well as niki lauda once said, "he is the craziest bast*rd i've ever met!" Senna and Raikkonen both mad ballsy moments but Gilles was like this week-in-week out :)
Gilles was a daredevil, driving on 3 tires and driving with a wing covering his view (and driving perfectly down the race line), and going FULL throttle down Long Island.
I remember this, he wasn't exactly the rainmaster (that goes to Senna) but he handled very well and put the right amount of gas to the ground. I still don't know how he managed to maneuver around the track with a wing in front of him, much less not losing control going around corners.
I don't think this was the short lived "fan car", Ferrari were very weak in the chassis category back in those times so their flat 12 and turbo V6 made up for it.
@Erik2Ammo If it wasn't raining in that race, he would've fallen back in the pack, in the rain the wing wouldn't matter that much because of lower racing speeds.
This is from the CBC isn't it? I rememeber watching it. Gilles would never be black flagged in Montreal....I believe he finished 3rd! This is what happens when you put a good old Canadian snowmobile racer in a Ferrari....I think his brother still races snowmobiles.
I'm proud to say I was there watching from the grandstand at that corner in the pouring rain that day, with my brother. We were there for the first Montreal Grand Prix when Gilles won his first GP too. He was the greatest. Obviously you can't really compare drivers of different eras. But when you read what his contemporaries/ fellow drivers thought of him, it makes you wonder what other drivers inspired that kind of awe and respect from their rivals. Maybe only Clark and Fangio.
Gotta give him credit for driving the 126C1 wich according to Harvey Posthlewaite was crap undrivable with a massive turbolag and broken front wing. That's what I liked about Villeneuve he never gave up and allways battled to the end but he was fair and square and at the end of the day he could say that it was a good dice. Only Driver who comes close to him is Kubica lets hope that can get back behind the wheel
Read the comment about Jys not being Villeneuve, I really rate Gilles the man was a genius of that there is no doubt but Jackie Stewart was a triple world champion & Villeneuve killed himself without winning the title once. That speaks volumes, formula 1 is a thinking mans game, the fearless are usually listed amongst the dead.
@footlongtallywacker: Type "Stewart Senna interview" in the YouTube search field and hear Jackie argue with another fearless dead driver. Yes, Jackie was of a generation wherein if you drove too frisky, certain death was the penalty. I've heard him rail against the younger's generation's irresponsible driving, brought on by the increased crashworthiness of the cars. I was at that Montreal race - in those days I and others thought "Kamikaze" wasn't too extreme a word to describe Gilles.
I am a huge fan of Gilles but he should have stopped or been ordered to stop. Probably because it was the Canadian Grand Prix so he was allowed to continue.
Yes, it was great that he could control the car in that condition but for the safety of the other drivers and the fans, it should have been stopped.
@SuperColossal33 At the time, if I remember from some magazine... They had a panel at the steward office One of them was from the Canadian GP but was only to supervise, one from USA, and some FIA guys (2 or 3)... And, at one point the Canadian say what is that? And the others one start looking at that with really big eyes and, when the wing fall off say "I've seen Nothing!".
Since nobody complain, that they see "nothing" except for the Canadian who can't call the shoot (neutrality)... Well!
@therrydicule I don't think, I think it's all FIA. Gilles did something similar to this at Zandvoort driving around with 3 wheels on the car shooting dirt all over the track, he got no black flag, and then got upset that his pit crew werent repairing the damage, only when he got out of the car did he notice a wheel was missing lol.
@SuperColossal33 Well, from what I remember it was "worst" than just FIA because.... Well, the neutral representative did see it and say a comment while the guy from the FIA decide to do like they did not see it. These guys from that time were more liberal than now and liked a good show... Which Gilles was putting. So they decide that they seen nothing; the Canadian did his job, to stay neutral.
However, if Brabham (for instance) would have been complained, it would have been different ;)
Schumacher?, Alonso?, Hamilton? NO!!! VILLENEUVE!!! esa es la forma en que se conduce un formula 1, que los otros fueron campeones? que es ser un campeon sin tener el corazon que tenia Villeneuve? MAGICO!!! IL piccolo aviatore!!!
gill ke pazzo eri.guidare senza visuale per colpa dell'alettone anteriore.del resto se nn eri così nn saresti stato il nostro amato villeneuve ke oggi conosciamo. go go go gilles! :D
Incrivel !!!
futmar 3 weeks ago
He could still see , Jackie talks too much.
linespermillimeter 1 month ago
He was the only driver who could drive a formula car ,sideways!!!. AND STILL FINISH FIRST.
