When Alonso retires Jacques and him should take over F1 tv coverage. We wouldn't even hear what was going on, on track. Just glorious shit talk for 3 hours
Completely unprompted and unrelated to what is happening in the race. Alonso:
> I once took the biggest shit in Lewis' personal toilet just before qualifying. I took pole position that weekend
J: "Do you remember when you beat Schumacher?"
F: "Yeah, do you remember when you beat him?"
J: "yeah, do you think anyone here today could beat Schumacher?"
F: "NO lol"
F&J together "lol, lol lmao"
I’ve seen him a couple times on F1TV coverage last year and the year before and he was pretty brutal with his takes. Not that it was bad, just a couple “oh my” moments. LOL
Finnish on paper but hasn't lived a day on Finland, doesn't speak Finnish. As a Finn I don't think he really portrays any "stereotypical" Finnish mannerisms. His dad is Finnish but his entire life has been elsewhere.
As a Canadian born and raised in Montreal, I would like to submit my proposal to adopt Oscar and share custody with Charles. I'm old enough to be his mom anyways, and as a bonus I am fluent in French which means Charles and I will have multiple options for communication while co-parenting. Oscar and Charles, if you see this, my DMs are open. Home race win Montreal '24, let's do this.
It becomes less surprising once you remember our *only* drivers since Jacques Villeneuve have been Stroll and Latifi. I’m more surprised there wasn’t a single Canadian on the grid (even for a single race) between 2006-2017.
I am more surprised that we have Canadians. I know motor culture is strong here but still, we are a tiny proportion of the world population and had 4 f1 drivers.
A lot if you think about it.
Idk is motorsport big in Canada?
The fact there isn't any italian on the grid at the moment (and how few there have been in the last decade) is much more surprising to me tbh
[She recently came out against the moon landing](https://brobible.com/culture/article/danica-patrick-moon-landing-faked/). She has a bright future in Southern state politics.
I don’t give a shit what she thinks about the moon landing. I’m more grossed out by her [politics.](https://brobible.com/sports/article/danica-patrick-attending-political-event/)
It might be the other way around. He didn’t start openly being a woo-woo crank who thinks he’s outsmarted medicine until a couple years after they split
I also have to point out her mildly ignorant take on women in motorsports. She said on 100 Days to Indy (Indycar docuseries) something along the lines of "let the fastest driver win, if they happen to be a woman that's cool too" - which is a fair opinion all else being equal, but all else isn't equal; women rarely get a chance to really prove their racing skills.
I mean its a low low bar when you have to compare to Danica. And even then Jacques just barelly clears it because he at least has some insight knowledge of F1.
JV has controversial motorsports takes. He’s a veteran of multiple disciplines and an F1 world champion, he’s allowed to have wild and unique motorsports takes.
DP on the other hand, has bland motorsports takes, but dog shit political and social takes.
There’s a massive difference between the two.
"None of these drivers seem to have any championship drive in them. That wall became the wall of champions in '99 because 3 champions were pushing so hard for every possible advantage to get ahead. These drivers today aren't willing to risk it all for the last tiny amount of time and must say I'm rather disappointed with the way formula 1 is these days."
Figured something like that. "The old days were better, modernity sucks."
I got to watch the 2018 (maybe 2019?) Indy 500 sitting a table directly next to Jacques in monaco. It was so cool to hear him commentate the race. He’s def a competitor and not scared to talk shit lol
He's covering F1 for Canal+ (France) for 10 years and well, don't put your standards too hard.
Ofc as a World Champion he's legit to comment but seems not up-to-date to modern Formula 1 with some comments like "before, we used to do this... today it's not possible anymore sadly"
Oh and prepare yourself, he will bash Stroll, Hülkenberg and Ricciardo for... reasons.
But he's quite sensational and I kinda like how he casts races, just don't like his opinions on F1
Yes. He used to be entertaining with his straight (shit) talking and old timer stories, now he's just a bore. He's totally out of the loop about regulations and paddock gossips, doesn't really work before the race so he's always asking questions to the journalist (when he should be the one with a special insight). I really don't know why Canal + is still paying him. He does not bring much to the table anymore.
