20 Years On | Jacques Villeneuve On Jerez 1997
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- Jacques Villeneuve describes how Jerez 1997 unfolded through his eyes as he beat Michael Schumacher in the final race of the season to become world champion
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To quote Martin Brundle:
“That didn’t work... That didn’t work... You hit the wrong part of him, my friend.”
I was delighted when Villeneuve won the title, wanted him to do it much more than Schumacher. The best and right man came out on top that day
I cant fathom how much F1 content we missed throughout the years thanks to Bernies hatred for social media, common people and his elitism. The social media content since Liberty Media took over has been amazing.
I agree, but at least Bernie would never have brought the halo in
Finally, F1 got in the 21st century!
I do believe halo idea concocted while Bernie still in charge. Due to unfortunate incident in Suzuka circuit that caused a driver died a few years back.
Nah Bernie is a traditionalist and not a fan of it. Besides, the halo would not have saved Bianchi in 2014 and wouldn't have prevented Massa's injury in 2009
Bernie was an a**hole . He never gave social any importance. This was because of his old thinking.
Imagine Coulthard actually willing to give up his good position to be sure Villeneuve would win the title. He was not even in the same team. This shows how sick everyone was of the Schumi actions. And can you imagine it was only the beginning..
It wasn’t that they were sick of Schumachers actions it was the final corner of the final race of the season and he wouldn’t of gained anything in the drivers standings and it’s about respect for Villeneuve
@@rattymcforeheadracing2985
You reckon it would happen today?
@@MiguelBaptista1981 It depends on the driver. If for example Verstappen is in Villeneuve's position, and Vettel in DC's position it might. All depending on the drivers and who is going to win. If it's for a 7th Mercedes title I don't think they will.
@@jackodees1765 I think that drivers like magnussen might not but if it isnt Ham most of the others like Verstappen as example Lando, Saniz, Pierre, Daniel, Vettel most of the time.....
@@MiguelBaptista1981 well not exactly as that but, i reckon that in 2016, many said that Vettel was actually helping Rosberg by defending against Verstappen. Whether that is true or not, i think he knew Lewis's motif, and didn't try to overtake Rosberg at all.
9:33 Imagine being in that car, slowly going down the pitlane, winning the biggest thing in your sport, everyone in unison applauding you. People you know, people you don't know. Ex world Champions such as Prost and Stewart. even some of the Ferrari team, all applauding you......that must be such a humbling experience.
Yes but to be there you have to have a lot of money, the only dark thing of this sport
I was in the pit lane there working for Tyrrell was an amazing time……
It's like the shot at the ending credits of a video game
@@housesports000 outside of Williams don’t think anyone did, after Tyrrell I went to Williams…and think they anticipated a move….after Hills incident…
@@housesports000 would like to say though out of all the drivers I met (I’m a f1 fan so got pics and autographs of many of the driver’s up and down the pit lane ) Schumacher was one of the nicest and gave me a autograph with no hassles, I still have it to this day in a photo album 👍
So much sportsmanship at the last corner... Wow.... Era of respect
Well, considering Jacques only needed 1 point to win the championship, so it wouldn't change much whether or not the others let him by or him letting the others by
@@user-be9to6ly9r it's the thought that counts.
Shumacher the biggest cunt in F1 history, Senna close second.
@@Makavelli2127 What made Senna a cunt?
@@alexkrstulovic6054 He took his rival out on purpose to win a championship.
I miss Williams and McLaren racing at the top
I think you just miss the 90's mate :) V10 F1, Full Wide Slicks, Simply Aero, Real 'men' Drivers and no iphone in our faces 24/7 :)
@@brentonstewart3317 Ain't that the truth mate :)
Brenton Stewart Well said. I remember and miss those times
I dont.they both dickhead teams
@RantingIdiot F1Fan Ferrari the best team In the history of the sport.schumacher the best driver ever.u guys all losers shame...
Jacques is de-ageing. His hair went from light to dark
Also his glasses
@@matooj1775 he’s re-aging his hair is getting white again
He needs to do a tony hawk and become the oldest teenager ever
@@DRDREAMYBULLMDSBROTHER but he has no hair he’s bald now
@@SeshvirSeodutt oh yeah I just realized that
@@SeshvirSeodutt he had a transplant
Villeneuve's talent and speed are criminally underrated.
Best driver ever...Indy champ Indy 500 winner and F1 champ
I'm so sick of people saying he just had the best car. Vilneuve was a brilliant driver.
He was in a Newey car he should have walked the championship that season. Michael had no right dragging that Ferrari to WC which he nearly did.
Are you nuts? The guy failed with every F1 team other than Williams and always blamed someone else for his own shortcomings.
@@danielainger8666 Jaques had almost twice as many points in 1997 as the other "Newey" driver, Frentzen.
But keep telling yourself it was all about the car....
Was it just me or the whole paddock seemed happy Jacques won instead of Michael?
den525 just u
Oh absolutely. The paddock was generally pretty unhappy with the penalty Jacques got in Japan. The long standing joke (proved to be 100% correct many years later) was that FIA actually meant Ferrari International Aid and that's why Jacques was disqualified in Japan.
@BlackJackMulligan whhat? Senna was even more dirty tham Michael just look at Japan 1990
@@canardaciloglu Schumacher bottled it!
Its like with Lewis now
More short documentary videos like these
yes! and no halo!
Yes!!! Please!!!
Yes these are awesome
Maybe more full race video (wec does it so why not?)
On Capentier a good one i think
Hahahaha to see Coulthard slowed down for Jacques to win the championship is hilarious. It's clear that a lot of drivers are against Schumi. Jacques winning world title just the slap in Schumi face
What a giant slap it was winning the title in the far superior williams. monaco and spa 97 were slaps in villeneuve face since they showed his inabillity in the wet
@@AliasMorris In F1, it's almost always the car with a combination of talent that wins championships. JV may not have been as talented as The Michael, but it takes some actual talent to win a championship at the highest level in open wheel cars. Villeneuve was just too stupid to get away from Craig Pollock who pretty much destroyed Villeneuve's career with him going to teams that literally fielded crap cars throughout the rest of his career. Considering he's also won the Indy 500 along with his F1 World Championship, JV was a talented driver that much like Alonso, had an attitude and made poor career choices that robbed him of possibly more world titles. Didn't help that Adrian Newey left Williams, went to McLaren and boom, Mika wins back to back world titles. Such is life, JV made the wrong mistakes after 1997 but he was a talented driver none the less.
