pants and pushing a race car to it's absolute limits like Gilles ....the most exciting driver ever to step foot in a race car .....period
Senna
@@noobednatherium4082 Watkins Glen 1979. Friday practice. Heavy rain. First: Villeneuve 2m 01.437s. Second: Scheckter 2m 11.029s. (!!!) Nor Senna, or anybody else ever made such a monstrous difference. Even his contemporary fellow racers recognaised that he was in a league of his own.
@@Nnnuvolari yeah I've changed since then
Keke Rosberg is one of those close to him. Senna if we take account his qualifying laps aswell. But when it comes to racing Senna usually led from pole and won appart from couple of instances where he fought from the back.
@@Nnnuvolari Senna 55 seconds faster than second Prost, Monaco88.
Fantastic tribute to an incredible driver.
Gilles Villeneuve may only have won 6 races in his all too short a career but my word did he provide the world with some cracking memories that will remain with us forever.
A true racer.
His car was a beast and I don't mean that in a good way. It handled badly. Gilles I think, but who knows, in. a Williams or McClaren might have won more races. But I don't care how many races he won or didn't win. Gilles was a genius and a titan of F1.
In that video, Villeneuve "flies" past Lauda, Prost, Piquet, Jones, Sheckter and Rosberg - people who massed no less than 3+4+3+1+1+1 = 13 (THIRTEEN !) championship driver titles altogether, between 1977 and 1993 ! Only Mansell and Senna are missing. This is completely mind-blowing. One has to recognize that when Villeneuve had strokes of genius, and when his car did not broke down, NOBODY on the track could resist him. He was such a daredevil and genius driver, much like Senna, really.
learn how to race on snowmobile in minus 20 temperature on ice circuits with ten other crazies like him with little visibility
Both Senna and Villenueve are the greatests! In my opinion.
@@mulhamtaibani8157 Yes. They both got "out of this world" moments in qualifications. Senna at Monaco 1988 left Prost with his mouth agap. Least known: check "Villeneuve 1979 Watkin glens". He drove under torrential rains ten second faster than his team mate and world champion Jody Sheckter. Just like Prost ten years later, he was left aghast by Villeneuve driving.
@@vonbraunwerner9067 I think the battle between Villenueve and Rene Arnox is the greatest F1 battle in F1 history! The second best I think it is the battle between Senna and Mansell in Monaco 92, And in Monaco 88 race Senna was 55 seconds faster than Prost, and Prost was second! I remember I watched a video where Senna had an amazing qualifying time, Schumacher tried several and several times to break it but couldn’t! And Senna was in that Williams rubbish car! And Villenueve’s semi-drifting driving style was far beyond beautiful, this proves that greatness is not about records who mostly achieved by calculated driving style drivers like Prost and Hamilton, but it’s about what you do on the track.
He passed Jones in Monaco because Jones was suffering from fuel starvation.
I am one of Gilles biggest fans. A talent never fully appreciated. One of F1 GREAT drivers bar none. Up there with Senna, Clark and Moss. I was very fortunate to see him win the 1979 South African GP at Kyalami. I had a photographer friend who gave me this beautiful black and white photograph he had taken of Gilles exiting Leeukop corner during the 1979 SAGP. In 1980, this photographer introduced me to Gilles after a Ferrari function prior to the 1980 SAGP which Gilles very kindly autographed the photograph for me.
That photo now hangs in my study. Gilles and Jody were driving the diabolical 312 T5 that year which was one of the worst Ferraris ever raced by the Scuderia. But did Gilles ever give up? Hell no that was not in his nature. In the wet he was streets above his contemporaries.
He won races in the turbo Ferrari which had power but handled like an ox cart. Gilles was great.
The 312 T5 is the worst Ferrari F1 car ever built...by FAR! Statistics are clear....they ended up 10th in 1980 🤣
Still missing him. Still tears in my eyes, watching him. After 37 f**king years.
The same thing for me . I'm french Canadian like him. I live in Québec.