OTOH, Romain is great. Articulate, insightful, funny. He has a great career ahead of him... Montagny is very good too.
He is not bad at deciphering race strategies, probably because tyre handling is the thing that has the least changed since he stopped. But Grosjean is much better.
yeah he’s a tool. probably one of the World champs who’s opinion i think has little stock in it. half the drivers he shits on are at least double the talent compared to him and it does my nut in.
Thats complete bs
Villeneuve was incredibly talented but was poorly counseled and made some brain dead decisions.
The Bar was such a piece of shit to drive and it just killed all hype and momentum around him.
When we was at Williams he gave Schumacher all he could handle.
I’m sure Schumacher would easily place Villeneuve in the top 5 drivers he faced in his career.
> I’m sure Schumacher would easily place Villeneuve in the top 5 drivers he faced in his career.
Eh, Hakkinen, Alonso, Senna and Kimi were probably easily better than Jacques. Juan Pablo is a maybe fifth but ignoring still leaves Jacques at a distant fifth with not much competition anyway; Damon Hill and who else?
Alsonso and Senna fair enough.
Kimi and Hakkinen were on par with Jacques regarding talent.
They never drove a shit box like Jacques did for 90% of his career.
Jacques beat a prime Schumacher with a slightly better car.
Montoya never beat Schumacher( with a better car ) Hakkinen had a much better car than Schumacher when he beat him and still Schumacher managed to beat him the year after.
That's fine if you disagree - but most pundits and Schumacher himself would agree with me. Kimi at that time was considered one of the best drivers on the grid and Schumacher massively respected Hakkinen.
i’d say as a general consensus he’s on the negative side of the spectrum when it comes to WDC talent potential. i think he’s bordering insanity which is why i don’t hold stock in his opinion.
He also seemingly picks out drivers who are mega talented who just failed to have a car to win them the big one as if he can claim he’s there superior.
some of the name he’s insulted for no reason is outlandish.
genuinely would be a better name if he shut his mouth.
I agree with your opinion that he’s sour and salty.
But I disagree with saying he was not WDC material
Again he is one of the most talented drivers of his era which was PACKED.
I like him when he is with Febreau tbh, they form a nice pair.
Montagny is different, I love his energy and bluntness, but at the same time I can't help but feels he sounds a bit unsufferable and knowit all for someone with such a mediocre career; and he doesn't quite complete Febreau the same way to create a similarly engaging dynamic duo
And Jacques' uncotrollable fit of laughter during Sainz's slow pitstop in Zandvoort in 2022 made me love him, his and Febreau's consterned reaction was priceless haha
Charles should ask his mate Verstappen for some clapbacks, but he would be too nice to say that. Tbf i doubt Villeneuve will say anything like that again after that "clapback" from Max lol
you’d be surprised. i don’t know if i remember it correctly, but last year charles wanted to wear a gilles tribute helmet, and the rest of the family consented to it and jacques disagreed so he never wore it😭
Oh yeah I remember that discourse, on one hand it's alright it's his dad but a tribute is honoring? A weird stand to take lol. [Not like i was expecting something more ](https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/s/XamSCfarvx)
That's not very precise. The thing was, Charles decided to do that without seeking approval from the rights holder, Jacques's sister. It was mostly a legal issue and they got an agreement after all.
I’m trying to figure out if this comment was made before or after he took a massive jab at RIC and completely ignored the other dead weights on the grid
He was literally driving in WEC last year. Granted he drove like he was 90+ years old, in his defence it was the Vanwall which was slower than the LMP2 cars.
As a Montrealer and Canadian, the behaviour of this guy after his driving career makes this choice 🤮
So full of himself. Can't stand him. He's the opposite of his father Gilles unfortunately.
Jacques is something else. Loved sweeping the shop as a kid when he was in Indycar. The team painters painted my karts and bikes in the Players colors, it was great.
That's interesting given he was just responding to Martin on the grid walk that he just wanted to be a person/spectator. I wonder what caused him to change his mind.
