Jacques Villeneuve: “We had to get the ball rolling! »

The man was a bit rusty and the homemade Hypercar was premature. Hence a difficult birth in Sebring, which nevertheless suggests rapid growth. Words of ghost.

Published on 26/03/2023 à 13:30

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Jacques Villeneuve: “We had to get the ball rolling! »

Jacques Villeneuve - 1 F1997 World Champion and Vanwall driver © Frédéric Le Floc'h / DPPI

Sebring marked your return to competition, but you never really hung up since you raced occasionally…

Yes, but it was always a bit of a shaky set-up, because I did a lot of TV (the Quebecer is a consultant F1 for Canal+. Editor's note) and I didn't have a lot of free time to find the right discipline and the right team. It was always complicated, with part-time deals that were never satisfactory. If I arrived and the fund was performing well, it was fine. Conversely, if it didn't work, I didn't have time to work. We had to deal with it.

How did this comprehensive program with Vanwall materialize?

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