Nationality: Canada
Date of Birth: 9 April 1971
Drivers championships:
1997
Grand Prix victories: 11
Races started: 163
Pole positions: 13
Teams:
BMW 2006,
Sauber 2005,
Renault 2004,
BAR 1999 - 2003,
Williams 1996 - 1998
Jacques Villeneuve career
Jacques Villeneuve is a popular Canadian driver who was runner-up in his first season in Formula 1 and won the drivers championship in his second season, both with Williams. He was less successful after his move to BAR in 2000. His results with Renault, Sauber and BMW did not improve and he quit Formula 1 in 2006.
Previous seasons
2006
Team: BMW
Position: 15
Points: 7
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 BMW took over the Sauber team this seasn and although he scored points in 4 races, he was droped after 12 races.
2005
Team: Sauber
Position: 14
Points: 9
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He signed for Sauber for this season and generally ran in the mid field, but he did mange 4th at Imola.
2004
Team: Renault
Position: 21
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He raced the final three races of the season for Renault but failed to score any points.
2003
Team: BAR
Position: 16
Points: 6
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 His results in his final season with BAR were similar to the previous season.
2002
Team: BAR
Position: 12
Points: 4
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He finished mainly in the lower part of the top 10, but only scored points in 2 races.
2001
Team: BAR
Position: 7
Points: 12
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This seaon he finished in the top 10 in all the races that he completed.
2000
Team: BAR
Position: 7
Points: 17
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was a more successful season thanks to the Honda engine. He scored points in 7 races this season.
1999
Team: BAR
Position: 21
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He had a difficult first season at BAR as he failed to finish the first 11 races of the season. His best result was an 8th place.
1998
Team: Williams
Position: 5
Points: 21
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 His final season with Williams was less successful with no race wins, but he did have two 3rd place finishes.
1997
Team: Williams
Position: 1
Points: 81
Race wins: 7
Pole positions: 10 THis was his drivers championship winning season. He finished in the top 5 in all the races he completed and won 7 races.
1996
Team: Williams
Position: 2
Points: 78
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 3 He had a very good first season in F1 finishing runner up in the drivers championship with 4 race wins and 7 other podium finishes.