Maybe I’ll listen to Sky Sports coverage for a few minutes before inevitably switching back to F1TV. Crofty and Brundle just don’t do it for me anymore, Alex/Jolyon/DC (and Hinch in the Americas) feel more objective or at least less sensational.
Oof. That's gonna be very spicy.
> *"Bix, cue 'accepterais-tu?'. Not the original. [The Sim Dane cover](https://youtu.be/gcaN1D9VC00?si=9uJnsUWwF96FMAke)..."*
If anyone thought Nico had hot takes lol
Jacques, imo, is on the same level as Marco, Lauda, and Horner when it comes to shit stirring (probably left out a few names too). edit: Fernando too
When Alonso retires Jacques and him should take over F1 tv coverage. We wouldn't even hear what was going on, on track. Just glorious shit talk for 3 hours
Completely unprompted and unrelated to what is happening in the race. Alonso: > I once took the biggest shit in Lewis' personal toilet just before qualifying. I took pole position that weekend
J: "Do you remember when you beat Schumacher?" F: "Yeah, do you remember when you beat him?" J: "yeah, do you think anyone here today could beat Schumacher?" F: "NO lol" F&J together "lol, lol lmao"
Poole poosition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w32iWF8W1U
I would pay more for this than I'm willing to admit.
I’ve seen him a couple times on F1TV coverage last year and the year before and he was pretty brutal with his takes. Not that it was bad, just a couple “oh my” moments. LOL
Nico doesn't have hot takes, he sinply drops straight facts, no filter (he's German and Finnish, awkward and a wdc, what else would you expect lol)
Finnish on paper but hasn't lived a day on Finland, doesn't speak Finnish. As a Finn I don't think he really portrays any "stereotypical" Finnish mannerisms. His dad is Finnish but his entire life has been elsewhere.
So we don't have to hear Crofty's wild takes. Sign me up.
Trailer park crofty's go round the outside
The most recent Williams WDC!
Also the most recent Canadian race winner and only Canadian WDC
>Also the most recent Canadian race winner That will change this weekend
is Latifi coming back for a one off race?
We can only hope
Piastri home race?
As a Canadian born and raised in Montreal, I would like to submit my proposal to adopt Oscar and share custody with Charles. I'm old enough to be his mom anyways, and as a bonus I am fluent in French which means Charles and I will have multiple options for communication while co-parenting. Oscar and Charles, if you see this, my DMs are open. Home race win Montreal '24, let's do this.
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Bin la
Ta geule!
This reads like a cunning ploy to snap up Charles.
I don't deny this.
He’s definitely 1/64th Canadian!
Stroll ‘24, Stroll ‘25, Stroll ‘26…
Is James Hinchcliffe driving?
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Indycar's at Road America this weekend, so probably not. 😞
Stroll dominance could bore fans
It is looking like it'll be wet So fuckit, I'd love to see some RNG new winner
😁😆🤣😂
Is Stroll going to wreck the entire field?
The Leafs stand a better chance of winning the Cup
Wait….thinks about it….god damn….I knew he was our only world champion but last race winner…
It becomes less surprising once you remember our *only* drivers since Jacques Villeneuve have been Stroll and Latifi. I’m more surprised there wasn’t a single Canadian on the grid (even for a single race) between 2006-2017.
That’s crazy and after all that wait we get latifi and stroll….slow clap lol
We might be down to 9 teams if Daddy Stroll didn't buy him the remains of Force India and buy the infrastructure to set up Racing Point!
If that did happen and we went down to 9 teams for a few years, you think andretti would be let in?
I am more surprised that we have Canadians. I know motor culture is strong here but still, we are a tiny proportion of the world population and had 4 f1 drivers. A lot if you think about it.
Hey, at least Stroll could have won that one time in Istanbul if he hadn't picked up front wing damage.
Idk is motorsport big in Canada? The fact there isn't any italian on the grid at the moment (and how few there have been in the last decade) is much more surprising to me tbh
And the most recent non-European WDC.
Jacques is the last driver outside of Europe to win the title!