Jimmy Clark and Gilles were the best there`s ever been . Salut Gilles
devilsdeck 1 month ago
That was in Montreal 81 l he fininish 3rd :)
auclair84 1 month ago
well as niki lauda once said, "he is the craziest bast*rd i've ever met!" Senna and Raikkonen both mad ballsy moments but Gilles was like this week-in-week out :)
0910ce 1 month ago
God bless you Gilles !
pimpedvw 1 month ago
crazy! first time seeing this one. Got Balls!
nelson2020 2 months ago
Gilles was a daredevil, driving on 3 tires and driving with a wing covering his view (and driving perfectly down the race line), and going FULL throttle down Long Island.
sookster54 2 months ago
@sookster54 I mean Long Beach...
sookster54 2 months ago
Gilles, the true wet weather driver...
dazincalculation 3 months ago
i think he should have got black flag for that
goklien365 3 months ago
This proofs that blind people can drive.
kaupunkimoukari 3 months ago
@KyleDarron still faster than any of these piece of junk cars of today
NOXXism 4 months ago
Only Gilles. That's why we love him so.
farfromperfect85 4 months ago
@farfromperfect85 As brilliant as Senna or Clark were, I wouldn`t see either of those two doing this. He was one of a kind.
dazincalculation 3 months ago
Great video. Thanks for uploading!!
SuperDrKas 4 months ago
ウィングを落とすために凹凸のあるところを
選んで走っていたそうな。
ウィングが取れた途端、明らかに速くなった！
mario79lotus 5 months ago in playlist mario79lotus さんのお気に入りの動画
I remember this, he wasn't exactly the rainmaster (that goes to Senna) but he handled very well and put the right amount of gas to the ground. I still don't know how he managed to maneuver around the track with a wing in front of him, much less not losing control going around corners.
I don't think this was the short lived "fan car", Ferrari were very weak in the chassis category back in those times so their flat 12 and turbo V6 made up for it.
sookster54 5 months ago
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Is it me is it odd that he accidently said Jacques at 0:25? Jackie Stewart is not only a great driver he can see into the future.
bob333336 6 months ago
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bob333336 6 months ago
@1982Mallory
Too much politics in the era where Senna and Piquet drove.
But give you right, it would have been interesting, too see Villeneuve vs. Senna.
VinGee33 6 months ago
Maybe he died without Championship, but for me, Gilles would be the greatest artist of wheel and the greates Pilot of the World.
Grazie Gilles
VinGee33 6 months ago
Sigue acelerando Gilles, desde donde estes. Sigue acelerando.
Gilles continues to accelerate, from where you are. Continues to accelerate.
LuisValenti2001 6 months ago 2
What an absolute hero!
mightychozza 6 months ago
Le meilleur pilote au monde! R.IP Villeneuve!
eber222 7 months ago
Ahah... what to say today???? SAFETY CAR. Dumbs safety
RedhotIta1 7 months ago
Does he need the front wing.truly immortal
route5937 8 months ago
back then men use to race. salut Gilles!!! we miss you
IKurtC 8 months ago 2
That WAS a driver. Senna almost seems gay compared to Gilles.A Real racing Driver
sardini69 9 months ago
as he goes on his merry way
cdh88 10 months ago
Who need wings anyway when you have a ground effect car. ;)
Erik2Ammo 11 months ago
@Erik2Ammo wasn't a Ground car for FIA
it had 5 cm from the ground "when was at Boxes" when was at track the car go down to make the Ground Effect just for avoid Miniskirts rules ;)
RedhotIta1 10 months ago
@RedhotIta1
Ah ok, I didn't know that! Interesting to see how creative the teams were back then about the 'rules' ^^
Erik2Ammo 9 months ago
@Erik2Ammo oh ye, Creatives 80s :D Best times for F1
RedhotIta1 9 months ago
@Erik2Ammo If it wasn't raining in that race, he would've fallen back in the pack, in the rain the wing wouldn't matter that much because of lower racing speeds.
sookster54 5 months ago
Watched every race since 1975, never seen anyone else drive like him. Only Senna had the same magic touch
fabsternyc 11 months ago
@fabsternyc You really just contradicted yourself there =P
muulka 10 months ago
This is from the CBC isn't it? I rememeber watching it. Gilles would never be black flagged in Montreal....I believe he finished 3rd! This is what happens when you put a good old Canadian snowmobile racer in a Ferrari....I think his brother still races snowmobiles.
crusherbmx 11 months ago
which race track?
