This is cool

[rabbit]

Jacques Villeneuve Drives Gilles' Ferrari at Goodwood (http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/11783/?from=[HOME) :thumbup:
http://www.speedtv.com/_assets/library/img/large/27470_vil.jpg

[Hard Driver]

:thumbup:
Nice to see Jacques talking about his father. He does seem to avoid the subject.

[Chaos]

Nice to see Jacques talking about his father. He does seem to avoid the subject.

well, his father died when he was young. Perhaps he doesn't feel the attachment to his father that others expect him to feel. Just a guess.

[rabbit]

http://jv-world.com/EN/Formula_1_2001/Breaking_News/page_21_6832.shtml
“Up until now, I felt that I had to place a barrier between me and my father. It wasn’t because I had a problem but because it was important to do things in my own way. Inside it was important to know that I was driving for myself and not simply to continue what he had begun. It has been like this throughout my career. If I had done something like this previously, I would have had to do it on the demand of a sponsor or a team. This year, I had no obligation, I came here purely by choice.” Some pics:
JV with Rene Arnoux, 25 years after the legendary duel at Dijon-Prenois
http://villeneuve.gps.rivalsdm.com/mediastore/2/7/2737.jpg

Wearing dad's helmet
http://villeneuve.gps.rivalsdm.com/mediastore/2/7/2730.jpg
http://villeneuve.gps.rivalsdm.com/mediastore/2/7/2714.jpg

At speed
http://villeneuve.gps.rivalsdm.com/mediastore/2/7/2706.jpg

Kinda sends chills down your spine, doesn't it.

[Chaos]

The Villeneuve/Arnoux battle...

http://www.gpracing.net192.com/media/dijon79.mpg

[Michaelhatesfans]

Cool! That's actually Nick Mason's car (Pink Floyd) - the man has quite a collection these days. Man, I need to get my photos online - I have some shots of Reutemann sitting in that car at Goodwood a few years back.

[TedN]

There is now video clips HERE (http://jv-world.com/EN/Formula_1_2001/Breaking_News/page_21_6834.shtml)

Ted

[Michaelhatesfans]

There is now video clips HERE (http://jv-world.com/EN/Formula_1_2001/Breaking_News/page_21_6834.shtml)

Ted
Dang, the link must not be working - I saw some guy who was supposed to be Jaques, but he was smiling, posing for photos, and having fun with the fans. Then he was talking about how his uncle was loaning him the helmet for the event - that can't be right... :p

Thanks for sharing, that's really cool to see! :thumbup:

[devilmaster]

http://villeneuve.gps.rivalsdm.com/mediastore/2/7/2730.jpg
http://www.mnsi.net/~smicalef/snap04.jpg

Steve

[TrueBrit]

Wow. Just Wow.

I would really like to see jacques back in F-1 next year.

Shame they used the 312-T3 and not the T-4. The T-4 was gorgeous.

[Sean O'Gorman]

Wow, sends chills down your spine indeed.

There has always been one driver I regret the most about never being able to see race, and it obviously was Gilles. :(

[Chaos]

watching JV describe the car, it makes me wonder if Gilles would've survived his crash in today's car.

[Michaelhatesfans]

watching JV describe the car, it makes me wonder if Gilles would've survived his crash in today's car.
Probably, but impossible to say for sure. Even with all of the advancements, cars can still break apart and tubs can fail. Not like the aluminum/magnesium days, but things can still go wrong. Thankfully, we haven't had a massive tub failure since Martin Donnelly's career ending crash. It was a miracle he survived.

[TedN]

Here is SPEED TV listings for coverage of this event. Hopefully there will be camera time of Jacques in his father's Ferrari.

Ted

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Wednesday, October 20, 2004
9:00 pm Autorotica: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Young Chargers, Old Masters, Part 1
1:00 am Autorotica: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Young Chargers, Old Masters, Part 1

Wednesday, October 27, 2004
9:00 pm Autorotica: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Young Chargers, Old Masters, Part 2
1:00 am Autorotica: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Young Chargers, Old Masters, Part 2

Friday, October 29, 2004
5:00 pm Autorotica: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Young Chargers, Old Masters, Part 2

Saturday, October 30, 2004
11:00 pm Autorotica: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Young Chargers, Old Masters, Part 1

Saturday, November 6, 2004
4:00 am Autorotica: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Young Chargers, Old Masters, Part 1

Sunday, November 7, 2004
3:00 pm Autorotica: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Young Chargers, Old Masters, Part 2

[Michaelhatesfans]

Thanks, Ted - I was about to do the same! :cool:

Oh, and here are these, in case you missed them first time around.
http://community.webshots.com/user/michaelhatesfans

[RichK]

Thanks, Ted, I was trying to set the Tivo last night but couldn't find it.

By the way, try explaining "AutoRotica" to your mother-in-law as she walks into the livingroom when setting the Tivo! :laugh:

[ilferrari]

Autorotica: Young Chargers, Old Masters???

Nice name :laugh: