Top 20 Best F1 Drivers of all time: Part I

#17 Giles Villeneuve

Giles Villeneuve is at 17 on the list and has to be one of the best drivers never to win a world championship

Giles Villeneuve is at 17 on the list and has to be one of the best drivers never to win a world championship.

He often claimed to have been born in 1952 but he took two years off his age to avoid being considered too old to make it at the highest level of motorsport.

The Canadian spent six years with the Scuderia Ferrari team and was often praised for his performances on track.

He is another driver that sadly lost his life behind the wheel, he passed away during the final qualifying session of the Belgium GP in Zolder in 1982.

Villeneuve is still remembered at Grand Prix race weekend especially at the Canadian GP, who named the circuit after him in 1982 shortly after his death.

I will leave you a quote from Niki Lauda about Villeneuve,

"He was the craziest devil I ever came across in Formula 1... The fact that, for all this, he was a sensitive and lovable character rather than an out-and-out hell-raiser made him such a unique human being".

Stats

World Championships – 0 (second in 1979)

GP Entries - 68

GP Wins – 6

Podiums – 13

Last Win – 1981 Spanish GP