I feel the same. I am Scottish
Same here bro... Still have may 9 82 newspaper, announcing his death... I had only one hero in my life... Proudly wore #27 on my first MX race back then
I Feel the same too. I am brazilian. Gilles is THE BEST
And I use 27 in every time I can!
Villeneuve vs Arnoux 1979: more drama and excitement in three laps than a whole decade of today’s F1...
I seen at the moment, and made a song, years after, about it ruclips.net/video/nE6_CHIE9KU/видео.html
that's not true !!! Yes it was a legendary fight, but still now there is drama sometime .... for example 53 laps in Italy's gp or for example in sochi's gp ... or in germany's gp all in this season !
Very cool the 1st time I seen it! This now more like 50+ times I have seen it!
Some fans really are stupid and blind.
Oh brother. It wasn't exciting when Vettel rammed Hamilton's car?? Smdh
No DRS, no KERS, no fuel management, no tire management. Just guts.
You're making a lot of assumptions based on things I haven't said. I said that in that era making an overtake required more skills and there was, as an attacker, no button to press to have a moving rear wing that the defender is not allowed to use. There was less management and more full throttle racing. And since it was far more dangerous, it required more bravery. Is the modern safety wrong? No. Is it sad? In a way. That's all I'm saying. Stop reacting based on your own conclusions about others opinions.
I don.t agree with your opinion: Gilles had both Drs and Kers......in his right foot😉
@@atheist0627 this is not true. absolutely not true.
the vehicle and tires management was the primary quality because the reliability was 100 times lower than today.
.....Just guts.....No Halos...........Let the drivers run the game.
And no sequential gears
No hybrids....
No gays safety cars....
I cant help but smile every time I see Villeneuve race. The way he tamed the infamous ferocious Ferrari finding gaps on the track that didn't exist. Not only was he an extremely gifted driver who was always on the limit but a true gentleman on and off the race track. The fact that his opponents spoke well of him says it all. They respected and admired him. Senna might have been the ultimate competitor but Gilles to me is and will always be the ultimate racing driver
Canadian pride! RIP Greg Moore and Gilles Villeneuve, forever missed but never forgotten!
Gilles, Gilles, Gilles ......... forever
The best champion ever with Nuvolari ...
nobody else so special in the F1 history ...
after every race we loved him more and more .... winner or not winner
he took our heart every time .......
after Gilles, we look accountants only, with no passion indeed .....
Gilles beloved forever ........
Thanks a lot to Ing. Enzo Ferrari too: he chose an unknown talent in Canada;
it was a genius matter only involved two fantastic minds
for our enjoyment, for our pleasure only ...
Dear GOD, why shattered this our lovely dream?
I was born an hour from his birthplace. Was only 3 years old when Gilles died. Never saw him race live… So glad he made Tiffosi and Enzo proud
Salut Gilles 🏁🏎🇨🇦
@@marc-andredion9743 you must be proud of him ...
Gilles forever in our mind ..
every italian people loves his great talent ...
unforgettable
I'm from Modena (Italy). It was 1979, I was 13 years old. One evening, at dinner with my parents, at the Green Park in Casinalbo (town halfway between Modena and Maranello) we found ourselves sitting at the table next to Gilles, Joann, Melanie and Jacques. From that evening I have the memory of a photo I took Gilles and Joann while they were slow dancing in the center of the dance floor.
Thats a wonderful memory!
@@Donfrak On 25 April 1982 in Imola, Ferrari lost a fan, myself, who was born 15 km from the factory. On May 9th at Zolder, however, it lost its most beloved rider. I think Enzo Ferrari loved Gilles like a son. But I can't forgive him for cheating on him! After wonderful years as 2nd driver in the service of his team mate. When it was up to him to be the 1st pilot, everyone betrayed him, infamously!
Excuse the outburst, but after 41 years I still haven't forgiven Ferrari.
@@Donfrak I hope that the Google translator translates well the sense of my comment, because I don't speak English
Ciao!
@@robertolasagni5616 I'm not even close your age but in feel the same. Gilles is my favourite driver all time. I can't even watch clips from Imola 1982. Makes me angry.