Schumacher is not fair driver thats why cheater
Yeah real slap. The guy won 7 between 2 teams and could have easily won 9 or 10.
@BlackPill Jesus well said sir
Footnote: Fontana still lost his Sauber seat to Alesi
Ferrari old master 🅱️lan
Wow what a story, and what an incredible way to tell it, MORE SHORT DOCUMENTARIES LIKE THIS LIBERTY PLEASE.
Thanks libery media for the great youtube content
AMEN
Nicola de bari - sai che bevo, sai che fumo
if you are a really a fan of motorsports check about Stirling Moss a great warrior Senna Villeneuve Prost Raikkonnen a lot of documentary to watch what those brave man did!
This story (the background of both drivers then leading into F1 and this finale) should be Rush 2. Their characters and spiteful rivalry is perfect for it.
And Fernando says somewhere: "Karma" :D
Paddy McQueen he cut the chicken! It’s a yolk
Alonso...the last driver to defeat schumi
"Where is Michael?"
@@Aurantius_ oh right
Schumacher also tried to cheat Alonso. Monaco GP 2006 qualifying. Alonso had just set fastest first sector. Michael parks his car in the middle of Rascasse to deny Alonso pole. Michael was penalized and sent to the back of the grid. Ferrari also did it at Monza when Massa accused Alonso of impeding him in qualifying. The stewards ruled that Alonso didn't impede him but FIA still penalized him.
Jacques made some poor decisions after leaving Williams that derailed his F1 career sadly. Having said that, I got to watch him race since he was a youngster. Boy was he quick and fantastic to watch. Reminded me of his father with his fearlessness. Great memories for this proud Canuck!
I dunno that he was quite ever on Gilles level in F1. In CART he was fantastic, but F1, not quite as ferocious.
I watched him for his entire career. He was one of the greats in racing. There are not many who can claim the World Drivers Championship and the Indy 500 (I was there). I think his father Gilles Villeneuve was a far more naturally talented driver. His downfall was over aggression which lead to his death. Jacques was blessed with that aggression , but in a far more tempered way. He used it to win a lot of races. Being Canadian I am a little biased. He is our only World Champion and our only Indy 500 winner And that is something all Canadians are proud of.
I'm glad I finally get to see this race.
Hell ya! My sentiments exactly! The Villeneuves are Canadian motorsports royalty, Gilles, Jacques and Jacques!
Well said!
Agreed. He deserved a far greater legacy in F1. Trusting in the BAR project took that away
Gilles died in the most stupid accident in F1 history. Jochen Mass should and could have more room instead of driving in the middle while Gilleswas approaching and as such forcing him to choose (the excuse that Gilles could never pass on the outside was refuted several times ..he did miracles)....and only make room when Gilles was already aside him....Fortunately not possible anymore in todays racing. Gilles drove in far less cars with awkward handling. 1981 proved his real capability. For me, Gilles is the greatest driver that ever lived but also displayed values, which I appreciate in life. He is a hero for me and I still admire him.
Thank you F1 for your amazing CZcams presence this year!
TV is getting out of date. In some year we'll get live streaming races!
And F... Bernie ;)
You're right on the nose, and it may be happening sooner than you think.
www.autosport.com/f1/news/132542/f1-plans-to-launch-live-streaming-service
MARCOS TV isn't getting out of time, in france there is Jaques Villeneuve for live commentary
Ya now show some full length races
Jacques Villeneuve showed what he was made of back then. Tough guy who dosn't fear anything or anybody.
HE still a french Canadian AAA hole !
@@nicholas.wblanchard8513 huh? who ever said anything about race? this isn't BBC buddy no need to conflate countries with skin color
@@SEBASTIACOful May I inquire what is your nationality? I'm sure it's very superior.
Sebastian A - Lmao, English Canadians are still salty that they can't produce anything that wins any F1 race or what ?
You shouldn't watch F1, it's not adapted to your kind. There's people from all over the world, not only Bumfuck village, Western Canada. It must be frightening for you.
@Jose Ignacio I’m not sure if you’re aware, but discriminating against Francophones is generally termed “racism” in Canada.
Schumacher says he wants a honest race ...then he rams into Villeneuve in the corner ! Just as many of the other drivers predicted !
You know somehow it was okay at that time and nowadays it's called torpedo and will be fined hefty. I don't think MSc is at fault here trying to turn in a corner where JV just went straight like Mr. Kvyat with no intention to get the corner like a F1 Driver should. He just wanted to get ahead out of the corner at ALL COSTS. That is clearly not a good move if you truly think it was.
@@boreqyas It definitely wasn't okay at the time either since Schumacher was disqualified from that entire season due to that move.
Schumacher is a dirty driver , he deliberately crushed Damon Hill to win a championship
@@boreqyas if you no longer go for a gap that exists you are no longer a racing driver
-Greatest of em all
Secondly, whatever Msc does fair ,unfair , I dont care, I am just moved by the man's determination , focus on the goal.
The only goal MSC ever had in his head was to win and win and win again ,nothing else
Do what you gotta do to win regardless if it’s dirty or not
I miss drivers like Jacques on F1. Great Era, the 90's. 1997 my favorite.
Coulthard, what a sportsman. Hakkinen my favourite driver then beats Schumacher the following year.
Schumi the greatest of them all, going through this, the next two years, with an injury to add, then finally dominate until he retires.
@@VijayKanta what Schumi did was absolutely disgusting. I lost all my respect for him on that day
but yes: Coulthard is one heck of a driver!
@@VijayKanta Schumacher bottled it!
