Jacques Villeneuve on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

[dojOdRiFTeR]

it would be awesome if he does wina nascar title and lemans i think he is underrated cuz he is canadian he is one of the great all time racers

[TheCarlsonsRaiders]

Much like his father, Jacques is a legend. He's won the Indy 500, F1 World Championship, and got second place overall at the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans. He has truly continued his legendary father's legacy, and may he have more success in the future!

[Dodi9914]

F1 rules !

nascars and indy are for assholes!

[referencemark]

I'm surprised that no one has pointed out how much of an asshole the interviewer was in the way he kept bringing up Gilles and his death!

[jezzetv]

THE MOST ENTERTAINING DRIVER TO EVER RACE IN F1 HISTORY

[USCtrojans26]

@jezzetv ever heard of ayrton senna?

[theroux79]

Agree that JV isn't the greatest driver ever, but you don't win Indy 500 and F1 world championship by being a bad driver either. And, besides, the reason why so many people want to see him back is because he had a personality. F1 is full of vapid robots right now. We need people like JV to bring an edge back to the sport.

[hypervyper76]

Schumacher, Villeneuve, Montoya and their generation were so much cooler than drivers we have now. Vettel and Massa are good, but the rest are so fricking boring.

[lazerpod66]

It's about a sport, legends etc...money has little to do about it, they all make a bundle anyways...

[lazerpod66]

Errr no it doesn't. In 97, he had everything to succeed, but the real Villeneuve portrait showed up AFTER 1997, hence nothing. Sorry, but when you are good, you stay good until the end.

[lazerpod66]

I agree that you have to be your own, and speak your mind, but to a certain point. Villeneuve didn't have the weight or the muscle to make his words stick like a Senna or a Prost, he was basically a joke that eventually faded to black and he got his ass kicked out of the sport.

[lazerpod66]

I doubt that you'll dish out a productive follow up to your comment, but try explaining to me why you admire Villeneuve...

[ag179]

"perfect sport on television"

Nascrap? Give me a break! obviously they haven't seen bike racing(all forms)!

[brendawalsh9021o]

he's got a wife and a kid now??

man my heart is breaking... he was my celebrity crush in my teenage years!

who the heck is the lucky bitch?

[aaronkimi86]

Respect Jacques!!!

[ContinuousContinuing]

Why do french people get offended when you dont do something they're way, if he wants to have the name of his restarauant a english version, ITS HIS DECISION!

[ritualfunk]

french hate the english, for obvious reasons... to them.

[RussiangirlNY]

i hate this sport- it is soo dangerous i know its not his fault but how can you live with the idea that you killed someone?

[lazerpod66]

Then go watch curling and fuck off gimp.

[RussiangirlNY]

well that was mature my compliments clap clap! y dont you go f off and realize that there is a golden  center to every debate - i enjoy sports were people dont have the possibility of getting killed- gymnastics is fascinating no one dies there- so is figure skating- track and fiend the list goes on and on.

[lazerpod66]

Then I congratulate you massively for realising that it's a dangerous sport, bravo, anybody knows that, so If you hate it, then you know what to do.

[Lancion]

You can die doing anything.

[LucasFormula1]

Jacques Villeneuve if they beat Schumacher in 1997. Jacques is the best under pressure. SCHUMI SUCKS!!!!!

[lazerpod66]

THEY BOTH SUCK......

[titaniumtori]

Villenuvue's replacement (Robert Kubica) crashed at Villenuvue's home track in 2007 and won a year later on the same track.

[victorweezer]

Jacques Villeneuve is the best F1 World Champion EVER!!!!

Thank you Jacques for your talent.

[Biodom]

Les connaisseurs savent que la triple couronne est ce qu'il se fait de mieux pour un palmarès chez un pilote. Il s'agit de remporter le championnat Cart, Championna du monde de F1 et Les 24H du Mans. Villeneuve a presque réussi celà en terminant second au Mans. L'important n'est pas le nombre de course dans une même série mais la diversité des titres. Et de ce côté là, très très peu de pilote ont connu un tel succès. C'est ça un grand pilote, un racer...