@@robertolasagni5616 io ho capito bene Roberto, senza problema :)
About Gilles Villeneuve: I had already purchased my ticket for the Belgium Grand Prix at Zolder, in May 1982, when the day before the race I heard on the radio of his crash. "Clinically dead", the newsman said. I lost all interest to go to the race. Still have the unused ticket.
Mark.
Thank you very much for your kind words. I love you too and have the greatest respect for you and your opinion
xedor2003 Its a very touching thing that you kept the ticket, I wasn't alive when Villeneuve was racing and was only a kid when Senna died, but I feel like I missed out on something spectacular. When I watch F1 today and see people like Alonso and Vettel complain about horsepower defecits and team mates being unhelpful I feel like there is no love or heart in the racing anymore and when I come to watch videos of Villeneuve I see a man with such passion, how the world has changed.
Alex Drake Dear Alex, I hope that every era will have it's heroes, but I must admit that I feel lucky to have seen Senna & Prost battle it out at Suzuka, seen Senna's first win in the rain in Estoril, seen Mansell & Senna battle it out for the win in the last laps both in Monaco and Estoril, have seen Villeneuve drag his back wheel section for 4/5 of the Zandvoort circuit towards the pits and leave a blaze of firy sparks behind him 3 meters long, have seen Villeneuve in Spain keep 5 cars behind him and they all finish within 2 seconds, have seen Andretti & Peterson showing what loyalty looks like and I've seen Villeneuve and Pironi in Italy showing how an end to a friendship looks like.
Formula One is better now because it is safer and safer is better. But we already heard these words in the 80's...
If Max Verstappen has only half of the fighting spirit that his father Jos had and if he survives his first year in F1 than things might become interesting again.
Mark.
Yes I know exactly what your talking about, everyone has been building him up to be the next Senna, I personally don't think he'll be on that level, but I certainly hope he proves to be a fighter.
For me the only two things that I have found interesting in the past several seasons of F1 were the fact that Mercedes allowed Hamilton and Rosberg to fight each other, even though Rosberg cheated on two occasions, neither of which he was penalized for and seeing Ricciardo bitch-slap Vettel all over the place and forcing him out of Red Bull and even when Ricciardo was penalized and given sheet bad luck he just got back up without complaining and continued racing. I just wish all the drivers had such heart
xedor2003 Yea, you've seen it on youtube you fucking noob
Ogni volta che vedo correre Gilles ho i brividi e grande emozione, dice bene il signore che sotto ha scritto " you see race him, you understand why the Italians loved him so much".
Forse l'unico per qui il Grande Vecchio l'abbia pianto.
Villeneuve, Sena, Shumaker... thank you, you represent the finest of this sport. The home town of Gilles Villeneuve is 10 minutes from my home. He is still a hero today. RIP little crazy French men.
+ftp2leta Gilles Villeneuve wasn't French but Canadian.Maybe Villeneuve wasn't as succesful as Senna, Schumacher or Prost, but still he is my alltime favourite driver.
+SNUIF Actually, he was from Quebec, a french Canadian ;)
+SNUIF he was FRENCH Canadian
And Lauda!!!!
And Fangio?
Unico pilota a sorpassare a Montecarlo. Senza tutta ľ elettronica che c' è adesso..........Immenso Gilles.
I watched the WWOS broadcast of the Arnoux vs Villeneuve race, and you just have to watch the whole race to get the perspective. The camera skipped the leader for what, 20 laps while it went on, and it was one of the finest examples of all out - yet trusting - driving I've seen outside a sprint car race. Truly fantastic. And after the race smiles and no rancor in celebration of an almost superhuman effort. There was no way Gilles could, on paper, keep up on the straightaways, yet he did, and attacked on EVERY corner at 100%. Legendary stuff. And afterwards, when he was interviewed, he was "What,me worry?" Like it was no big deal...
caribman10 Gilles was able to keep up in the straightaways because he wase the one that ‘’invented’’ power shifting, he even said that he loved to feel all the horsepower’s making the wheels chirp each time he banged into gears..such a great driver and person he was and still is... De la part de tout les Québécois je te salut Gilles et que tu repose en paix.
