{"id":31,"date":"2004-09-16T19:08:15","date_gmt":"2004-09-16T19:08:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-02-23T07:19:51","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T12:19:51","slug":"jacques-villeneuve-returns-to-f1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2004\/09\/16\/jacques-villeneuve-returns-to-f1\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacques Villeneuve Returns to F1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Truth be told, when I started watching F1 in 1995 I fell in love with Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve.   Hill won the championship that year followed by Jacques in 1996.  It looked like Villeneuve was set for even bigger things, but something went wrong on the way to paradise when he decided to help build BAR.<\/p>\n<p>Oops \u2013 big mistake.  One that took Villeneuve right out of F1 prior to the last race of the 1993 season.  Now Villeneuve is back at the expense of Trulli, testing for Renault, hoping to land a contract for the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, in his first test back in F1, Villeneuve pulled in the slowest time at Silverstone, a full 1.6 seconds off the pace set by McLaren and Raikkonen.  Scary, sad.  Today Villeneuve managed the 3rd fast time, a mere 0.036 behind Sato\u2019s BAR first place pace.  Very nice.<\/p>\n<p>Making matters more interesting, Villeneuve has a chance to knock BAR in the ass if he can help Renault catapult in front of his former team.  That would indeed be sweet redemption for Jacques, plus he gets back in racing shape as he prepares to join Sauber next year for a two year contract.<\/p>\n<p>I am not sure if Villeneuve call pull Sauber to the front, but let\u2019s face it, Sauber is the minor league Ferrari team.  They have good parts, and a decent setup.  Running last year\u2019s spec Ferrari parts is nothing to sneeze at \u2013 this could be a great situation for Sauber and Jacques should be able to squeeze nice things out of the car.  Say what you will about Jacques, but no one has ever doubted his talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome back to the show Jacques!\u201d  F1 just got interesting again, and if you happen to beat BAR a few times in the process, so much the better!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Truth be told, when I started watching F1 in 1995 I fell in love with Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve. Hill won the championship that year followed by Jacques in 1996. 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