@Tofu Delivery yeah even though I don't like mercs winning everytime, I truly respect Hamilton for his humility and sportsmanship. Even though he won the f1 championship 5 time already, he is still a very humble and honest person
More videos like these
Agreed, this was awesome. Can't do much better than this.
Pure F1 History. Thanks Liberty Media
Maybe about 2008, 2010 or 2012 or Michael Schumachers fist F1 title with Ferrari or the great Senna. 👍😉
Or 2007 with Kimi Bwoahkkonen XD
Shayan Mahar It’s from a dvd. F1 greatest races or something like that
Driver: *Passes michael to win the championship*
Michael: I'm Gonna Do Whats Called A Pro Gamer Move.
Translation: An asshole move.
what did he do? turn it onto easy mode so he could win 7 titles?
@@MiguelBaptista1981 a senna move
@@MrRodzilla yes, but Senna only did it ones, not many times like schumi
@@1975longshot senna was only in that situation once
A less talented driver than his dad, yet he won the championship. Gilles would have been proud. Shame he never got to see it.
Lets not say far less talented. The guy won F1 championship, Indy and Indy 500. He did peak early though, some athletes do.
I wouldn’t say far less talented but I think Gilles was better than Jacque, I wish Jacque could have been good for a longer period of time though.
@@sweetswing1 I don't think he peaked early. He came to F1 late. I think Jacques' peak started in his Indy days.
He was talented but made a bad choice that cost him lol did you even watch his rookie years even after Williams was shit in 98 the drivers showed him he got talent several times dispite having a bad Williams so shut up with your imaginary theorys
@@deliriumbee4678 Not really imaginary. Jacques was quick, Gilles was legendary quick. Jacques was average or below average in wet conditions, his dad was something else. Villeneuve junior was definitely very good & quick in his own right, no one's denying that. Not sure what the bad choice which cost him was though, unless you mean the big pay cheque move to BAR in '99. It would have been interesting had he stayed at Williams through their 98-99 slump, because things got going again in 2000, and really came pretty good in the next few years before dropping off once more.
a 10 minute video? Woah. Make it more like these, F1
Marcelo Carvalho *Bwoah
Bwoah
PHWOAR!
They found out watchtime. Going for that youtube money
I wouldn't be mind if it's 30 or 60 minutes :D
5:00 Honestly! Blue Flag!
At the time blue flags were more what you'd call "guidelines" anyway. I believe a lapped Damon Hill blocking Schumacher and allowing Frenzten to close up to him in the race before this one in Japan lead to them changing the regulation so that a blue flag was a mandatory signal to move aside.
Like Honestly, what are we doing here !???
"An extra big case of champagne for Sauber and Fontana there, blocking Villeneuve like that"
"What engines do they use again Murray? Ferrari isn't it?"
"My, Martin, you are cynical man!"
Pavlos Lepaul I
Norberto later got a ferrari drivers cockpit for his help
I seem to remember back then that apparently, Frank Williams had asked Ron Dennis before the race to keep the McLaren drivers out of the battle as their car was proving to be extremely quick at the end of the season and so he didn't want Hakkinen or Coulthard to be an additional distraction. Then when Villeneuve's car was clearly struggling after Schumacher's collision, Ron Dennis then bargained with Frank Williiams to let the McLarens go by as he had kept to their original agreement of not getting involved. Dennis of course wanted Hakkinen to score his maiden win which would prove to be the catalyst for a remarkable next few seasons for the Finn who in my opinion when he was really on it, was probably the quickest 1-lap driver that we had seen up until Hamilton arrived on the scene.
no you have it all wrong, villeneuves plan in the previous race was to hold up Schumacher and let all the other drivers pass him so Schumacher would be out of the points and he would limit the damage, but for some reason hakkinen couldn't get passed Schumacher, Villeneuve asked him about it and the McLaren drivers said why didn't he let them know before the race
so McLaren decided to help Williams win the title at the jerez race, frentzen was fueled up more and told to back off so that when Schumacher pitted frentzen would be positioned just ahead of him then he could back up Schumacher into Villeneuve
that plan worked and frentzen was holding up hakkinen all this time, then Schumacher was behind them then couthard and Villeneuve catching them all
this was the time for McLaren to make their stops and it was originally intended for hakkinen to come in, and it made perfect sense for them to do so at that moment because they knew what frentzen was doing and he would be easily leapfrogged in the pitstops but because McLaren were helping Williams they decided to switch it to coulthard so they could get out of the way of Villeneuve while continuing to help hold up Schumacher
so coulthard pitted and had a free lap in clean air while hakkinen was locked up behind frentzen still driving slowly, that's how coulthard got ahead of hakkinen and why McLaren thought it was unfair to mika so they switched it back around later
after the crash the Williams was feeling unusual so Villeneuve wanted to limp home to the finish but Irvine was a danger in 4th place, so Williams called McLaren who agreed to drop their pace completely to escort Villeneuve to the end of the race, if they kept their pace they would take the lead 10 laps before the finish, even shinji nakano was faster than them at this point
so in the closing stages mika is going to take the win while coulthard is going to stay back and protect, but berger passes Irvine so coulthard accelerates and takes 2nd place, while berger is the only driver who is not driving slowly or doesn't have a problem, he makes up 5 seconds on the last lap
sorry for writing so long but I wanted to get all the details out because nobody else seems to know what really happened
For me, the quickest we have already seen in one lap, was senna
@@MrRodzilla Interesting story, haven't known all the details. What is your source for this?