Yes, epic stuff. They would have been banned for the rest of the season in this modern video game type formula 1.
Dijon 1979 was a display of some of the greatest racing anyone has ever seen! Most of the race seemed uneventful to the casual observer, but Gilles and René were on fire that day. Arnoux had the better car, but Villeneuve was able to get more from the Ferrari than even his team thought possible. The back and forth battle for 2nd place was gripping!
Gilles Villeneuve was one of the very few and certainly the last "pilote" to earn the respect and admiration of "IL Commandatore". Enzo went to his grave in 1988 still grieving for this "pint-sized" Canadian bred distillation of the Prancing Horse legend.
He was Enzo's favorite, he said so many times, Gilles was the true embodiment of Ferrari's driving spirit
Commendatore Enzo Ferrari 08/08/1988
Enzo used to affectionately call Gilles his "little prince of destruction".
Ogni anno penso a quanto ci ha lasciato in termini di vera passione sportiva... Mai nessuno come lui
Astonishing. So brazen, so fearless, so flamboyant, you can see why the Italians loved him. To see him make those passes at Monaco almost boggles the mind, his car control was so good. He was a true Maestro. I am humbled.
!!! ESTAMOS HUMILLADOS !!!!
Brilliantly said. He WAS a true maestro.
the battle with Arnoux in French 79 was epic !!!
probably the best battle of F1 ever. It was a fair fight, no dirty tricks like some others did.
@@digoheliservice greatest ever dice in F1 in imo
yea man watched that whole gp
they fought from the start till the end
damn it was an insane race
la vera formula 1
As a canadian myself, Gilles Villeneuve was my hero. But I wish that nobody forget that René Arnoux was quite a driver too. It takes two dancers to dance the tango, and that unforgetable show was possible because Gilles and René respected each other and were trusting the skills of each other. Probably the fact they were friends helped.
Gilles era un drago. UN DRAGO. Non i piloti da giostra che abbiamo oggi in F1. In eterno ricordo di un campione leggendario!
Eu tinha 11 anos quando Gilles morreu ,pra mim , Gilles e Moss são Campeões , mesmo sem títulos na F1 , são lembrados mais que muitos Campeões, e não seram esquecidos.🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑
Dois campeões sem troféu. Gigantes! Aliás tambem tenho um video em homenagem ao Moss aqui no canal.
@@Donfrak Valeu👍.
Gilles Villeneuve was to F1 what Dale Earnhardt Sr. was to NASCAR... Absolute total dedication and focus on winning, honing their skills to a degree that few, if any have equaled and certainly none have surpassed since. I can only imagine what an IROC race featuring Gilles and Dale Sr. in equally prepared cars would have been like... RIP to both of them and sympathies to their families.
I think Villeneuve was the devil of the St. Devote curve on Monaco.
GabrielKirov I agree with you, man. Look like he studied the best point to overtake and be in advantage after St. Devote.
The only driver to make Monaco look like an 'overtaking' circuit. Mansell pulled of a gem in '91, but Gilles made it look like a normal circuit.
Though he was too kind-looking for that
Jeff is probably raging.
I TOLD NO HEROICS IN ST. DEVOTE
The real trick was how he left anthony noghes
I don't care how many, or to say better, how few races you won, how many cars you have totaled, or how many ingenuities you could have avoided to score more points. You will always be a hero, the one and only true holder of the red 27. Ciao Gilles.
I always see him as Red 12, as that’s the number he competed for the championship with.
@@racergavino7274 no,27 was the number when he died, an my favourite number because of that
@@racergavino7274 and so does Jacques Villeneuve! That was indeed his trademark number, way more than 27.
@Retro All the killed & injured people were in a restricted area, they trespassed at their own risk The marshal who died was trying to get people away from there. The other casualty was a photographer that was a trespasser as well. Villeneuve has nothing to do with their death. Try again, dummy.
