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, who died in ...

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 Villeneuve ...

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 ...

Formula One has historically been regarded as a predominantly European-centric sport. This makes the legacy of racing driver Gilles Villeneuve all the more remarkable. As a French Canadian underdog, ...

May 4 (Reuters) - Former Formula One racer Jochen Mass, who won the only grand prix in which a female driver has finished in the points and was also involved in Canadian Gilles Villeneuve's fatal 1982 ...

Dec 4 (Reuters) - Former Formula One driver Patrick Tambay, the Frenchman who replaced Gilles Villeneuve at Ferrari after the Canadian great's fatal accident in 1982, died on Sunday at the age of 73, ...

A museum northeast of Montreal named in honour of Canadian racing legend Gilles Villeneuve says it is temporarily shutting its doors amid a legal battle with the late driver’s family over his ...

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 a ...

Maiden F1 win in the 1978 Canadian GP came in front of adoring fans on the track that now bears his name and the message "Salut Gilles". Gilles Villeneuve races to victory at the Canadian Grand Prix ...