@@bojandolinar1535 I pieced it together myself with all the details
1) brundle told the viewers about the Villeneuve conversation with McLaren drivers during the race
2) the frentzen strategy was obvious, he backed off to position himself ahead of Schumacher after the stops and held him up
3) the McLaren team switched the drivers around later in the race because they compromised hakkinen by choosing to bring in coulthard, McLaren not pitting earlier is clear indication that they weren't interested in the best result for the team
4) James allen reported in commentary that Patrick Head and Mansour Ojjeh were going into the others garages through the race even before the collision, and they were having another meeting as the race order is 1. Villeneuve 2. Coulthard 3. Hakkinen 4. Irvine
5) The McLaren drivers definitely slow up for the last third of the race, Shinji Nakano unlapped himself from Villeneuve and drove away, the McLaren drivers were slowly closing up but they were stuck behind a lapped Jordan for over 10 laps
6) The last lap is crazy and should be watched again, they have a video of it on youtube, Villeneuve lets both drivers through, coulthard slows back up again on the finish line, he later explained that he wanted to make sure Villeneuve got to the finish and would let him back through if not, berger was driving that lap as if it was his last in F1 because he passes Irvine, makes up a few seconds and almost passes Coulthard and Villeneuve on the finish line
7) it was clearly a case of race fixing, so they investigated and found the team radio explaining to Villeneuve that hakkinen had been helping through the race so he should be let through to win the race and was reminded again on the last lap
from the transcript Clear (to Villeneuve): Keep concentrating, Jacques. Keep concentrating. (Pause) Hakkinen up to position two. 26.5 seconds Villeneuve. (Greater urgency) Hakkinen quite quick and very helpful. (Later) Be aware that Hakkinen is now in position two. He probably wants to win. Very helpful. (Later) DC [David Coulthard] is controlling [Eddie] Irvine. Hakkinen immediately behind you, Jacques. Immediately behind you, Hakkinen.
(Later) Keep concentrating, Jacques. Hakkinen is immediately behind. Last lap. Last lap. (Extremely nervous) Hakkinen has been very helpful. Jacques, position two. Don’t let me down, Jacques. We discussed this . . .
Villeneuve allows Hakkinen through to win and Coulthard to take second place
Jarno Trulli was also a beast in qualifying
1996, 97 were the best moments of my love for F1. To see Gille Villenueve's son come into F1 and straight away be a contender and finally win the F1 championship in 97 brought tears to my eyes after following his dad and seeing his tragic demise. Nothing in sports even comes close to how I was emotionally.
20 years already? Fuck me, I’m old.
This is great, we need more long videos like this
As a teenager (and Canadian) I remember waking up early to watch this race. I was so pumped to see Jacques win.
Jacque Villeneuve, is the reason I started watching F1, and still love and watch it today, even if Merc is winning everything. Great story, I remember that day, as if it was yesterday.
On 7:09 you can see the Williams team and JV's management jumping in the air when Villeneuve passed Schumacher but you can see in the face of Frank Williams that he knows from 1994 that it's not over until it's over.
Yeah that and the fact he can't jump himself
constantine he can’t even jump himself
Yeah, i noticed that too.
Great observation...
The one other guy in the room that still looked worried as hell must have been a mechanical engineer that understood the car could be terminally damaged from that hit.
9:25 that dude with the camera lmao
Looks more like a camera with a dude...
he just about biffed it
Looking like Doc Brown in Back to the Future at the end
hahaah
🤣
To get a standing ovation and applause from the entire pitlane has to be one of the biggest honors a driver can get. You never see that these days. Everyone was so happy he came out on top.
What an awesome guy so down to earth. I'm just really glad he won that year and beat Michael, and also fulfilled the Villeneuve Leagcy.
At the end, Seeing all the people clap, is like seeing gilles winning the championship and that made me cry
In some way, Gilles won and Ferarri was punished for their politics in 1982.
It has been accomplished!
gay
@@morfi3395 What did Ferrari do in 1982?
@@valeriobenedetti7791 In my view, they let Gilles down at Imola by giving stupid pitorders, which did not mean anything (slow) and were differently interpreted by the 2 drivers, Gilles (father of Jacques) and Pironi. Gilles thought to cruise to victory to safe fuel (as he was afraid not to have enough as was discussed pre-race) but was overtaken in the Tosa corner and was furious and felt betrayed by both Pironi and Ferrari. It was to be his last race as he died 2 weeks later in Zolder during qualifying. He had always be loyal to the team and expected a bit more backup in return after all his efforts, especially when he did not attack Scheckter in 79, securing both drivers title and constructors title. Ferarri did not win the drivers title until Schumacher in 2000.
I think they played it a bit dirty in 97 but fortunately, it did not paid off and the son of Gilles took finally the title home and everybody loved it.
@@morfi3395 oh yeah I knew the story, that was very sad indeed, a man like Gilles that loved the team that has been betrayed by his team mate. But I don't think Ferrari did that on purpose, even because there was Enzo at the time, and he loved Gilles
Haha DC is a gent for slowing down out of the last corner.
Not being rude because I really like DC, but that is probably why he never made World Champion :(
Nah DC just wasn't good enough. There is no shame in that. There have been many hundreds of F1 drivers who weren't good enough to be the champion. There is honor in sticking it to the man though. And there is honor in being a gentleman. Kudos to DC for doing doing the good thing.
itsmebatman and DC admits that, multiple times he was never as fast as mika over a season, but his greatest moments were always when he standing on the top step of the podium with Mika and Michael on either side of him.
He lost out on the championship in 98 because of his gentleman's quality. He and Hakkinen Had a wager, Who ever arrived at the first conner first would win the race. Hakkinen did that so later in the race when Coulthard was in front, he slowed to let Hakkinen past and the points he lost at that race was how much he lost the 98 championship by.
Thats whh he was never champion.
25 years ago today, been an f1 fan ever since!
I cherish the 1997 F1 season not only because it’s my birth year but also because this championship story is incredible! Especially for Jacques and and his father Gilles Villeneuve 🙌🏼🔥
"Villneuve never was that good of a driver anyways. "
Guy wins the Indy Championship, the Indy 500, and the F1 Championship, putting him in a very small few. that's not good enough for this guy apparently.