27 is a number w/ too much death in it! Hendrix, Joplin, Cobain, Morrison, Brian Jones, Winehouse all died at 27!
I am a 90s kid and so only ever heard the legend of Gilles Villeneuve until I came across this video. And I’m only 3 minutes in and already 3 overtakes at Monaco. Among everything else. That scrap with Arnoux is something to behold
The most brilliant driver I've ever watched when small ,I remember going to the park to play with friends then hearing the sad news on the radio when I went home and cried in my bedroom .
I was born the week after his death at Zolder, my Dad told me all about this great driver,
@@northern_lights9333 can't believe it will be 40 years ,I remember when small the brilliant race he had at imola ,then ,he had the race taken from him .
@@redd605 yeah when Pironni screwed him over? Villeneuve was still fuming two weeks later about that when he was killed. He was an incredible racing driver.
Amazing. What a driver. You will never see another driver so brave and crazy enough to drive on the limit like this! Thanks :)
Senna
@@noobednatherium4082 not even close
L'unico vero pilota degli ultimi 60 anni. Nessuno come lui ha saputo trasmettere emozioni tali da tenere incollati ai video anche quelli che di corse non ne capivano. Ancora oggi la F1 deve ringraziare questo pilota che, senza vincere un mondiale, ha dato tanta fama e notorietà allo sport delle corse. Impossibile dimenticarlo.
l’unico vero pilota🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 e allora Senna cos’era???….. ma bastaaaaa
Watkins Glen 1979, USGP... it rains ropes!! Track was flooded.... Gilles gets out of the stands and get a lap time.... Everybody in awe.. shit we have to get out too... they do... At the end.. Gilles was 9 seconds faster than ANYBODY on the field.Scheckter was second fastest with ; 2:11.029Villeneuve had 2:01.437 min !!!Jacques Lafitte was mesmerised; "Look at him, He's different from the rest of us. On a separate level"Enough said... Gilles IS LEGEND!!!
He said his days snowmobile racing forever prepared him to drive in the rain.
On snow, he was absolutely blinded if anyone was in front of him so he said this experience helped him for rain driving.
I knew a guy who was racing agains Gilles when he was in snowmobile races. One day, he said to Gilles that his machine is way overpowered and thats why he wins. Gilles said "ok than, just take mine and i take yours and lets do couples of laps and we'll see". Gilles was way ahead and when they comeback from the track, Gilles just said "it's not the machine i guess" but in the funny way, not the cocky way.
The guy tell me that it was his last season. He said to me "it's then i realize that i just cant compete with the top drivers so i just sell my snowmobile. I knew that i probly kill myself just to try to catch up with him. I just dont have the talent to perform at this level".
Gilles was just above others. In snowmobile and in F1.
What a champion... the first turn at Monaco was fucking hard in that period with the double kerb... but he overtook other drivers like there won't be a tomorrow.
One of a kind!...absolutely deserves the Legend status!.. Gone but not forgotten!.. Will be always missed!
Villeneuve had a slow Ferrari, middle of the pack type... Somehow he managed to sneak to the top many times, and drive way closer to the edge than any other driver would. He was fast an spectacular, he was a natural. I admire his talent and his devotion..
No, those Ferrari engines were powerful and fast, but the chassis tend to be difficult to handle. Villneuve had great reflexes to control his car
The Ferrari flat-12 and transversale gearbox were almost indestructible (and quick). The problem was that the combination was too wide to fit a ground-effect car and make GE effective. Hence the 312T4 (and even worse, the 312T5) being mobile chicanes for the narrow 'V' engined full ground-effects cars.
@@De1966Laney James Hunt called the T4 the world's fastest chicane...
Ciao Gilles grazie di essere esistito
Mai cosi ,nessuno prima
Mai cosi ,nessuno dopo
PUNTO
2:13 meu amigo, que ultrapassagem foi essa...o cara para passar por dentro em Monaco daquele jeito tem que ter bola de aço e nervos de gelo. Que piloto fantástico era o Villeneuve. Ah! em em cima do melhor carro do Grid hein...
