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Thanks, Pricipessa.
Maybe it's not a bad idea to have this forum topic also, for members to pay their hommage, link to videos and photos, etc...
On a personal note, he was my first hero. I was too little to know a lot about death in 1982 (I was 6, back then) but, looking at the GP live transmissions, I knew already that kind of control, determination and bravery was beyond what the others were able to do.
Personally, I have enjoyed some very fortunate and memorable events in my life. One of the most wonderful was when I first saw this great racer display the genius of coming years at Mosport, when he set the entire crowd on fire with his driving aggression and skill in Formula Atlantic.
I mourn his passing, but I also celebrate a very unique life and a man who redefined what it was, to be a great, entertaining race car driver.
Gilles, you really were something very special.
I never saw Gilles Villeneuve race (as I'm too young) but I saw some of the movies circulating on the internet and I have great respect for Gilles. Last year, when Tomba and I went to Zolder, we went to the corner where he died and that is named after this icon of motorsport...Even though the lay-out of the corner has changed, I felt great respect for Gilles as I was standing there.
It takes no title, not even many of them to make a driver great and legendary - Gilles proved that. Even if he wasn't killed and ended career alive with no title he'd still be remembered as he is today.
Rene Arnoux won no title too but when people are discussing greatest battles in F1 history the battle of these two in Dijon 1979 is far ahead of any battle of drivers who were multiple champions. Numbers and titles can trick human brain but they can't trick human heart.
Gilles was a geat driver i just wish that i could have seen him drive im too young to have even seen him (i was born in '89) but i bet i was fantastic to be there seein such a great talent unfortunately all i can see know is videos online
R.I.P GILLES VILLENEUVE
Schumi the greatest will always live on in our memories
I was born in 1990 so i missed him too but I've never hear a bad word against him. RIP Gilles.
Murphy's 9th Law of Technology:
Tell a man there are 300 million stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.
I hardly have a memory of Gilles - all I know is what I have read and seen.
Autosport did a great piece this week.
Most of us will have heard about his amzing wet weather qualifying (was it Watkins Glen?) - in a whole different world to the rest of the grid.
We have seen him three-wheeling at Zandvort.
What escaped me were the details of some of his wins - chosing softer tyres than anyone believed could last a race - looking after them and taking his win. Nursing home a car with badly falling oil pressure and still taking a win.
Winning at Monaco with a car that probably shouldn't have qualified.
Above all you get a sense that he just loved being in a racing car.........any racing car
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