Jacques Villeneuve

Jacques Villeneuve is a Canadian former racing driver, born in Quebec in 1971 and raised in Monaco, who is the son of Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve. He raced in Italian Formula Three and the Toyota Atlantic Championship before joining Team Green in CART, where he won the Indianapolis 500 and the drivers' championship in 1995. He moved to Williams in Formula One in 1996, finished runner-up as a rookie to teammate Damon Hill, and won the 1997 World Drivers' Championship after a controversial final-race collision with Michael Schumacher, becoming the first Canadian champion. He won 11 Grands Prix, drove for BAR, Renault, Sauber and BMW Sauber until 2006, and later raced sports cars, NASCAR and touring cars. He is a member of the FIA Hall of Fame.