Em memória do piloto mais agressivo da história da fórmula 1, e o melhor piloto que não teve chances de ser campeão.
"I loved him a like don." - Enzo Ferrari
# "I loved him a like son." - Enzo Ferrari
Forever in my heart little big man.....R.I.P.♥
i mine too. I was in zolder that day. Had to race myself. Wasn't funny.
The only F1 driver that raced to the extreme, with determination, passion, courage, and paid with is life, when he had that fatal accident, Mr. Enzo Ferrari said I just lost my son, he was from far Mr. Ferrari favorite F1 driver, we will never see another F1 driver like him, R.I.P Gilles Villeneuve 🇨🇦🏁🙏
Try Bernd Rosemeyer (Auto Union) pre-war, and the reports of the 1936 Eifelrennen, held at the FULL 'Ring in the fog...
The stats will no doubt shoot me down, but he was the best I've ever seen.
“I loved him” - Enzo Ferrari
Cosa si può dire il mito la leggenda...di sicuro rimarrai sempre nei nostri ❤️
this was great! Thank you for allowing us to see him!
ruclips.net/video/BPwZaQfoIbU/видео.html
In 1982 I was 12. I still miss him. Thx for the video, it remebers to all of us his greatness. The legend lives on.
Wonderful Gilles Villeneuve The Last Hero
On ne voit plus ça de nos jours.....
C'est vrai qu'il était sacrément gonflé et sacrément doué Gilles Villeneuve !
C'est normal qu'on le vois plus... *il est mort*
@@loup-deau je ne l'aurais jamais cru!
I remember Gilles in Vancouver at Westwood before he went F1 , in the rain at a level higher than any of that Formula Atlantic day, head and shoulders above the rest. There was and will forever be only one Gilles Villeneuve.
Gilles was one of my favorite drivers back in my days of enjoying F1. Super competitive guy that showed lots of poise, talent and humility. As an young Argentinean, my driver was Reutemann, but it didn't upset me seeing Gilles win races; what a great driver!
Mindblowing driver. F1 legend. Gilles Villeneuve shall live for ever.
Poor Jabouille, he won the first GP with a turbo car while everybody was excited for 2nd place fight! Only Gilles could make this! Salut Gilles, race in sky for us!
Rest In Peace Gilles Villeneuve
1950-1982
Forever remembered
The thing With Gilles , it was never boring watching him race , Gilles l’idole de ma jeunesse.
2:14 one word my friend: BALLS!! This is the Racing daredevil, Gilles fucking Villeneuve!
Nessuno arrivera mai a egualgliare il mito di Gil sempre e per sempre. 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Sono senza parole, solo una: grande gilles
Gilles Villeneuve.
Gilles will never die.
his battle with Arnoux give me chills everytime, both of them were not ready to give up
The last two laps of Dijon '79 is what the founder's of motor-racing had in mind.
Cher Gilles Villeneuve, vous êtes parmi nous aux cieux comme représentant du coeur et du génie Français, ...mais aussi Canadien etc. Il est bon de contempler vos expressions et travaux de coureurs. Vous représentez l'énergie hardi des peuples que nous voulons comme constituant. Votre relation international du grand nous tous rassemblé chez vous fut une démonstration électrisante et à pleine charge. Vous êtes pour toujours immortalisé pour inspirer ce que doit être la valeur de nos gens et de leurs renaissances. Merci à vous, et à la famille Villeneuve qui est partout reconnu pour être très énergique.
The era of true heroes!!! Thanks for sharing this video with us 🙏🇺🇸
I’m from Montreal and the name of this guy is everywhere since he died
His name is still an expression of being fast in the french-canadian slang
In a century, we still talk about Gilles. For others, I have doubts.
Well, Senna wasn't bad either... But I understand your view.
I can name a few like Jim Clarck, Ronnie Peterson, Jochen Rind, Niki Lauda, Senna. But very few of last decade.
emmm Fangio? Ascari? Senna? Peterson? Clark?
