It was not that, he got punted off by Eddie Irvine at the very first corner of the race.
Jacques Villeneuve's last Formula 1 race was on July 30, 2006. It was the Mobil 1 Grand Prix of Germany at Hockenheimring. He was involved in a crash and finished 15th.
Jacques Villeneuve's first Formula 1 race was on March 10, 1996. It was the Transurban Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit. He started first and finished second.
Gilles Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve is a retired Canadian formula one driver who was active in formula one between 1996 and 2006. During his career he drove for Williams, BAR, Sauber, Renault and BMW Sauber. He won a total of 11 races during his career. His first ever win was at the 1996 European GP and his last win was the 1997 Luxemberg Grand Prix.
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Grand Jacques was created on 1954-02-15.
Jacques Simon has written: 'Le grand Jacques'
Australian Grand Prix was created in 1928.
There has been much debate about this question over the years, but most agree that Canada's most successful racing car driver is Jacques Villeneuve. Villeneuve won the 1995 CART Championship, including the 1995 Indy 500, as well as the 1997 Formula One World Championship. In doing so, he became only the third driver ever to achieve this feat, following Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittapaldi. There are those, however that believe that Canada's greatest race car driver was in fact Jacques Villeneuve's late father, Gilles Villeneuve. The older Villeneuve, Gilles had his career and life cut short when he was killed in qualifying during the 1982 Grand Prix. Though he was never able to achieve the success his son did, Gilles' raw talent and driving abilities have long been regarded as the best Canada has ever produced. Other successful Canadian racing car drivers include Paul Tracy, Patrick Carpentier, Ron Fellows, Gregg Moore and Scott Goodyear. None of these, however have achieved the success of Jacques Villeneuve in both CART or Formula 1.
Jacques Darbellay has written: 'Le Grand Capucin'
Jacques Penna has written: 'Le Grand Bougnat'
In the event two or more drivers set the exact fastest lap in qualifying, the driver who set the lap first gets the pole position. At the 1997 European Grand Prix, Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher and Heinz-Harold Frentzen all set a lap time of 1:21.072 and the eventual World Champion, Villeneuve was awarded the pole position due to the rule.