Remember when Jacques Villeneuve was good?

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy) 04/08/2020 at 10:45 • Filed to: None

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Do you? Well F1's about to stream the day he became champion.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Wheelerguy 04/08/2020 at 10:51

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Didn’t he have a reputation for being a douchy douchebag?

ttyymmnn > Wheelerguy 04/08/2020 at 10:52

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You mean that one season?

Wheelerguy > ttyymmnn 04/08/2020 at 11:11

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Part of me thinks that he turned into a pumpkin as soon as Williams did, but given how much he struggled in BAR-Honda, I guess his prime is shorter than I estimated .

Makes you think: of all the one-time champs, which one had the highest ceiling? I’m inclined to say Button, but feel like had Jacques been in BMW-Williams he’d have stolen another from Schumacher (nevermind the fact that BAR-Honda actually almost had a shot in 2004 and 2005).

Wheelerguy > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 04/08/2020 at 11:11

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I heard him sing once.

Once.

interstate366, now In The Industry > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 04/08/2020 at 11:27

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Still does.

promoted by the color red > Wheelerguy 04/08/2020 at 11:48

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Probably the man Jacques replaced: Damon Hill, who finished 2nd in WDC standings twice and came within a point of a second title. 

SpecsGTP > Wheelerguy 04/08/2020 at 12:11

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He was fantastic in CART, did well once joining F1, but very quickly was unable to adapt to car that had many shortcomings.

Except for him being a WDC, I would compare him to a Ralf Schumacher. Both are very talented drivers, but neither are of the Legend status.

Wheelerguy > promoted by the color red 04/08/2020 at 12:21

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Yep, and on a freakin’ Arrows team that sucked balls at the turn of the millennium. It’d be interesting to see a timeline where Alonso and Damon’s fates swapped and it was Hill who signed his soul to Briatore in exchange (figuratively speaking) for a WDC or two .