If I were to beat him at a computer game like Space Invaders what

If I were to beat him at a computer game like Space Invaders, what would happen in the return match one week later? Villeneuve, already on his way to his team bosses, stops in his tracks, turns round and looks me straight in the eye.”I’d beat you,” he said, delivered with utmost certainty. “Yep, without a doubt.”"How can you be so sure of that?” I ask.”I’d practice non-stop, every single day to make sure,” came the reply as Jacques Villeneuve delivered a self-conscious smile “That’s why I’d win.”. They’re just happy to be part of it, ending up in Europe in the minorities of Formula One I couldn’t accept that.”One final, hypothetical question. That’s why I wouldn’t have come to F1 if there hadn’t been a top team for me, like so many other drivers do. Qualifying in third place for Monaco, for example, was seen as terrible by the media.”He seemed genuinely happy to talk for some time, but the bigwigs from Williams-Renault required his attention.

What about this competitiveness, though? Is it the same in everything he does?”I’ve always liked to win, in absolutely everything I doesn’t have to be just sports I’m not a bad loser, but I’ll be competitive to the end. I accept it may be in qualifying, but not so much in the races Besides, it also puts added pressure on me. I won’t deny it, we clearly have the best car in the paddock and it allows me to be more relaxed I don’t think the gap is as big as some would believe. “It’s not a personal battle, but people will always make this association, won’t they?”Recognised as already the arch-competitor, does it grate with him that he is seen as having a huge advantage because of the Williams-Renault car? “Hey, believe me, having that car is a big help to me. I’m super proud of being his son, and it’s important to me, but I’m not the son the Gilles Villeneuve, the racing driver. I’m the son of my father.”When I won in Spain it never crossed my mind that I’d won more races than my father until it was pointed out to me.

The problem in admitting this is that people will say that I negate my father, and that he’s done so much for me I’m not going against him. He’s accomplished a lot, and he’s a legend.”There’s nothing I could do to diminish him, and I don’t want to diminish him. It would really concern me if people started to say that my achievements overshadowed his.” He pauses for a brief moment to collect his thoughts. Jacques feels the process has already started.”I never got into Formula One thinking that I’ve got to beat my father No way I’ve never wanted to be in is shadow, or to overshadow him He was who he was, and I am who I am.