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Jacques Villeneuve condemns ‘heartless’ thieves after statue of F1 legend Gilles stolen
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Jacques Villeneuve condemns ‘heartless’ thieves after statue of F1 legend Gilles stolen

Motorsports November 12, 2024
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has slammed “heartless” thieves after a statue of his father – former racer Gilles Villeneuve – was stolen in Canada.

The bronze monument of ex-Ferrari driver Gilles, who died in 1982, was located exterior his museum – the Musee Gilles Villeneuves – in Berthierville, .

However his son, 1997 F1 world champion Jacques, introduced on Instagram that the statue is now lacking and condemned these accountable. A reward of £6,700 ($12,000) is being supplied to anybody who finds the statue and returns it.

Villeneuve mentioned: “I can not sleep. How can folks be so heartless? Gilles represented Canada and Quebec on the worldwide stage. There will not be many like him.

“To steal a monument like this, it’s disgraceful. I don’t perceive what goes by folks’s minds or hearts, in the event that they even have one. This act reveals they’ve neither coronary heart nor mind.”

Villeneuve captioned the video: “My dad’s bronze monument was stolen on the museum. These shameless, soulless beings don’t need to be referred to as people.”

The statue is round 1.6 metres tall however photographs from the present that the statue has been reduce on the ankles. It isn’t at present clear when the statue was stolen.

Jacques spoke to final month about his relationship together with his father. Jacques was 11 when Gilles handed away following a crash in Zolder, Belgium, in 1982.

“It was exhausting to lose a father,” he mentioned. “However the weirdest factor was how many individuals misplaced him… that was odd.

“Even at the moment, when folks discuss to me about my Dad, they are saying ‘we had been so unhappy when Gilles died’, however they didn’t even know him. In order his son, that was awkward and actually unusual.

“I then grew up being recognized however with out having achieved something myself. It put me on the again foot and made me shy. Why was I there? I felt like a fraud till I began racing myself.”

Whereas Gilles claimed six F1 wins however did not win a championship, Jacques received the 1997 title with Williams after Michael Schumacher was disqualified from the championship standings following an unlawful manoeuvre within the remaining race of the season.

Villeneuve has labored for Sky Sports activities F1 on two events this season, in Canada and Azerbaijan.

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