[lazerpod66]

Bon, je vais t'expliquer mon point de vue sur Villeneuve sans insultes, autant de mon bord que du tiens. Il a couru en Indycar, et a remporté des courses. Le niveau de compétition est assez bas, ce n'est pas une référence. Tu n'as qu'a regarder ce que Mansell a fait en Indy 1993, il a tout raflé. Partir de la f1 au Indy est un pas en arriere. Il est venu en f1 en 96 ultra préparé et dans la meilleure voiture du plateau. Après son sacre de 1997, qu'a t-il fait????Rien, suite---

[Biodom]

Second au Mans, certe, ce n'est pas une victoire. Mais Victoire aux 1000km de Spa. Et sinon, tu devrais savoir que pour gagner, il faut bonne voiture de nos jours...Schumacher, sans une voiture performante, n'aurait jamais gagné un seul titre, pareil pour Hamilton, Hakkinen, etc...Seul Alonso a battut Schumacher avec une Renault inférieur...En ce qui concerne la période avant 94, là oui un pilote pouvait encore faire la différence...Mais il fallait tout de même une voiture compétitive...

[lazerpod66]

Je suis d'accord mon vieux que sans bonne voiture, tu n'est rien, mais explique moi donc comment a fait Senna pour arracher 5 victoires en 1993 avec une voiture inférieure? La meme chose avec Gilles en 1981. LeMans est une grande course, mais elle se gagne en équipe et la qualité du plateau est moindre qu'en f1, pour moi, l'endurance n'est pas une référence, presque n'importe qui a le droit d'y participer.

[Biodom]

C'est que ce je disais, avant 94, le pilote pouvait faire la différence. Et si pour toi l'endurance n'est pas une référence, alors que crois qu'on ne pas pas pouvroir se mettre d'accord là :D

[lazerpod66]

Nous avons une vision differente, mais dans le respect, salut a toi..:)

[Biodom]

salut à toi également, et bonne journée ;)

[lazerpod66]

Villeneuve a tenté la grande aventure avec Pollock dans une nouvelle écurie, mais il est paresseux au point de vue technique, incapable de développer une voiture et s'est retrouvé nulpart. Quand il a coursé brièvement en 2004 chez Renault, aucun résultat dans une voiture très compétitive. Sauber et BMW, il s'est fait dominé par Massa et Heidfeld. Quand il s'est fait mettre a la porte de BMW, Kubica, son remplacant, s'est montré instantanément plus rapide que lui.

[Biodom]

Villeneuve a développé la BAR. Regarde l'évolution, et tu comprendras! Il a fallut 5 ans à schumacher pour remporter le premier titre, et lui était entouré des meilleurs (Ross Brawn, Jean Todt, Rory Byrne). Donc là, tu n'as pas étudié ton sujet...Pour Renault, il est revenu après une longue absence, pas en forme, et regarde les perfs de la Renault, même avec Alonso, elle n'était pas très compétitive du tout :)).

[Biodom]

En ce qui concerne Massa, Villeneuve a dominé durant tte la saison aux points, Massa a eu la chance de le dépasser d'un petit point lors du dernier GP. Pour Heidfeld, saison incomplète. On ne peu pas juger. Et Kubica, a part son coup de chance, il n'a pas démontré être plus rapide. Loin de là vu ses erreurs au premier GP. Et sur le reste de la saison, il n'a pas marqué autant de points, si on fait la moyenne avec ce que JV avait déjà fait.

[Konformation07]

are you guys speaking french or quebecois?

[Biodom]

don't worry guys, lazerpod66 is just a stupid guy who don't know what racing is... :))

[lazerpod66]

O Lol, and you should know better? Give me your opinion(If you dare) and let's see how much you know or don't know....

[lazerpod66]

Indycars, easy racing, nothing there, no great achievment...

[lazerpod66]

So?

[riskfe]

I obviously have the greatest respect for Gilles, which I had the honor to meet personaly while racing snowmobiles. I also met Nicco Rosberg and Jackie Stewart, a few times.

You may think Jacques had the best car and that doing the best lap times during the qualifications is mainly due to the car, but, winning the race is something else in which the driver plays the major role.

Cars does not decide when to overtake, where to brake and when to take a chance...yet...

[lazerpod66]

Even though, if you are a very good driver in a bad car, you won't go far, so the car does about 90% of the work for you. A clear example of this is Mika Salo in the Ferrari at Hockenheim 1999.

