Jacques Villeneuve and Eddie Irvine

Jacques Villeneuve angrily gets out of the car to have a word with Eddie Irvine for blocking him during the Practice of 1997 European Grand Prix.

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• Jacques
• Villeneuve
• Eddie
• Irvine
• 1997
• European
• Grand
• Prix

[aaa3433]

Villeneuve was a fantastic driver at the start of his F1 career nearly winning the title in 1996...

[ursulica56]

I did say that i didn't consider him to be the best driver ever but certainly a very good driver. History is littered with drivers who could not get the job done even with the best car so let's not just use this as criticizm. My point is that he's a very good driver who possesed some outstanding qualities and on his day to be able to beat the best of the best. He certainly did this in both Cart and F1.

[0casin0]

@tompow

don't forget Frentzen who was pissed off because of irvine

[WhyGenFM3]

@Roguirio Unfortunately, any respect Damon can be given after he left Williams is spoilt by the fact he went to Arrows for the money. 96 Williams was a lot like 07 McLaren, a groomed driver and an ego in the best car - sadly the best driver on the grid wasn't at a reliable team that year.

[Anime998877]

@aaa3433 - No he wasn't. He just had a rubbish team mate that made him look good..

[TheCarlsonsRaiders]

Irvine was a good driver, but at the same time he was a jerk. He constantly pulled shit lime this to piss people off, and I can understand why Senna punched him in the face.

[VettelFanaticF1]

@itsinthegameAI The only reason why Damon Hill won the championship was because Schumacher decided to move to Ferrari and build up the team in 1996. Damon made WAY TO MANY MISTAKES to be called a superior driver. He basically threw away the 1995 championship because of stupid mistakes eventhough the Williams FW 17 was much faster than the Benneton B 195. I really don't like schumi either because of his dirty driving techniques but thats how it was in the 90s.

[cloughers]

@ursulica56 hakkinen was a very technical guy. although not to the point of schumacher and senna but hakkinen was definately a guy who took interest in his car set-ups.

[UKOGcronnie]

Alot of comments here that Villeneuve couldn't do it with a crap car. I beg to differ, he consistently put the BAR in the points in the opening season for the team only to be let down by mechanical fails.

And in 98 He constantly put his shockingly poor Williams amongst the McLarens and Ferrari's, with Frentzen who was no slouch 4 or 5 places behind him..

Villeneuves biggest problem was the fact he just lost motivation for the sport he belived it should be about the driver and lose all the aids

[norikimi41]

@WeDieYoung1083,and you are a definition of a cooksucker

[WhyGenFM3]

@Roguirio A1 Ring 97 was nearly won by Jarno Trulli in a Prost. They were very different times with much more driver input. Good times.

[lazerpod66]

@ksjdgbfu You know nothing, Schumacher's car must be good, because Rosberg has more than double Schumacher's championship points to date.