@@markhenley3097 He's got a very "interesting" personality in like to provoke by giving extreme statements and likes to get onto headlines with that. I think if you watch sth like grill the grid he's more down to earth and not as agressive and actually comes across as a decent human being
Don’t forget that he drove the Peugeot 908 too I’m not sure if he was driving the race winning 908 though
@@cjflash99 It's true that he drove the 908 in 2009 but the guys who won the race with Peugeot were Gené,Brabham and Wurz,also he didn't participate in that race as the other drivers were Montagny,Bourdais and Sarrazin
He was crap in the wet and Button kept him honest.
the indy 500 is for people who can only drive in a circle
Jacques is very underrated by people calling him winning just because of his car. He was a real racer with heart with honour, he didn't do any dirty moves on track. He was at his best in 1999 and 2000 with a very average car and did amazing stuff with it. After that it went down with how the cars changed and increased electronics etc. and he never adjusted so well I think. And with the quali system they had with only 1 lap and fuel they had to start the race with, he was pretty much always carrying more fuel than his teammates so he didn't look very good on quali (where he always had been very good at on different format and on light cars) and people started to shit on him. F1 needs more characters like Jacques.
Juho-Heikki K 2001 was very good also.
Juho-Heikki K He isn't rated that high not too much because of his wins with Williams and his tittle with them, but because of his current form in NASCAR and his numerous rants on the current grid. Also for his awful decisions driven by money in F1 and the fact he got beaten by Button with his arrival for 2003. He could kind of recover with BMW, but when he did he was slowly fading out and couldn't compete with a fresh Heinfeld
Grooved tires fucked Villeneuve badly. he had a very twitchy driving style that benefitted immensely from slicks. with regulation changes and grooved tires, he was forced to adjust, and did so poorly. He still regard him as one of the best drivers in the late 90's/early 2000's, and I liked him for being outspoken.
Juho, Jacques was one of the dirtier drivers in f1, and still is.
He was a dick.lucky to win.still whingis from the pitwall
As a Canadian i cheered for Jacques so hard during this season. Schumacker was such a villain in my eyes but it looking back it was the most i enjoyed motor sports and it was two amazing drivers with great teams.
Jacques was a much better driver than he is given credit for. And surprisingly articulate!
And Jacques joined an extremely elite club of drivers who've won both the F1 World Championship and the Indy 500. Fabulous. It was great to see Jacques back at the 500 a few years ago even if it was just a one off deal. A Champion is always a Champion and its an honor to see them race.
Jacques was on top of the world in '95-'97
I'd like to hear the other side of the story.
In reality, as a Williams and Hill fan at the time, it was a championship fully deserved, and Schumacher's antics were well established. It was a righteous victory, and Schumacher's recklessness would tarnish his reputation as a great driver despite his subsequent success.
Didn’t tarnish anything.
@@conors4430 definitely did.
A ferrari mechanic is clapping at Jacques: 9:56
If u clearly see it's none other than binottoa
A lot if italians Ferrari fans love Jacques (Valentino Rossi, for example...)
@@ORMA1 and me, he was the best for me and one of the most talented i've ever seen. he could have won more championships if he would have gone to Mclaren instead of BAR for example...
In 1997 I was 13 years old hardcore Schumi fan, now I am happy Jacques won that year, I am still Schumi fan, by the way.
Villeneuve and Montoya two of the most exciting drivers in F1,we need there like again.
These two drivers were average it's that simple. Only reason villenueve won the championship was because his car was far superior
Devon Green , agree there. Those two guys are dangerous but exciting to watch
Two of the most average drivers in F1 in my time. Lots of hot air but that was about it. Montoya hype was such a joke.
Those boys from Indy were really amazing. Hope Liberty brings that thrilling flame from Indy to F1 and not just the publicity stunts like vanishing the grid girls.
J.V after the best car in williams with 0 wins for years, he's mediocre driver that 1 time have the best car for 2 years, after that he disappearred into Thin Air
There's more excitment in this video than the last last 5 years combined of F1.....
As a schumacher fan, i have to agree that this was a pretty dirty move
@Ddhfacetyy don't be delusional
@@aztronomy7457 What are you referring to?
he always did stuff like that. dirtiest driver
as a german... Jacques was simply amazing.
well deserved
You know you made something big when Alain Prost congratulates you. 9:46
As a kid in Brazil i loved the charismatic Jacques
Prost knew Gilles, I'm sure he was happy to see his son take a championship that his father died to early to win himself.
LMAO at Jacques teammate on the radio, being flustered and putting in the wrong pit
Eddie’s biggest achievement in carrier was when Senna punched him in the face.
Pete Torres 😂
The year Schumi was out of races Eddie was fighting for Championchip! So did Massa. So probabely would Weber with no Vettel in Red Bull. The drivers No.2 never had the chance allong Schummi or Vettel. But, if they switch the position than You get Rosberg the Champ instead Hamilton.
To be fair Eddie was only 4 points away from beating hakkinen in 1999
@@quazarstars637 Meaning that if Eddie was cosidered as No,1 driver or had at least equal chances as Schumi from the very start of season, Eddie would have won 1999 title.
Haha....Eddie was just having fun with girls....never aimed for any prize whatsoever...could not care less about honor or sportsmanship.
I remember watching that race at the age of 8 with my dad. So much drama, tension and real racing. Gilles Villeneuve would have been proud of his son for sure. 🇨🇦
Mom and Dad stop the breakfast eating egg and bacon toast to see him WIN i will always remember that morning!
Very sporting of Coulthard to be fair. Thanks for posting, Villeneuve was so great to watch. A great rivalry and he thoroughly deserved his title.
Michael Schumacher - One of the greatest winners in F1 but probably the worst loser as well.
TBH He is like Vettel. Vettel does mistakes too. For me it's about psychology. Hamilton won cuz Vettel cannot stand if something bad happens. This one was similar.
The greatest F1 cheat ever. Scummy!
HAH, Hamilton is a much worse loser than Vettel, dude. @@Proth7
@@MrStojkovicj how can he be a loser if he wins with Vettel?
Edit: nice playing "dude" :)
@Ethan Weeter U meant class instead of car Ethan.
Jacques est tellement une grande personne, tout ses accomplissements, ne sont pas tomber du ciel.
Longue vie champion.
I have no idea what you sayin
As a kid I was a big fan of Gilles, when he passed I was heart broken, sure that I would never live to see a Canadian win the F1 Championship. Then Jacques came along and on this morning on the west coast I was awake at 4:00 in the morning and pacing in front of the TV to see him outfox Michael and Ferrari for the win!! Unforgettable !!!
