Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve

Canadian race car driver Gilles Villeneuve was a representative of an elite sport, since he participated in the Formula 1 Grand Prix since 1977. Having scored 6 victories on the tracks of Johannesburg, Jaram, Monte Carlo and Montreal, the driver of the McLaren and Ferrari teams collided with an opponent's car in Zolder, flew off the track and died.

The biography of the Canadian Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve, who laid the foundation for the racing dynasty, began on January 18, 1950 in the village of Chablis, Quebec province.

His father, who worked as a piano tuner, dreamed that his son would become a successor, but together with his older brother Jacques, the boy loved the “music” that the motor produced.

From a young age, Villeneuve took part in popular local snowmobile competitions and raced as an amateur in a Ford car. And shortly before coming of age, dreaming of serious success and achievements, Gilles entered the school of Jim Russell and, having received an official professional license, tried to set a speed record.

In the mid-1970s, twice becoming the champion of the "Formula Atlantic", where he was accompanied by James Hunt, Michael Andretti, Ricardo Patrese and Jimmy Wasser, the Canadian showed the wonders of aerobatics, catching the car in the pouring rain.

In winter, earning a living on snow races, the young man honed his reaction, eventually received an invitation from the McLaren team and made several test runs in the Formula 1 car class.

In his youth, living in the French part of eastern Canada, Gilles met Joan Barthe, who later became his wife. The girl had no luck in her personal life before, but she found happiness in the company of the racer and soon gave birth to a daughter, Melanie, and a son, who became famous as Jacques Villeneuve.

Judging by the surviving photographs, Joan was present at her husband's races and, leaving the children with relatives and neighbors, tried to go to every Grand Prix. But, fortunately, in 1982 she was not at the circuit in Solder, she did not have to see Gilles either at the time of the terrible accident or after.

In 1977, the Canadian made his Formula 1 debut at the British Grand Prix, where he lacked points to reach 1st place on a Cosworth DFV V8. And then he replaced the famous champion in the Scuderia Ferrari team and won the home race in Montreal, which at the time concluded the season.

In 1979, the owner and manager of the Italian stable wanted to abandon Villeneuve's services, and Frenchman Patrick Dype claimed his place as co-pilot. But, having earned points at the Brazilian Interlagos, Gilles changed his mind about himself and in the race held at the Dijon circuit, managed to rise to the podium.

Gilles Villeneuve

The following season, due to insufficient attention to the design of the car, the Canadian in the company of Jody Shector hoped to at least get to the start.

Gilles' masterful aerobatics and reaction allowed him to regularly stay ahead of his partner, and in early 1981 he was appointed pilot number one. Having scored two fundamental victories, he was counting on the champion title, but remained in 7th place in the total, losing the championship to strong rivals.

In 1982, Ferrari designers made a number of improvements to the new car, and Villeneuve and partner Didier Pironi were preparing to have a brilliant season. But in the race, which took place at the circuit in Imola, the team tactics were broken, and Gilles lost the golden podium, attacked on the track by his own partner.

In early May 1982, still experiencing frustration with his management and junior partner, Villeneuve came to the Belgian Grand Prix to prove he was a champion.

On the last laps of the pre-start qualification, he collided with the German Johan Mass, the car flew through the air and fell in the Terlamenbocht turn.

Looking at the terrible impact on the ground, the audience was convinced of the death of the pilot, but the doctor, who arrived in time to the scene of the accident, found Gilles still alive. It seemed strange to him that there were no visible injuries and injuries, but a weak pulse and barely audible breathing indicated severe damage.

With the help of the security services and the marshals, the Canadian, who, with his short stature, had the weight of a 15-year-old teenager, was loaded into a medical helicopter and taken to the San Rafael hospital. It was there that on May 8, 1982, the cause of the death of the famous racer was a fracture of the bones of the spine at the place where it connected with the skull.

Subsequently, the leaders of the main "Formula" increased safety and security measures, but it was impossible to completely avoid the risk, and the pilots died almost every season. So, in 1994, Roland Ratzenberg and Ayrton Senna crashed, and in 2015, during the Japanese Grand Prix, pilot Jules Bianchi received fatal injuries.

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