In my opinion, Senna is the best driver but I respect your point of view.
Did anyone forget Schumacher
Truly a great driver and one of the best in his era, Thanks for posting!
A compilation showing Gilles' tail slides would be good. He had the best car control of all.
Thats an idea!
@@Donfrak Hopefully you'll be able dust off all those videos from 78-82.....I hope you've got the time to watch dozens of hours of footage especially as Gilles seem to do it every other corner (without losing any speed).
Great video and great song! The Last of the Mohicans (for the last of his race... The true drivers!) Argentina remembers you, Gilles!!
Il mio mito da sempre
No one, and I mean NO ONE, could drive like Gilles!
How many others have that skill? Passing on the OUTSIDE! Pedal to the metal in a total downpour, with complete control of the car! Patiently waiting for his opportunity, then he's by you like you were standing still!
That kind of talent will never be seen again. And I consider myself incredibly lucky to have been able to see it.
Salut Gilles. We miss you.
Donfrak
Thank you very much indeed for this wonderful video!!! I could never get tired of watching Gilles delivering magic with his unique talent amongst all those fabulous racers...! How I miss the good old days of F1...!!! Just when my father and I thought they'd been gone with Fangio, one day there was Gilles to be grateful for. So so sad when he passed...! And then there was Ayrton. Whenever I watch him driving I think of Gilles; whenever I see Gilles, I remember Ayrton. There have been many excellent drivers, but it always seemed to me that Gilles and Ayrton were vibrating in a very different frequency from most of those ones'... May you both R.I.P.
Megaal Von Thank you very much mate, i feel pretty much as you about them. Gilles and Ayrton are my heros. Greetings!
And they say Canadians are polite. Merci, Gilles.
LE PLUS GRAND PILOTE DE L HISTOIRE A NE PAS AVOIR EU LE TEMPS D ETRE CHAMPION DU MONDE! QUEL SPECTACLE
Ta tout dit rien gagné sauf la mort et cela s était gratuit lot de consolation
Grande Campione ...ha rischiato troppo per chi non se lo meritava.
Just like Senna, Villeneuve was one of those geniuses who could turn a race into one of the most epic moments in sports History.
Pulling that off in monaco takes balls
There’s a helicopter story of Gilles find that and see how big his ball were.
He is still a legend here in Italy. Damn overtaking in Monaco is always a big risk: well he didn't care a lot! He braked later then the other pilot and pushed his Ferrari in the corner faster....sure that requires some guts!
From a French Canadian, I live 5 min from the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit, I’m so happy to hear, I didn’t know he was still remembered in other parts of the world. Especially that he never won a championship.
We always talk about him a lot, but I thought it was more because he was Canadian, especially a Québécois.
Heart warming.
@@ellaella5537 my favorite part about him was that Enzo Ferrari loved him like a son.
choked up watching this a whole generation of F1 fans have no idea how insanely talented and driven he was he gets lost in the shuffle with the greats but if not for a moment in time NOBODY shined any brighter. RIP GILLES
Great video and an even better driver. Gilles was the best I've ever seen, a hard but fair racer and, as he showed at Monza in '79, a man of honour.
For Gilles there is no glory for second place ! I miss that kind of F1
I'll never forget you Gilles
Solo Gilles Villeneuve poteva pensare e osare certi sorpassi. Un Mito una Leggenda che non tramonterà mai
Maiiiiii ❤️
Gilles Villeneuve, Pironi, Tambay, De Angelis... se fueron tan jóvenes de la F1 pero siempre van a ser recordados. ¿Quién se acuerda de una carrera o siquiera de una maniobra de Alan Jones? Nadie. Pero todos recordamos a los pilotos que nos hicieron emocionar a principios de los '80.
Eu fico fascinado em conhecer essa história, Donfrak. Vc me apresenta um piloto que até hoje os ferraristas reverenciam, em especial pelo arrojo que ele demonstrava na pista. Aquela prova em que disputou com o René Arnoux também foi sensacional.