Shortly before Gilles died, during an interview he expressed interest in participating in the Indianapolis 500.
JV won the Indianapolis 500 in style coming back from being 2 laps down in car No. 27.
To me as well as other Gilles fans no doubt, on that day in 1995, as well as 1997, my questions of _"What if"_ about Gilles was answered. It was almost like a message from the gods of racing.
7:09 here you can see Sir Frank celebrating
jimpe ... He is a Sir he cant be happy with bad moments. This is a class man
You made my day...still laughing
Top driver: WDC, Indy 500... I really enjoyed following his career on both sides of the Atlantic. Super talented and always outspoken. A true racer. Well done, Jacques. Awesome career.
Beautifully edited, thank you for this great video. Much love for Jacques, who won as a class act against a worthy opponent who was not affraid to bend the rules. Such a beautiful real-life Hollywood ending.
The 1997 season was incredibly fascinating. The Williams car was the best but through mechanical issues and retiring through accidents they left the door open for Ferrari and Michael Schumacher and the championship ended up going to the final race in Jerez.
The incident where Schumacher turned in on Jacques Villeneuve remains a black spot on his otherwise glittering career, with the 1994 Adelaide, 2006 Monaco and 2010 Hungaroring incidents in particular also blotting him.
It's hard to tell if he had a pre-determined mindset to try and take Villeneuve out but it happened on instinct anyway when Villeneuve suddenly dived down the inside at the hairpin. You can see that Schumacher goes to turn into the corner, straightens when Villeneuve appears and then turns in again in an instinctive move to try and take him out.
It failed to work and I can remember Martin Brundle even commentating at the time that he'd hit the wrong part of Villeneuve's car. To explain his mindset, Schumacher first began racing in the early 90s when the likes of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and the late Aryton Senna were the kings of the sport. In 1990 with the championship on the line, Senna deliberately took Prost out at the first corner of the final race at Suzuka to take the title.
So Schumacher thought that if it was OK for Senna to deliberately take an opponent out to win that he could do it too. The problem was that after the dark weekend at Imola in 1994 where Senna and Roland Ratzenberger tragically died in separate accidents, the safety of the sport had come into serious question and it no longer became acceptable to use the cars as kamikaze weapons like Senna had done to Prost in 1990. Schumacher failed to pick up on this with the incidents that decided the 1994 and 1997 championships, although he got away with it in 1994 and was disqualified from the championship in 1997.
Holy shit. Can't believe that was 20 years ago. I must be getting old.
I believe Villeuneuve was a really great driver. People don't pay enough attention at his post Williams career. He did some amazing drives between 1998-2001 in terrible cars. I will never forget some epic performances with that 1999's BAR - Supertec which was the worst car of the grid (along with the MInardi). In the Spanish GP he was running 3rd in front of the Ferraris for half the race before the car gave up. In Imola the same year he qualified 5th in front of cars with much better engine, a fantastic performance, 2 seconds faster than his teammate Mika Salo (Salo a few months later in German GP replaced the injured Schumacher in Ferrari and was faster than Irvine but had to let Irvine win).
Later, in his downfall he was critisised that despite his huge salary didn't do a better job than his teammates Heidfeld and Massa but if you think about it he did against them better than Raikkonen did when he faced them as teammates and he wasn't past his prime like Villeneuve was.
constantine Look at his points average with Williams 68 while Coulthard 48 if 1994 extrapolated to full season. Frenzen only 42 Prost 99 and Hill 82. The 97 car was not that good proven by Frenzens mediocre season. Schumachers car was a little worse but not by a lot.
In 94 and 95 in Indycars he was exciting too. The guy was super brave at overtaking. He came from 2 laps down to win the Indy 500. Back in the days when Indy was great.
constantine i agree. He was a clean and wasnt all the tome looking for the media cause his maneuvers.trully champ
constantine
About Gilles, haters said he was talented but he didn.t win a championship. About Jacques, haters say that he won championship but he's not talented.
Same people: sometimes likes talent, sometimes championships......mad world....
The BAR was very good in 2004, right after Villeneuve left. Jenson Button was very fast in the BAR
those were the days. I remember sitting in front of the TV with my dad, watching every single race. Still love F1 to this day, but it will never compare to back then
Imagine the uproar if Mercedes told Williams to block Ferrari lmao.
MystiK-MaK21 in the william’s recent performance they aren’t going anywhere to block any other car. Maybe midfield team would do it
That would've been fking funny.
MystiK-MaK21 seb would have to sing the blue flag song
Enter Sandman they could if they’re getting lapped 😂
Brazil 2019, Kubica cutting of Max in the pits.
It was as if the spirit of gilles left him after his wdc win, having fulfilled what was tragically taken away.
Never again would jacques drive as well as he did in 96 and 97.
He chose money....
IceBloodKing Villneuve never was that good of a driver anyways.
Look at the season he won his title.
The reason he even rivaled Michael was because of a bunch of circumstances, like technical failures or penalties that set the stage.
After Williams wasn't the dominant force anymore, he had little to offer.
Don't forget until 2000-2001, Jacques was considered as good as the best ones like Hakkinen (Schumacher was at a another class of course).In 2000 he even was the hottest driver at the moment, the main focus for the silly season. For my money, 2000 was his best year.
But the drama about Jacques is we will never know what was his real level. He was still inexperienced for his world title so not at his best and when his BAR experience began to fall apart (when they fired his boss-manager Craig Pollock at the end of 2001) it was the beginning of the end with Jacques not as motivated, mostly because the team (David Richards in fact) didn't want him at all. Try to do your best when your team want you to leave... Same applies for his 2006 year with BMW.
So how good was Villeneuve we will never know. But at one point, he was really well considered. Unfortunately the turn his career took and his (un)famous unspoken persona made his a black sheep in F1 for many...
it was newey the murder and renault v10
"Never again would jacques drive as well as he did in 96 and 97."
His success inevitably declined when he decided to collaborate with a mediocre, upstart also ran team; BAR...
