VILLENEUVE CARRIES GILLES LEGACY INTO PRESENT DAY

Original: The learnings Jacques Villeneuve still carries from father Gilles

Jacques Villeneuve carries lessons from his father Gilles, who died young and remains fixed in popular consciousness as an eternally youthful racing icon.

When stars die young, they inevitably become trapped in the popular consciousness in a state of eternal youth, embodying romanticised notions of heroic nobility and sacrifice. For motor racing fans, Gilles Villeneuve’s spectacular and aggressive style came to represent the epitome of what a racing d