Just picking up on a thread from another part of the forum that mentioned the legend that is Gilles Villeneuve.
For me Villeneuve was the start of the love affair that is Ferrari - I remember my Dad bringing home Motoring News and reading Gilles' exploits in the 126C2 and the shock of his death at Zolder in 1982 - a black year for Ferrari with the San Marino race where Gilles felt betrayed by team-mate Pironi that spurred him on to take one too many risks at Zolder. A year that also saw the end of Pironis career at a wet Hockenhiem and an emotional win for Patrick Tamby.
Villeneuve is a legend not only in the eyes of the Tifosi but in F1 in general.
What other memories do people have of this great man? The wheel to wheel racing with Arnoux? The sight of him trying to reverse his car (312T5 I think) out of the barriers to continue racing even though the car was destroyed??
FORZA GILLES!!
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