Long Beach 1981
On this day in 1981, an Arrows started an F1 race on pole, and Gilles Villeneuve made a lively start in his Ferrari 126 from 5th on the grid at the U.S. Grand Prix West at Long Beach. Read More …
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Montréal 1978
Pole sitter Jean-Pierre Jarier (Lotus 79) leads the field away at the start of the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix. Read More …
Canadian Grand Prix Preview
A brief Pirelli video preview of this weekend’s Canadian GP at Montréal, focused on graining and tire degradation, naturally. Read More …
Canadian GP—In the Name of Gilles
No other name sums up the relationship between Ferrari and Canada better than that of Gilles Villeneuve. Read More …
Salut Gilles 31 Ans
It’s odd to realize that 31 years have passed since Gilles Villeneuve was killed at Zolder. Really. Salut Gilles! Read More …
Gilles At Long Beach (1979)
Gilles Villeneuve navigates the streets of Long Beach, California in practice for the 1979 U.S. Grand Prix West, which he won in the iconic Ferrari 312T. Read More …
Gilles 1981
Gilles Villeneuve driving his Ferrari 126CK at the 1981 Grand Prix of Argentina in Buenos Aires, where he retired after 40 laps with transmission failure. Read More …
Villeneuve 1979
Gilles Villeneuve drives his Ferrari 312T in the wet in 1979, before he acquired the now-iconic number 27.
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Gilles & Enzo
A remarkably tender photograph of Il Commendatore himself, Enzo Ferrari, affectionately kissing his “High Prince of Destruction” Gilles Villeneuve, circa 1981. Courtesy of Peter Windor’s The Race Driver blog. By Ercole Colombo—”Dear Gilles.” Read More …
Adieu Gilles
Gilles Villeneuve was a fiery tempered Canadian who earned a reputation for spectacular, aggressive driving, shown here in 1981 at Monaco in his Ferrari 126C, the first turbo car from Maranello, where he qualified second and won. Read More …