Austria4ever1000 11 months ago
@Austria4ever1000 Canada - Montreal.
Jejking 11 months ago
@Jejking That's his track? looks REALLY different now
Austria4ever1000 11 months ago
awesome driver , awesome style , awesome heart ....That's Villeneuve!
Jerycho94 11 months ago 9
Habrá habido otros mejores o con mas resultados, pero Gilles siempre será mi máximo ídolo de la F1
guillotec 11 months ago
I'm proud to say I was there watching from the grandstand at that corner in the pouring rain that day, with my brother. We were there for the first Montreal Grand Prix when Gilles won his first GP too. He was the greatest. Obviously you can't really compare drivers of different eras. But when you read what his contemporaries/ fellow drivers thought of him, it makes you wonder what other drivers inspired that kind of awe and respect from their rivals. Maybe only Clark and Fangio.
72911RS 1 year ago 3
Gotta give him credit for driving the 126C1 wich according to Harvey Posthlewaite was crap undrivable with a massive turbolag and broken front wing. That's what I liked about Villeneuve he never gave up and allways battled to the end but he was fair and square and at the end of the day he could say that it was a good dice. Only Driver who comes close to him is Kubica lets hope that can get back behind the wheel
STEFAZON500 1 year ago
Awesome footage! I should watch more gold era videos.
cortkatanakx1q 1 year ago
i wish i had of been alive to watch him. his son tries to have the same spirit but from what i can compare, jacque pales in comparison
cassin16 1 year ago
"Quite seriously, I've never felt anything like the same about racing ever since. I nearly packed it up."
Nigel Roebuck, motorsport journalist and friend of Villeneuve
ostryer61 1 year ago
Mansell on Gilles Villeneuve: "He was a great friend, he took me up in his helicopter once and he flew it the same way he drove."
ostryer61 1 year ago
what a legend!!
bubi8894 1 year ago
Read the comment about Jys not being Villeneuve, I really rate Gilles the man was a genius of that there is no doubt but Jackie Stewart was a triple world champion & Villeneuve killed himself without winning the title once. That speaks volumes, formula 1 is a thinking mans game, the fearless are usually listed amongst the dead.
footlongtallywacker 1 year ago
@footlongtallywacker: Type "Stewart Senna interview" in the YouTube search field and hear Jackie argue with another fearless dead driver. Yes, Jackie was of a generation wherein if you drove too frisky, certain death was the penalty. I've heard him rail against the younger's generation's irresponsible driving, brought on by the increased crashworthiness of the cars. I was at that Montreal race - in those days I and others thought "Kamikaze" wasn't too extreme a word to describe Gilles.
unwindout 9 months ago 2
WHICH RACE it happened?
Gilles the legend
poussyledzep 1 year ago
@poussyledzep I`d say it would be the 1981 Canadian Grand Prix cause he's got the 27 on his car. But fantastic stuff, and he finished 3rd! -Daz in Oz
dazincalculation 1 year ago
Gilles, competitive, determined, fearless, a true great.
alfistii1 1 year ago
I am a huge fan of Gilles but he should have stopped or been ordered to stop. Probably because it was the Canadian Grand Prix so he was allowed to continue.
Yes, it was great that he could control the car in that condition but for the safety of the other drivers and the fans, it should have been stopped.
smegweevil 1 year ago
@smegweevil canadian gp has nothing to do with it, FIA calls the shots, always has and always will.
SuperColossal33 1 year ago
@SuperColossal33 At the time, if I remember from some magazine... They had a panel at the steward office One of them was from the Canadian GP but was only to supervise, one from USA, and some FIA guys (2 or 3)... And, at one point the Canadian say what is that? And the others one start looking at that with really big eyes and, when the wing fall off say "I've seen Nothing!".
Since nobody complain, that they see "nothing" except for the Canadian who can't call the shoot (neutrality)... Well!
therrydicule 1 year ago
@therrydicule I don't think, I think it's all FIA. Gilles did something similar to this at Zandvoort driving around with 3 wheels on the car shooting dirt all over the track, he got no black flag, and then got upset that his pit crew werent repairing the damage, only when he got out of the car did he notice a wheel was missing lol.
