Thursday, July 22, 2010

Villeneuve takes the win �

The 1981 Grand Prix de Monaco wasn�t supposed to be Gilles Villeneuve�s race.

Nelson Piquet in his Brabham BT49C easily overwhelmed the field, closely followed by Alan Jones in the Williams FW07C.

Unfortunately, Piquet was held up by a back-marker and crashed into the Armco. Jones� car started suffering from fuel-feed problems and was falling back.

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Villeneuve, pushing his Ferrari 126CK and driving a clean race, passed Jones on lap 73 and took the race with a 40 second lead.

He followed up with a win in the next race, the Spanish Grand Prix. Sadly, this would be the last win of his all-too-short Formula 1 career.

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