I remember the 1997 season from start to finish. I nearly died from heart attack watching the last race :) My goodness, I had such a crush on Jacques twenty years ago and now I have to say that - he's ageing incredibly well :) Thanks for uploading this.
Absolutely fantastic driving by Villeneuve. As a driver myself its awesome to watch how he made that move on Michael. Not easy.
@Driver Nephi now now...stop taking the mickey!!
This is one of the best videos I have ever seen on this channel. Thank You!
Wow, didnt know this story about Schumacher. Crazy stuff. Still like the guy, one of the greatest Drivers ever, but we love Villeneuves in Canada!
Jaques is one of my heroes, as a Canadian it's one of my favourite stories ever, and I may never be able to respect Schumacher even if I can admit he was a good driver, it says something about you if you can't handle playing fairly
I saw him win The Indy 500 as a kid and I followed him and began to love F1 because of him. Legend
I was 13 years old then and had such a big crush on Jacques. Great driver and great character. I‘m sorry for Michael and his family because of his terrible accident in 2013, but in his times as a F1 driver I deeply hated him.
I love how kids who were not even living in 1997 are calling him the worst champion.
Niklas Because he is. He never got to this glory again because of stupid career choices, and these days he only badmouths current F1 drivers. He’s a grumpy old man now.
Mr Kacperov They were fun choices of a man who'd won it all on both sides of the ocean. It's a challenge getting a crap car into top 5 in a race. Does trashtalk others too much like young Lance.
It's such a shame he has nothing but negative comments towards the current driver's in F1. So much so Williams has banned him from coming to their pit/paddock permanently. It's disgraceful.
Cause he is, he even cant drive i think, f1 is all about development and all the champions in f1 is help their team develop, but not him and he just said bad thing about drivers in every season, look at him after that season, he dont even deserve to drive, so if u think u are know it because live in that year, u should look for data as well dude, he even cant with if his teammate play team order and again, he say Ferrari play team order
Fansen Caesar The dog of a Williams in 1998 is not due to Jacques. He outqualified HHF 11-5 in 1998 and even in poor 2000 Jordan Harald was a qualifying machine. It took 2 very fast drivers in Button and Kubica to outperform JV when he was older. The 98 Williams was very slow so Jacques gambled on low downforce at power tracks. At Monza he qualified 2nd to HHFs 12th. However, he spun out. BAR developed from a terrible car in 99 to mediocre in 2000. At some point it's on the engineers as in the decline of Sennas McLaren from 1988-93. The Schumacher Irvine season of 1996 was very similar to Senna Andretti season in 1993. The great champions could still get good if diminished results from the car but merely very good open wheel racers were lost in those cars.
Dirty play, Michael.
Good job, Jacques.
I hope you don't call him and Vettel a Nazi.
What weed are you on?
So jacques took that corner in a normal way? He went wide from breaking late. I was a Jos fan but I always thought Villeneuve was also the one tot blame. If hè would waited a Lap it would have been more smooth. Williams was way faster
@Zack Smith are you high
Talk about bitter rivalry and sportsmanship in the end, this is the video to watch..Undoubtedly the best I've come across on this channel..
I remember watching this race as a 13-year-old, sitting on the edge of the seat in my uncle‘s living room in England. What a race it was!
the whole season was like this, it was incredible! I was about the same age and i was sweating and siting on the edge of my chair every single race. Man, what a season.
Together your father, you've been a legend of F1 circus and unbeliveble driver👍🏆👊
Incredible sportsmanship by Coulthard, slowing down to allow JV a pass for the championship, if needed!
Andreas Kerscher it was an agreement between mclaren and williams, and other teams too. Ferrari got sauber.
Coulthard wanted to win the race but the team imposed him to let hakkinen win.
No, sportsmanship should be about giving everything you got to achieve results, and thereby giving your components a chance to do the same.
Niels Peter Brøgger Egebo Or being a team player if needed.
Agreed, always considered DC even too kind for this sport
That's not sportsmanship if indeed it was for the championship he would have been purposefully screwing Schumacher, by slowing down for someone from a different race team. What he did was actually terrible.
9:57 shoutout to the one ferrari mechanic cheering him on lmaoo
What a great look back at this season. I was at the Hungarian GP in 1997 as a mere 14-year-old with my father. We watched Damon Hill dominate the race only to lose the lead in the penultimate lap (to Jacques) after a 50 pence washer broke in the throttle linkage. I remember seeing Jacques overtake Damon half on the grass so as to give Damon enough room as he moved the car from side -to-side to hoping it might solve the issue, to no avail.
3:23 Ah that smile from Frank Williams. As much as a Ferrari fan i am. I really wish to see williams having a good season again. At leat win again maybe. After Mclaren unfairly kicked out Ron Dennis, Frank is the only true team boss. The only one to use his business solely to fund his car not the other way around
rockzs74r Who can't like him?
rockzs74r ron dennis unfairly kicked ? Spygate ? Refusing to pay the 100 million $ ticket have mercedes pay it cmon ron dennis was un unloyal piece of human shit he even tried to profit from his friend s cancer to poach his stocks in mclaren
They were close a few times in 2014. And in Baku this year. Maybe they can get one crazy race where everything goes their way!
Hollywood films are focussing on a 2 man rivalry because that allows one character to be the protagonist.
But the 3 way rivalry between 3 teams in 2004 or 3, I don't remember, has been one of the greatest years in F1.
The competition was between Michael Schumacher(Ferrari), Kimi Raikkonnen(McLaren) and Juan Pablo Montoya(Williams).
The tire durability was very low. So many race results turned upside down in the final 10 laps, that season.
One of the most fiercely contested season.
Right on, it really would be nice to see Williams out and about again
Brilliant piece of F1 history and a brilliant story of the triumph of the underdog against the ruthless opponent.
Esta definicion queda grabada en la memoria y en los corazones de todos los que amamos la F1. Recuerdo por aquellos años que todos alababan a Schumacher, decian que era claramente el mejor y que seria el campeon de 1997, pero cuando llego el momento de demostrar quien era el mejor, cayo ante la presion de Villeneuve. El canadiense lo supero A LO GRANDE y gano ese campeonato A LO GRANDE, mano a mano, alcanzandolo y superandolo en pista como nos gusta a todos, y no por estrategia de boxes.
