[Said Fix of his qualifying effort,] We have been making changes all day, the car got quicker and we will make some more changes and I anticipate the car to go faster for the race. ... The was a little slick but it seemed to come to us. I like this circuit, it has a nice rhythm to it.
"Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve", known as "Gilles Villeneuve", was a Canadians/Canadian racing driver. Villeneuve spent six years in Grand Prix racing with Ferrari, winning six races and widespread acclaim for his performances.
An enthusiast of cars and fast driving from an early age, Villeneuve started his professional career in snowmobile racing in his native province of Quebec. He moved into single seaters, winning the US and Canadian Formula Atlantic championships in 1976, before being offered a drive in Formula One with the McLaren (racing)/McLaren team at the 1977 British Grand Prix. He was taken on by reigning world champions Ferrari for the end of the season and from 1978 to his death in 1982 drove for the Italian team. He won six Grand Prix races in a short career at the highest level. In 1979, he finished second by four points in the championship to teammate Jody Scheckter.
More Gilles Villeneuve on Wikipedia.If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.
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