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Database start - Driver search - Gilles Villeneuve


 
Gilles Villeneuve, Canada
1950-01-18 - 1982-05-08
     
F1 Career: British 1977 - Belgium 1982

  Races
Wins
Pole
Podiums
FastLaps
Points
67
6
2
13
8
107
       
% Wins
% Poles
% Podiums
% FastLap
Points/Race
 
8,96%
2,99%
19,40%
11,94%
1,60p  
Gilles raced snowmobiles for several years and tried drag racing before turning to Formula Ford in 1973. In his third GP race at Fuji he ran into Ronnie Peterson's Tyrrell and somersaulted wildly into a prohibited area, killing two spectators. This time Gilles walked away. At practice for the 1982 Belgium GP at Zolder he hit the March of Jochen Mass and his Ferrari spun across the track in an accident of great ferocity. Gilles was thrown from the car, receiving terrible injuries. There was no hope of survival. To this day the legend still lives on.

Year Plac Points Nr / Team / Car Wins 2:nd 3:rd Poles FastL Races Ret Notes
1982 15 6 #27 Ferrari 126C2 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 dsq, Killed at Zolder
1981 7 25 #27 Ferrari 126CK 2 0 1 1 1 15 8 1 dsq
1980 10 6 #2 Ferrari 312T5 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 -
1979 2 53 #12 Ferrari 312T3 & 312T4 3 4 0 1 6 15 5 -
1978 9 17 #12 Ferrari 312T2 1 0 0 0 1 16 6 -
1977 - 0 #40 McLaren M23
#21 & #11 Ferrari 312T2
0 0 1 0 0 1
2
0
2
R
Wins    Poles    FastLaps   

Non F1

Year Series Result Team/Car Notes
2022 Podd: Beyond the grid . Several interviews about Gilles .
1979 Race of Champions winner Ferrari 312T3 Non championchip race
Grand Prix Dino Ferrari 7th Ferrari 312T4 Non championchip race
1977 Canadian Formula Atlantic champion March 77B 3 wins
. CanAm 12th Wolf Dallara WD1 .
. 6h Mosport Park 2nd BMW 320i .
1976 Canadian Formula Atlantic 5th March 76B .
. US Formula Atlantic champion March 76B 4 wins
. 24h Daytona dns Chevrolet Camaro .
. Trois-Rivieres invitation race winner . .
1975 Canadian Formula Atlantic 16th March 75B .
. Canadian Snow Mobile champion . .
1974 Canadian Formula Atlantic champion Ecurie Canada-March 74B .
. World Snow Mobile champion . .
1973 Canadian Snow Mobile champion . .
. Qubec Formula Ford champion . 7 wins