[riskfe]

I fully agree with this statement.

No good car, or no sponsor, and you are out of the game...

[lazerpod66]

Agreed my friend.

[riskfe]

I has been a snowmobile racer as well as a Kart racer and a JetSki racer and a plane pilot and helicopter pilot... and I can tell you that whoever say ANY F1 driver is not a super driver have no idea what driving and racing is...

All these F1 racers have something very few peole have... energy, no fear, focus, ability, courage and +++ dedication.

[lazerpod66]

Yes, but in that species, Villeneuve is a joke, a pure asshole, not at all worthy of his legendary father, RIP Gilles.

[ladetis]

You don't know what you are saying.

[ladetis]

What's your problem with jv?Naming someone an asshole is easy.He became f1 worldchampion(beating that asshole and amlighty schumi),became indycar champ,winning the indy 500,you think this is a matter of luck,how many did this?I just think you have a personal problem with him(as far this is possible if you are not related to him or have contact).Jaques is a very talented driver just like his father,and has the same gutz,something that doesn't excist in f1 anymore,except for Alonso maybe.

[lazerpod66]

I agree with you on the fact that Schumacher is a total cheating shitter. Now, JV had talent no doubt, but he won in the best car, yippee, he beat Frentzen, which is not a reference...And after 1997, nothing, how do you explain that? I'll tell you how, he was a driver, not a technician, and the simple fact that he ventured his ass in a new team that needed development when JV was a lazy driver was complete nonsense. He got kicked out of f1, and couldn't drive a stockcar straight, good driver...

[ladetis]

I don't know if he can or can not drive a stockcar straight because we don't get that here in Europe on tv,so i can't judge on that.About the fact he didn't do anything to help developing the BAR f1 car,who did?No one,Bar never had an competitve car,i agree,Jaques is a racer,not an engineer.He won the f1 championship because he had the best car?Agree,that's one of the reasons,like most other f1 champions.

[lazerpod66]

When you are good, you remain so until the end of your career, like Nigel Mansell or Schumacher, but JV was obviously not. When he left BAR in 2003, the year after, the car was very competitive, much more than when he was there, he was holding the team back. And another thing, when he got kicked out of BMW, Kubica who took his place in his car showed himself to be instantly quicker than Villeneuve, you have to agree on this!

[ladetis]

so,that's the reason for you to name him an asshole?

[tarquini89]

lazerpod, remember me? just to let u know u are a nonce and a cunt. i hope ur mother dies

[lazerpod66]

Still alive you aids infected turd? How can you type while you have a dildo up your homo ass tarquishit89?

[adrian5987]

i dunno if JV himself was holdin BAR back but id say his 25mil salary was, he probably should hav taken a pay cut for the team.

Cant help thinking aswell that he needed a new challenge after becoming champion

[aaronkimi86]

Totally agree

[Playa66]

@ladetis

well you called Schumi and asshole? how are you better than anybody calling JV an asshole or whatever else they call him

name calling is just childish and really says more about you then the person being attacked..

[victorweezer]

Jacques Villeneuve is THE BEST!!!!!

Number 1 for ever, thank you Jacques.

[lazerpod66]

Villeneuve the best????The best what?? Are you joking here man? He,s one of the biggest jokes ever to sit in a racing car, come on man....

[victorweezer]

Villeneuve kidding?. You forget that Jacques beat Schumacher is not an easy task. I do not think Jacques schumi is better pilot, but the canadian has something that no schumi: gills, and it showed in Jerez 1997, when he was passing behind Michael in the points.

[lazerpod66]

Anybody can be good in the best car, which Villeneuve had in 96 and 97. After 97, what did Villeneuve do??? NOTHING.

[victorweezer]

Villeneuve won 11 races and a championship in his first two years, but then poor handling cars (from 1998 to 2006), whitch did not allow him to archieve anything.

I do not think that schumi can win 91 races and championships with 7, for example; the BAR of Villeneuve.

[lazerpod66]

Ok. The one thing you have to look is that Villeneuve was and still is a very lazy driver, technically speaking. He can't develop a car, hammer it into winning shape, so what did you expect him to do...not much. But Schumacher, for all his dirty and illegal driving, had some very good tech feedback, and was capable to motivate the team and develop the car into a winning one. Villeneuve is a driver, no more, and not even a good one at that.

