Jacques Villeneuve celebrates his 49th birthday, the opportunity to review his successes in Formula 1, all obtained with Williams, with whom he won his world title.
On the occasion of the 49 years of Jacques Villeneuve, we look back on his 11 career victories. Arrived in 1996 at Williams, just crowned with a CART title and a victory in the Indianapolis 500 Miles, the Canadian impressed by taking pole position during his first Grand Prix, and led his first race to ‘to an engine problem that relegated him to second place.
From there, it only took three more races to get his first F1 success. He finally signed a total of four during his first season, which he finished with the honorary title of Vice-World Champion, before winning the crown the following year, after a year of fighting Michael Schumacher. He then added seven successes to his record with the fearsome FW19.
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