SuperColossal33 1 year ago
@SuperColossal33 Well, from what I remember it was "worst" than just FIA because.... Well, the neutral representative did see it and say a comment while the guy from the FIA decide to do like they did not see it. These guys from that time were more liberal than now and liked a good show... Which Gilles was putting. So they decide that they seen nothing; the Canadian did his job, to stay neutral.
However, if Brabham (for instance) would have been complained, it would have been different ;)
therrydicule 1 year ago
I remember watching this race live on TV when I was a little kid.
Anybody remember what was the date at which this race was taking place?
THESKYMASTER 1 year ago
@THESKYMASTER 9 27 81 cold rain
dsg1100xx 1 year ago
@dsg1100xx
Thank you
THESKYMASTER 1 year ago
@THESKYMASTER September 27, 1981
topandeneil 1 year ago
Schumacher?, Alonso?, Hamilton? NO!!! VILLENEUVE!!! esa es la forma en que se conduce un formula 1, que los otros fueron campeones? que es ser un campeon sin tener el corazon que tenia Villeneuve? MAGICO!!! IL piccolo aviatore!!!
Blitz140875 1 year ago
I don't think there's ever been a driver whose car control can rival Villeneuve. He was practically superhuman in that regard.
daedalusrho 1 year ago 2
Great piece of driving!
42dieppe 1 year ago
'If I were he now, I would make no attempt to do another lap'
But you're not Gilles now, are you Jackie? Not even close.
csykes23 1 year ago 20
@csykes23 Jackie Stewart won three world championships. I'd respect his opinion if I were you...
wahaya2 3 months ago
@wahaya2
Not only that, Stewart fought for despeartely needed safety regulations during his whole career.
A lot of drivers indirectly owes there lives to him today.
Of course Villeneuve was a great driver but Steward definately was more professional than him.
Sokra01 3 months ago
Yes the drive that made the City rename the track after him..Oh man i was like 5 when i seen this on tv.
ShaneLarocque 1 year ago 2
awesome!
Jokerschumi 1 year ago
The great Jackie Stewart on the comments.
Gilles forever!
superferrariman 1 year ago
Fantastic car control at the hairpin!
mallamoozoo 1 year ago
he couldve been the canadian phil hill
slimv29 1 year ago
BALL BEARINGS!
1razorblade 2 years ago
Imagine how much faster his car would have been if his incredibly huge balls weren't weighing him down.
bharper419 2 years ago 7
nice :)
Ilko2007 1 year ago
A Lost nose cone would not stop him the car had to lose all 4 wheels for Gilles to even think of retiring from the race.
Even then he would probaly still try and carry on.
Gilles Villeneuve a true Racecar drive
R.I.P
falmark187 2 years ago 13
@falmark187
i think even Gilles would probably quit at 3 wheels gone! LOL
mallamoozoo 1 year ago
He was a master in handling the formula 1 car...!
We miss someone like Gill today!
R.I.P!
Maverickf22flyer 2 years ago 4
in which race and in what year was it?
Fanatastic Gill!
GazerS1 2 years ago
@GazerS1
Montreal 1981.
UomoLele 2 years ago
@UomoLele
thanks and congratulations for the video
GazerS1 2 years ago
It's not mine :-P But i love it!
UomoLele 2 years ago
Typical of "Gil" Villeneuve. Simply amazing. I miss this guy very much !! Forever remembered.
totalannihilator99 2 years ago 3
Absolute car control ! Maybe not the best driver of all time, but in my mind, definetly the fastest.
EfnetCarsgtr2League 2 years ago
Absoluely awesome!!!
DAH210774 2 years ago 4
I bet he was still faster than the others lol
danvov 2 years ago 49
what year was that?
teamphat 2 years ago
1981 :)
PiNInFarina18 2 years ago
I don´t like the title, is misleading....
pakkinen 2 years ago
That was Gilles..Never give a car if u can still drive it!!!
marcrichiger 2 years ago 2
Forza Villeneuve!
dumturks 2 years ago 41
gill ke pazzo eri.guidare senza visuale per colpa dell'alettone anteriore.del resto se nn eri così nn saresti stato il nostro amato villeneuve ke oggi conosciamo. go go go gilles! :D
cazzaro77 2 years ago 4
Aujourd'hui, un pilote qui ferait cela serait "puni"....
Déclassé + une grosse amende..etc..etc
NARB57 2 years ago 2