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Who is your racing hero?

	Michael Bilyy:
– Michael Schumacher

	Richie Stanaway:
– Lewis Hamilton or Alex Wurz, had the opportunity to work closely with him this year and can learn a lot from him.

	Shahaan Engineer:
– Ayrton Senna

	Sage Karam:
– Mario and Michael Andretti

	Fahad Hizam:
– Michael Schumacher

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Most buzz

1.			Samuele Buttarelli
2.			Alexander Danielsson
3.			Lewis Hamilton
4.			Davide Valsecchi
5.			Jody Fannin
6.			Mitchell Evans
7.			Ronan McKenzie
8.			Carlos Sainz Jr.
9.			Nicolaj Møller Madsen
10.			Jukka Honkavuori
11.			Sandy Nicholas Stuvik
12.			Alice Powell
13.			Junior Strous
14.			Beitske Visser
15.			Richie Stanaway
16.			Brad Brunner
17.			Kourosh Khani
18.			Jan Magnussen
19.			Márk Királykúti
20.			Jimmy Eriksson
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Gilles Villeneuve

Date of birth:	January 18, 1950
Place of birth:	St. Jean-sur-Richelieu
Died:	May 8, 1982
Place of death:	Zolder
Races entered:	107
Wins:	19
Podiums:	31
Pole positions:	16
Fastest laps:	16
Race win percentage:	17.76%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

Driver relations:
Father of Jacques Villeneuve.

Died after a crash at Zolder during qualifying when he ran into the slower moving car of Jochen Mass.

Racing career highlights

Second in Formula 1 1979.
Winner of the Race of Champions 1979.
Canadian Formula Atlantic champion 1977.
Canadian Formula Atlantic champion 1976.
IMSA Formula Atlantic champion 1976.

Racing career summary

The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the Career details. Seasons spanning over two years (for example 2009-10 championships) have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends (2010 in the previous example).

1982	4 races.	0 wins.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1981	15 races.	2 wins.	3 podiums.	1 pole position.	1 fastest race lap.
1980	15 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1979	18 races.	4 wins.	8 podiums.	2 pole positions.	6 fastest race laps.
1978	16 races.	1 win.	2 podiums.	0 pole positions.	1 fastest race lap.
1977	17 races.	3 wins.	6 podiums.	4 pole positions.	1 fastest race lap.
1976	10 races.	8 wins.	8 podiums.	8 pole positions.	6 fastest race laps.
1975	6 races.	1 win.	2 podiums.	1 pole position.	1 fastest race lap.
1974	6 races.	0 wins.	1 podium.	0 pole positions.	? fastest race laps.

Gilles Villeneuve's profile page has been viewed 23207 times.

This profile page was last modified 2012-04-30 22:32:26 by Rasmus Vestergaard
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Who is your favourite 2012 Formula 1 driver?


	The current top five:
1.		Sebastian Vettel	595
2.		Michael Schumacher	278
3.		Jenson Button	246
4.		Mark Webber	103
5.		Kimi Räikkönen	84

Top 2012 race winners

1.	Joe Ghanem	14
2.	Matthew Griffin	13
3.	Andre Heimgartner	11
4.	Andrew Waite	10
	John English	10
	Matthew Higham	10
	Ashley Blewett	10
	Jonathan Allard	10
9.	Warwick Mortimer	9
10.	Zac Kennedy	8
	Michael Lyons	8
	Viktor Shaitar	8
	Anthony Te Rito	8
	James McFadden	8
	James Winslow	8
	Spencer Pigot	8
	Tom Sharp	8
18.	Jan Magnussen	7
	Jason Johnson	7
	Sammy Swindell	7

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