Jacques villeneuve

[paultarsey]

So JV has got the boot from F1 and has stated in the past that LM was a possibility.  So therefore Monsieur Peugeot, give him a ring and ask him to lead your new oil burning team at Le Mans next year.  Who else would we like to see given a real chance at LM glory?
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[fagey]

yup.. see link on page 2 with who we think he should drive for...

[Bob U]

I would still like to see Martin Brundell have a serious attempt to win.
He has helped develop some descent cars over the years.

TWR cats

Nissan - 1997.   4 cars in the top 10 in 1998 probably a result of his input

Loved the Toyota's. Nikarno was catching the eventual winning Beemer until he got a puncture with about 40 minutes to go.

He had quite an input into the Bentley's so I think he deserves another crack at it, and would probably be grateful for a weekend away from "The Cock"

Johny Herbert, give him a drive a great crowd pleaser and always put on a good show.

Bring bak the old gits I say

[fagey]

agree totally
brundle, did blundell have a crack also?, herbert and warwick.. team 'just for men'..

old age and treachery will over come youth and skill, as the saying goes   be like wacky races

[Fax]

Am I alone in being slightly bemused at how humble JV has become all of the sudden?  This was a guy who seemed genuinally a nice guy when he raced in the Atlantics over he in 93, had a nice chat with him in the Mid-Ohio paddock.  Same when he raced in CART, but then he has F1 success and turns into a complete self-important, a-hole.  Now all of the sudden he finds himself chucked out of the F1 community and he's suddenly Mr Nice Guy again?  I tend to agree with JV Sr.,  He's a spoiled, self absorbed little prick who's had eveything handed to him his whole life because of who his daddy was.
Fax

[paultarsey]

Come on now Fax ... don't sit on the fence, tell it like it is!

[rcutler]

Like the new avatar Fagey!

[fagey]

just the mention of JV and it had to appear .. notice the similarity

[Fax]

Just that I've seen him as a bit of a phoney.  Couldn't hold his father or uncle's underpants as a driver.  Very overrated, remember he was world champ in a car that was head & shoulders better than the rest.  I remember when he made it to F1 he sat around bashing Indycar racing, saying how he never stoop to doing anything less than F1 again...Funny how things workout   As I said, always seemed a spoiled brat to me.  His father didn't leave Joanne and the kids much money when he checked out but she remarried a wealthy Italian and Jacques grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth from then on. Much like the Andretti kids, daddy's name put him in rides he didn't really earn.
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[monkey]

agree totally
brundle, did blundell have a crack also?, herbert and warwick.. team 'just for men'..

old age and treachery will over come youth and skill, as the saying goes   be like wacky races

Of course Brundle (1990 Jaguar) and Herbert (1991 Mazdaspeed) have both won the race. Although I think I am right in thinking that Brundle was swapped to the winning car when his charge expired in the middle of the night? I would like to see fast Eddie Irvine have another crack I remember him chasing to the wire one year when he took second place on the virtually the last corner of the last lap (1994?) in a Toyota 94 CV Great stuff;D

[Bob U]

I remember him chasing to the wire one year when he took second place on the virtually the last corner of the last lap (1994?) in a Toyota 94 CV Great stuff;D

Yup, that was Irv the Swerve in 94, overtook the second placed Dauer Porsche into the Ford Chicane on the last lap. We were on the terraces at the far end of the pit lane watching it on the screen but you didn't need a scren to see the tyre smoke. If only we could have finishes like that now.

[monkey]

Yup, that was Irv the Swerve in 94, overtook the second placed Dauer Porsche into the Ford Chicane on the last lap. We were on the terraces at the far end of the pit lane watching it on the screen but you didn't need a scren to see the tyre smoke. If only we could have finishes like that now.

I was there too, but on the tower at the end of the pit lane (now demolished) couldn't see a thing until they went past but we knew he got bye by the reaction of the crowd on the tribs!! I still reckon we’ve more finishes like that to look forward to Bob. 

[smokie]

I gather JV is doing a big demolition job on Schuey in this month's F1 mag, or somesuch. Or is that what we are referring to here? 

[Fax]

Oh Jesus! Does someone actually read F1 Magazine?
Bwaahaahhhh!
Sorry for those suckers...fools and their money are easily parted. (Bernie thinks so )
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[Andy Zarse]

fools and their money are easily parted.
Fax

Can you lend us ten bucks mate? 

Personally, whilst JV might be a little on the self-obsessed side, I'm not sure he's as bad as you've painted him. I understand he was sometimes known to tell sponsors that he would not be making personal appearances etc, which to my mind is only a good thing. He was a pretty quick driver too, if not quite as reckless as his late great father. And since when was having your widowed mother marry a rich bloke a heinous crime? Personally I'm looking forward to his spat with MS, but I won't be paying F1 mag to read it, hopefully it'll be on the internat somewhere.