F1 – Jacques Villeneuve almost drove for McLaren

Jacques Villeneuve looked back on his career in motorsport in the 40th anniversary issue of AUTOhebdo. The old pilot F1 confided during the interview that he had received an offer from McLaren after his stay at Williams of 1996 1998 to.

“Adrian Newey (then technical director of Ron Dennis's team, editor's note) called me to ask me not to sign for BAR, in order to join him. He liked me because he had seen what I had been able to do with his cars at Williams and there was enormous respect between the two of us. It would be easy to say today that it would have been great at McLaren, but how can you ignore your own team...? »

Discover the full interview with Jacques Villeneuve in the 40th anniversary issue of AUTOhebdo, available in digital version on all platforms, and on kiosks.