VILLENEUVE LEARNED SUPERIORITY FROM FATHER GILLES

Original: What Jacques Villeneuve really learned from Gilles: "I can do this, you can’t"

Jacques Villeneuve learned from his father Gilles that personal capability defines competitive advantage in racing.

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