Jacques Villeneuve
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Nov 2, 2026
David CoulthardHOST
And I don't know who that person is right now who's in karting that's about to go into F4 or whatever formula they enter cars.
David CoulthardHOST
But it's when you go to cars and you discover vehicle dynamics and all of the other things that go with car racing you can't lean on people push them wide you know you can't do all those sorts of things you can do in karting but yeah I think it just comes down to the brain controls the body his senses are enabling him to feel the car see the track all of those things in a way that others aren't and what will be interesting is how long that talent lasts because the old expression that time stands still for nobody then Lewis appears to be able to defy time Fernando's defying time but Sebastian Vettel didn't he definitely wasn't as good and he's now in retirement acknowledged that of course it's impossible to acknowledge it when you're racing Daniel Ricciardo has come out recently and acknowledged his drop off in form So Jacques Villeneuve famously was brilliant for a season and then, you know, not so brilliant thereafter.
David CoulthardHOST
So what is it about some of these greats that allow them to go for a decade and more?
Naomi SchiffHOST
Well, I mean, the good news for Kimi is, I know we don't want to talk about his age, but he's got another 15 years until he's in his mid-30s.
Mike HoskingHOST
Yeah.
Mike HoskingHOST
Who was that, Jacques Villeneuve? I think it was Jacques Villeneuve.
Mike HoskingHOST
Yeah, he needs to back himself a little bit more.
Mike HoskingHOST
Anyway, be that as it may, I note also in the wonderful world of business and speaking of cars, Armstrong's, who is a name you will know in this country when it comes to cars, they've gone and bought a company called Egers Automotives, which is North Harbour Ford and John Andrew Ford and John Andrew Mazda and Manukau and this and Manukau M.G., They're going to add 250 staff, $300 million in revenue.
Jethro BovingdonHOST
in the moment whenever you can about this sport when you do a weekly thing like we do there were times last season where people were calling for kimmy to be maybe farmed off to williams or another junior team to get a bit more experience before he came back to mercedes because things were so bad and now we have a dominant world champion i want to put his um championship into perspective so as i said before 20 years old and 68 days previous youngest was seb vettel obviously 23 years and 134 days so huge difference over three years younger lewis was 23 years and 300 days and max was 24 years and 73 days Other drivers to win the title in their second season of F1, there's a couple from way back in the early days of F1, but in sort of modern history, if you like.
Jethro BovingdonHOST
Jacques Villeneuve, 1997, who was already an IndyCar champion and came over, so a huge amount of single-seater experience.
Jethro BovingdonHOST
Lewis Hamilton is probably the only comparable one in 2008.
Jethro BovingdonHOST
Along the way, he has become the youngest driver ever to get pole position, the youngest driver to achieve pole and race victory in the same weekend, youngest driver to lead a championship, first driver to win from his first three pole positions, youngest winner of the Monaco GP, youngest to achieve a weekend Grand Slam, which is pole, fastest lap, lead every lap, victory um first italian champion in 73 years since ascari who won in 1952 and 1953 i mean talk about making records this kid has done it and he's done it in a time with one of the strongest fields of drivers ever
Sean KennedyHOST
Wouldn't be Damon Hill, but you're warmer.
Sean KennedyHOST
Jacques Villeneuve? Jacques Villeneuve is number 10.
Sean KennedyHOST
26 years and 200 days.
Sean KennedyHOST
He's just 10th on that list.
Sean KennedyHOST
You've got the top five.
Sean KennedyHOST
And you've got 8th place, Lando Norris.
Sean KennedyHOST
10th place, Jacques Villeneuve.
Sean KennedyHOST
So you're missing 6th, 7th and 9th.
KathrynHOST
But there are only two other drivers who have won in their second competitive season of Formula One.
KathrynHOST
The first was Jacques Villeneuve in 1996.
KathrynHOST
He made his debut, he became champion the next year in 1997.
KathrynHOST
And Lewis Hamilton, as we know, made his debut in 2007 and became champion in 2008.
Matt ClaytonHOST
win that title and then leave.
Matt ClaytonHOST
And then towards the end of the career, it was obviously Jacques Villeneuve who pressed you quite hard towards the end of the career.
Matt ClaytonHOST
It feels not dissimilar to Antonelli and George Russell at the moment at Mercedes where I guess George probably, I don't know, I mean, I'm putting words in his mouth, probably expected a little bit of an easier time of things judging by last year, but the young guys come in and push you really
Damon HillGUEST
hard.
Greg RustNARRATOR
Let's see how my pronunciation is for some of these F1 greats.
Greg RustNARRATOR
Jacques Villeneuve.
Greg RustNARRATOR
French-Canadian isn't my strong suit, sorry Jacques.
Greg RustNARRATOR
Michael Schumacher.
BrianHOST
Ferrari.
BrianHOST
No, the worst that he could be, honestly, the comp is actually Jacques Villeneuve.
MattHOST
I think he's going to have a better, I'm guessing he's going to have a better career than Jacques Villeneuve.
BrianHOST
Let's be clear.
BrianHOST
He's going to have a better career than him.
Pedro FilipeHOST
Ô Luiz, eu faço a mesma pergunta, mas tente então, pra entrarmos na corrida, é, estende a mesma, a mesma, o mesmo pedido de comentário à época do Kimi, é, que é sendo a segunda, a su-sua segunda época.
Pedro FilipeHOST
E eu relembro, se ele for campeão este ano, e vai ser, ele repete o feito do Jacques Villeneuve e do Lewis Hamilton, que é campeão no seu segundo ano.
Pedro FilipeHOST
São campeões no seu segundo ano de, de Fórmula 1.
Pedro FilipeHOST
Portanto, peço um comentário à época dele, mas podemos entrar depois pela corrida adentro, porque já tens aí atrás de ti o mural de celebração.
EltonHOST
No.
EltonHOST
Think of Jack Villeneuve releasing an album.
AndyHOST
Okay.
AndyHOST
Thank you.
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