Villeneuve & Pironi will focus on a two-week period involving Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi which culminated in a controversy during the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix that many ...

On 8 May 1982, Ferrari ace Gilles Villeneuve was killed in a qualifying crash at Zolder. Autosport’s then F1 reporter Nigel Roebuck knew the French-Canadian well and wrote this piece in the 20 ...

Villeneuve's short-lived career ended tragically on May 8th 1982 when his Ferrari 126C2 violently hit Jochen Mass' March during a qualifying run at the Belgian Grand Prix. This abrupt end to what ...

Jacques Villeneuve has slammed “heartless” thieves after a statue of his father – former F1 racer Gilles Villeneuve – was stolen in Canada. The bronze monument of ex-Ferrari driver Gilles ...

40 years today, in 1982, iconic Formula 1 Driver Gilles Villeneuve was involved in a tragic accident on the racetrack which ended his life at the young age of 32. The French-Canadian born ...

In 1982, Ferrari Formula 1 teammates Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi pushed each other over the brink. Desperate for a World Championship at the cost of their friendship, Villeneuve and Pironi ...

F1 racing legend Gilles Villeneuve was killed in a crash on May 8, 1982. This video is a fitting tribute to one of F1's most exciting drivers ever.

Gilles Villeneuve died in a crash at the Belgian Grand Prix in 1982. ''I'll just try to make no mistakes because I find it really easy to get into trouble in these cars,'' Tagliani said.

The statue, standing five-foot-three inches tall, was crafted in 1984 by sculptor Jules Lasalle as a tribute to Gilles Villeneuve. It was subsequently installed outside the museum in 1994.

Tambay was selected by Ferrari as the replacement for his close friend Gilles Villeneuve, who was killed during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix in 1982. Tambay started 114 Grands Prix during ...