The good old days of F1, they don't have drivers like Villeneuve, Senna, Mansell, anymore. F1 today is a complete bore, I use to love F1 , not anymore, it died for me when Senna died.. Thanks for posting that great tribute to a real driver, who had great talent, and most of all had balls !!
your post is spot on buddy👍👍👍
I couldn't agree more.
Agreed.
Nah, sorry but that doesn't compute. At all.
I don't see how you can put Senna on that group.
My all time favorite driver was Piquet, not just because of his driving, but also because of his (bad) temper, his funny mood, his mechanic abilities, etc. But he wasn't the best.
The best will always be Gilles and Schumacher will always come out very close. I can add a second group with Jean Alesi, Mansell, Alonso (his last 4 or 5 seasons) and topping a third group I can put Hunt, Lauda, Piquet, Senna, Andretti, Prost, Jones, Stewart, Fittipaldi, etc.
Notice how even in the 3rd group I put Piquet's name in front of Senna's. ROFL
All I'm saying is that Senna thought he had god controlling his hands/feet when he was driving, and that's just plain stupid.
All his talking about god at the end of the races made people start a kind of a cult, that's what it was.
Punchline: Senna was more of a cult than a driver.
He was good at it, he was fast, he had the best car whenever he won with the exception made to Estoril 86 or 87 (I'm Portuguese but I can't recall lol) and Monaco 85 or 86 when he didn't win but he would had won if J. Yckx hadn't waved Prost the chequered flag prematurely, Yckx himself having been a hell of a driver and never winning a championship.
Senna's premature death, the fact that it happened at the wheels of an F1, and the fact that it happened during a GP, all that added to the fact that F1 entered a dark era in terms of circuit safety, car safety, blah blah blah, all that have contributed to a line of thought that Senna was the best driver ever, in front of GV and MS when in fact that's pure rubbish. End of rant. :-D
Rui Correia "I don't see how you can put Senna on that group." Piquet is better? Are you crazy? LOL...
Salut Gilles,
Thank you for the unforgettable moments, your passion and sheer determination.
A true racer.
Apesar d não ter nenhum título na F1 o Giles ainda é considerado por muitos o melhor piloto até hj, que clip cheio d belíssimas ultrapassagens arrojadas e éssa melodia que toca no fundo é muito mais linda ainda.
mitico .. andava oltre il li limite della sua auto sempre al massimo..un campione come ne nascono in pochi..
Ho i brividi
When F1 was F1
Incredible video about an amazing man 👍🏼
Salut Gilles, we remember ❤️
I loved you so much Gilles.
You're in heaven now, and like one of your female Italian fans once said, up there, when the lighs go green, just go.
We love you.
Gill è stato l'unico vero pilota che ho visto correre era sempre oltre il mezzo meccanico che guidava. Tutti gli altri sono solo degli chauffeur
3:16 going round the outside of tamburello at full gas, that was real f1 back then
Real F1 when drivers would die every year? You probably wasnt even alive back then
@@sergeantsupreme4395 yes, it was dangerous, drivers knew that they could die, but was real driving, no shit of electronics, only a steering wheel and manual gearbox, and pure spectacular racing
@@80sf1fan2 I dont see the problem with any of those things - manual gearbox were gone in the late 90s, as for the spectacular racing, I cant give a first hand account, but I doubt this happened every race. There is a reason its one of the greatest battles, if not the best, ever, and thats not because it was a regular occurrence. And the technology isnt really an issur, you cant expect f1 to stay in the stone ages whilst cars and life in general moves on
GRANDE EMOZIONE CHE CI A REGALATO IL GRANDE GILLES VILLENEUVE CHE IN F1 DI ADESSO NON SI VEDRANNO MAI DA NESSUNA PARTE DI UN PILOTA DI ADESSO CIAO RAGAZZI RISPONDETEMI GRAZIE MILLE.
Salut Gilles, tu nous manques, j'espère que tu tourne aussi vite en haut ! merci des moments incroyables que tu nous as fait vivre. à plus mon chum