Is Jezza full of shit?

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
08/08/2019 at 00:28 • Filed to: None

I was listening to a video by Jeremy Clarkson talking about F1, and he mentioned Gilles Villeneuve’s fatal crash. We all know that Villeneuve was in a questionable state of mind given his f eu d with Pironi, but Jezza made a dubious claim regarding this that I have to question.

From what I’ve read, Gilles was thrown from the car still belted into his seat, breaking his neck when he hit the catch fence. Jezza claims that he was so angry at Pironi’s faster qualifying time that he rushed out onto the track without securing his seatbelts, but this seems highly suspect to me and is the first time I’ve heard this take. What’s the truth? Jezza does have a habit of embellishing things, so I don’t think I can take him seriously in this case, but I’m curious to know if anyone else has made this claim.

Salut Gilles...

DISCUSSION (4)

Svend > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/08/2019 at 01:11

It may of seemed like his wasn’t wearing his seatbelt as he was ejected from the car but it’s said he was ejected from the car still in his seat as the cockpit anchor points became detached as the vehicle broke up.

But Clarkson has a lot of friends in many motor sports and the manufacturers of the Formula One cars and drivers and doubt he’ d say something like that without there being something in it.

RPM esq. > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/08/2019 at 01:31

Frequently, yes.

jimz > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/08/2019 at 03:25

When isn’t he?

kanadanmajava1 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/08/2019 at 03:48

D uring the running start period some of the Le Mans drivers used to put on the belts while driving the first lap. It’s difficult but perhaps still possible with an F1 car too . He might have done this but perhaps failed to attach all of the belts properly?