Jacques Villeneuve

:For his uncle, see Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve ( ; born 9 April 1971 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian Formula One driver, who won the 1997 Formula One World Championship, the 1995 Indianapolis 500, and he is the son of legendary Ferrari driver, Gilles Villeneuve and nephew of Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.
After being dropped by BMW Sauber in 2006, Villeneuve briefly raced in what was then the N.A.S.C.A.R. Nextel Cup, a US oval based touring car series. He now races the FIA's World Rallycross Championship.
Villeneuve has also ventured into music, so far releasing one album, Private Paradise and one single Accepterais-tu, but has had no success so far.
At the 1996 Australian Grand Prix, Villeneuve became only the 5th driver in F1 history to score pole position on début.
The 1999 Formula One Season was his worst yet - he signed for the brand-new team, retired from the first 11 races of the season and in half of them qualified no lower than sixth. The only other time he didn't score in an F1 season was in 2004, where he took part in the last 3 races for after Jarno Trulli was sacked, despite the Italian winning for them in Monaco.
To this day, Villeneuve remains the last non-European driver to win a World Championship and the last World Champion to be disqualified from a race en route to his title. His title was also ' most recent to date.
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==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===F1 Career History===
Year	Entrant 	Team	WDC Pts. 	WDC Pos. 	Report
 	Rothmans Williams Renault 	 	Test Driver	Test Driver 	
 	Rothmans Williams Renault 	 	78 	align=center	Report
 	Rothmans Williams Renault 	 	81 	align=center	Report
 	Winfield Williams 	 	21 	5th 	Report
 	British American Racing 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Lucky Strike Reynard BAR Honda	 	17 	7th 	Report
 	Lucky Strike BAR Honda 	 	12 	7th 	Report
 	Lucky Strike BAR Honda 	 	4 	12th 	Report
 	Lucky Strike BAR Honda 	 	6 	16th 	Report
 	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team 	 	Test Driver	Test Driver 	Report
 	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team 	 	0 	21st 	Report
 	Sauber Petronas 	 	9 	14th 	Report
 	BMW Sauber F1 Team 	 	7 	15th 	Report
===Statistics===
Entries 	165
Starts 	164
Pole positions 	13
Front row starts	23
Victories 	11
Podia 	23
Fastest laps 	9
Points 	235
Laps raced 	8314
kms raced 	39993.307
Races led 	20
Laps led 	633
kms led 	2965.140
Doubles 	5
Hat-tricks 	2
===Wins===
No.	Race
1 	1996 European Grand Prix
2 	1996 British Grand Prix
3 	1996 Hungarian Grand Prix
4 	1996 Portuguese Grand Prix
5 	1997 Brazilian Grand Prix
6 	1997 Argentine Grand Prix
7 	1997 Spanish Grand Prix
8 	1997 British Grand Prix
9 	1997 Hungarian Grand Prix
10 	1997 Austrian Grand Prix
11 	1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix
===Career Results===
*† Did not finish, but completed over 90% of the race-winner's distance and was classified.
==External links==
* Official Website
* Official Music Website
* Jacques Villeneuve on Wikipedia
* Jacques Villeneuve on Manipe F1
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