Original sentence: 1997 would be the last year in which Villeneuve finish in the top three of the Drivers' Championship, as Renault had pulled out of Formula One in 1998 and Villeneuve's Williams team were left with the less competative Mecachrome engines
Edited sentence: 1997 would be the last year in which Villeneuve finish in the top three of the Drivers' Championship, as Renault had pulled out of Formula One in 1998 and Villeneuve's Williams team were left with Mecachrome engines