When I was a kid growing up in Canada, I first got into Formula One racing when Gilles Villeneuve took the Grand Prix world by storm. After dominating Formula Atlantic for a couple of years ...
Gilles Villeneuve participated in 67 Formula One races from 1977 to 1982, winning six before he died in a crash at the age of ...
So sizable is the mark Gilles Villeneuve left on the sport of Formula ... figure in American open-wheel racing. In 2018, he died at the age of 86 due to complications from pneumonia.
Gilles Villeneuve won six races during his F1 career ... Tragically, Villeneuve’s promising career was cut short in 1982. He died following a crash during qualifying for the Belgian Grand ...