En Jerez 1997, todos vimos al verdadero Michael Schumacher, ese piloto que lo hacia bien durante toda la temporada, pero que cuando llegaba el momento de la definicion, quedaba reducido a un piloto SUCIO, uno mas del monton, como lo demostro en las definiciones de Adelaida 1994 (choque a Damon Hill), Jerez 1997 (choque a Villeneuve) y en Suzuka 1998 (donde cometio un error infantil y largo desde el fondo, regalandole el titulo a Hakkinen).
Pasaron 22 años y los que amamos las carreras no nos olvidamos de aquella F1 y esos momentos lindos. Se extraña mucho aquella F1 de motores V10, y donde el manejo del piloto influia mucho....deseo que algun dia vuelva. Para mi, un titulo ganado como lo hizo Villeneuve en 1997 vale mas que los 6 que gano Hamilton hasta ahora, con un coche superior y sin luchar contra nadie. Ganando de forma anticipada y aburriendonos a todos.
I love how Jacques and his legendary big mouth played the media beautifully in order to bring the necessary attention that Michael was most likely going to try something unsportsmanlike. Well played JV!
They forgot to mention that Schumacher was stripped of all of his points for that season because of that dodgy block. A severe punishment because of what he did three years earlier at Benetton when he deliberately rammed Hill in the final race of the season. He was not punished for that thus allowing him to win the title. There was also suspicion all season that Benetton were running illegally hacked traction control software which was discovered by the FIA but inexplicably they didn't punish the team boss Flavio Briatore who would later be c caught cheating and banned from F1 for life.
they didnt use the TC. they just didnt remove the code for the TC in the software because it wouldve maybe caused bugs. actually williams did the same. later an engineer from another team discovered it while they were supplied with williams parts.
indahooddererste the FIA discovered it before senna died, wasnt hidden, and handed their car to them immediately. Williams also proved the module to make it work wasn’t on the car. Benetton jerked them around for months until they finally handed their car over. Traction control was found hidden in the computer, along with launch control, and both could be turned on by the driver. Unlike the Williams, it still had the module that made it worked. They proved that when you finish the procedure, traction control was activated on the car. Plus they had a illegal fuel filter which also helped him take the lead at Brazil. So do you really believe they didn’t use it? Just look at the start in France.
porscheoscar But Michael got banned for overtaking during the formation lap which is retarded.
@@markhenley3097 Yeah, that was ridiculous. A three race ban for overtaking on the formation lap?
I'd understand if he'd deliberately done it to stop Hill getting pole, but he gave the position back, so that was ridiculous.
Still, I'm not sure about the 1994 incident itself...
Driver61 made a video on it where he analysis the Addelaide crash from onboards and a several other camera angles. Idk if you want the watch the videobut when you take another look at the crash taking all things into account Schumacher messed his car up upon which Hill tried to go for a disappearing space.
czcams.com/video/X5dkG994SE4/video.html
Schumacher on his best will always be my hero but I never liked the cheating is saddening. Jacques deserved the championship fair and square.
senna, prost , suzuka, first corner
do you Remember ? or it's senna so it's OK ?????
Ilan Bar Prost did it to him the year before
@@ilanbar8612 Senna did it because Prost made him get disqualified the year prior. It was revenge.
@@HandlesSuck123 does it make it o.k ? just because it senna ? but when it schumi its dirty and cheating
for some reasone schumi get a bad reputation just because he is a winner just like senna
@@ilanbar8612 No. You've got it all wrong.
Schumi flat out cheated, and was caught cheating multiple times, yet was never punished for it.
Senna was punished unfairly in 89 by the FIA and then did what he did in 90 as revenge.
Senna was no angel and was ruthless as well, but there was no doubt that Senna's action was much more justifiable than Schumi's. Saying both were equally bad is too black-and-white.
my fav childhood driver!! much props to the channel for dropping this gem!!
Wow this is a great insight into the 97 season. It's almost like the dark season, people tend to forget it. I started watching F1 proper a year later at around the time I turned 14.
Thank you, thank you, thank you Formula 1 and Liberty media - you are building a better brand... Long overdue, but most welcome!
Daniel Hill a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
4:55 Whoa, Ferrari trying its tricks with minor customer teams? Who would have believed that?? (sarcasm)
Anybody with half a brain knew that back then. Villeneuve just confirmed what many of us suspected already.
The funny thing? Fontana was fired, even when he accepted that, since then, he has been racing in touring cars in Argentina
And he always says how bad he had feeling about that, and how sauber betrayed him besides he obey
This still happens today with both Mercedes and Ferrari and the smaller teams like Force India and Sauber who use their engines. We see it occassionally during blue flag periods
williams were in collusion with mclaren in this race, they knew they were stronger than ferrari in a straight battle and didnt want any interference, amazing race fixing
I think leclerc xid the same to max lol.
0:59 DISQUALIFIED from the season because of an accident with Villenueve trying to end the race of the title contenders. He got what He deserved from 1994
Crashing on purpose against another driver should come with a lifetime ban form all FIA events, not with a disqualification from a championship he didn't even won.
@@davidp.7620 a fenomeno de STO CAAZZOOOO
Senna did the same at Suzuka at 91 and didnt even get punished, but its everyones fav Senna so no one cares
@@Ass4ssin007 Prost did the same a year before and fia didn’t care
Jacques seems like a cool guy. This is great content from him, explaining what went into this entire final race weekend. And as said already, outstanding sportsmanship by everyone involved at the very end.
He is indeed a really cool guy
Awesome Jacques! The better man won. A great champion, and a great driver. Schumacher was then disqualified from the championship and lost his second place standing.
Can you make it for kimi , please 😆
Bwoah
never really had much time for villneueve when he's been outspoken about current f1, like he had a point to prove, but i was pleasantly surprised by this peice and it was nice to see someone with fond memories and nothing to prove, so nice job
I watched the race that afternoon and still remember how epic the duel was until the crash.