[victorweezer]

I agree, lazerpod66. Villeneuve did not have the capacity to develop a car as Schumacher, but it wakes me up is their admiration for Jacques guts to define a title an his aggressive style of driving.

Schumacher was very talented, but was not the best under pressure, as evidenced by their definitions in Adelaida '94 and Jerez '97.

I think Jacques Villeneuve would have been better at the time of his father Gilles, both of which ran in F1 with a similar aggressive style.

[lazerpod66]

Very good comment victor, take care my friend.:)

[VonVoltage]

Well said.

[Nirmajek]

you know what i don't agree with you, every guys in the garage of BAR Honda or BMW Sauber did tell that the were missing him so much, because he was a very great developer, he gave hope to them that they could be a little good some day... so...

[lazerpod66]

Ok, then tell me dude why the minute he quit BAR, the car was immediately quicker and better???And if he were that good, he would still be in f1, like Barrichello...

[Nirmajek]

BAR était plus rapide? man jme rappelle vraiment mais vraiment pas de ça, me semblait quil était encore plus pathétique, peut-être ma mémoire défaille mais bon...

pi bon, être bon veux pas nécessairement dire que tu vas rester si tu as un fort caractère, dans une association de gros vieux égo dictateur ;)

[lazerpod66]

Recule a 2004 et tu va voir que Sato et Button étaient très rapides. La fiabilité de Honda n,étais pas tjrs au rendez-vous, mais Villeneuve, après 1997 a foutu absolument rien....

[WatchanShush]

@lazerpod66

Just mentioning the name of Sato goes to show that you are a real joke and JERK in capital at the same time. I guess you don't even deserve comments beyond this point (Ostit trou de Q)

[lazerpod66]

Lol, you are the typical asshole that followed the sport of F1 just because Villeneuve was in it, then when he finally dissapeared, you started listening to curling because some dude from Québec played that game. Oh, BTW, va chier gros bs sale.

[ladetis]

if schumacher had to drive with a minardi or something even worse he wouldn't won a single gp

[tokugawa14]

of course. but best drivers end up in the best cars.

[pablofusko]

you are from Canada, right?... so why do you attack jacques villeneuve.

He was the only one world champion from canada.

By the way, I AM NOT VILLENEUVE´S FAN, but he is great champion.

[lazerpod66]

Because if you retrace his career, a total waste. He was champion just because he drove the best car, not a worthy champion. If you are good, you remain good for your entire career, which he wasn't.

[pablofusko]

Ok lazerpod66, jacques is not good for you, but what do you thing about gilles?

[lazerpod66]

Ok thanks for your question. Gilles Villeneuve is from the same province as I. He was a supernatural driver, the kind that appears on earth one every 100 years. He is, to my opinion, the quickest driver there ever was, the best naturally skilled driver of all time, different than Senna, but Gilles is a racing legend. The main reason why Jacques got into f1 is because of his illustrious name, his father opened the doors for him.

[ironhorse730]

stromboulopoulos is a muppet

[locachiqui]

NICE VIDEO!! I LOVE JACQUES!!

[lazerpod66]

Villeneuve...really the biggest joke ever to sit his ass in f1, a complete loser.

[pablofusko]

YOU ARE A LOSER IDIOT!!!!!!

jacques is the best pilot and the best singer, so shup up.

FUCK YOU LOSER!!!!!!!!

I AM FROM ARGENTINA, so, andate a la concha de tu hermana, forro hijo de puta, no sabes nada de formula uno.

YOU AND SCHUMACHER ARE LOSERS HHHAAJAJAJAJAJJAJAJA!!!!

[lazerpod66]

Stupid useless latino asshole, fuck you dumbshit and go masturbate on your Villeneuve poster idiot.

[lazerpod66]

The best singer Villeneuve??? What a complete retarded asshole you are latino piece of shit pablofusko.

[Reinpret]

this is one of those reason alot of Canadians have a problem with some of the Quebec'rs. Upset that he didn't use his french Canadian name for his restaurant, are you kidding me? who fuckin cares!!? Guess what Quebec your part of Canada and our history. Infact an important part, but shit there are more important things than these trivial things they always bring up. Be proud of your french Canadian history but stop with the bitch games.

[lesmcluffalot]

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