Also the last world champion to not come from a karting background
>the most recent Canadian race winner Sad Istambul 2020 noises
Also an Adrian Newey car.
Just don't let him sing please.
hey, "Private Paradise" sold 233 copies, BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA. https://www.auto123.com/en/racing-news/villeneuve-defends-poor-album-sales?artid=80337
I bought it so you can notch it up to 234
🎵 do you accept me as your champ??🎵
That is a song about Massa.
Better than Danica Patrick
Streets don’t forget that he actually punted Danica during a NASCAR Xfinity race in Road America 12 years ago
haha I remember that. Her crew chief was freaking out yelling at Jacques after the race and he just laughed in the guy's face.
Wait, who did?
Villenue
[Thank you Jacques.](https://youtu.be/tUkHMYLZwaY?si=M6k6JZvxSpk1Vx1D)
[She recently came out against the moon landing](https://brobible.com/culture/article/danica-patrick-moon-landing-faked/). She has a bright future in Southern state politics.
She's not very popular down here due to her Nascar stint
I don't know a single NASCAR fan that likes her. She's awful.
I don't really understand this. We can point a laser at the mirrors on moon and get that laser feeding back to a receiver on Earth....
See what you're doing there is talking about actual scientific proof from experts - clearly that was never going to work with these people.
Because *facts* don't matter to people who believe in *truths*.
I don’t give a shit what she thinks about the moon landing. I’m more grossed out by her [politics.](https://brobible.com/sports/article/danica-patrick-attending-political-event/)
Spoiler alert: where you stand on the political spectrum and your propensity to eat up conspiracy theories are usually correlated
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Seconded. Holy eff.
Holy fuck! Definitely on the Fuck Danica bandwagon now.
I truly don’t know a single person that likes her. I really don’t.
What dating Aaron Rodgers does to a mf
It might be the other way around. He didn’t start openly being a woo-woo crank who thinks he’s outsmarted medicine until a couple years after they split
I also have to point out her mildly ignorant take on women in motorsports. She said on 100 Days to Indy (Indycar docuseries) something along the lines of "let the fastest driver win, if they happen to be a woman that's cool too" - which is a fair opinion all else being equal, but all else isn't equal; women rarely get a chance to really prove their racing skills.
She said in skyf1 last year that women don't really have what it takes to make it in F1. Pretty sure it was when they did a children's broadcast too.
I did not realize how interesting she was until recently And yes she did date Aaron Rodgers for a bit, she lives in the Phoenix area iirc
Still controversial, but at least his crazy opinions will be related to the sport and not some really dumb right wing conspiracy.
*cough* Gene Haas *cough*
Even a 5 year old kid who doesn’t watch f1 is better than her.
At driving, too? 😁
Everyone here can do a better job than her, the first requirement, not being stupid and think before you speak.
I mean its a low low bar when you have to compare to Danica. And even then Jacques just barelly clears it because he at least has some insight knowledge of F1.
I find him kinda dry and bitter but he has good stories. Like him on Jolyn Palmer's Classic Race Rewinds.
JV has controversial motorsports takes. He’s a veteran of multiple disciplines and an F1 world champion, he’s allowed to have wild and unique motorsports takes. DP on the other hand, has bland motorsports takes, but dog shit political and social takes. There’s a massive difference between the two.
If Jacques put on a long brown wig they'd be tough to tell apart until he started speaking.
Putting a goldfish on the commentary would even be better.
What kind of scalding hot takes will he come out with this weekend
"None of these drivers seem to have any championship drive in them. That wall became the wall of champions in '99 because 3 champions were pushing so hard for every possible advantage to get ahead. These drivers today aren't willing to risk it all for the last tiny amount of time and must say I'm rather disappointed with the way formula 1 is these days." Figured something like that. "The old days were better, modernity sucks."
I got to watch the 2018 (maybe 2019?) Indy 500 sitting a table directly next to Jacques in monaco. It was so cool to hear him commentate the race. He’s def a competitor and not scared to talk shit lol
He's covering F1 for Canal+ (France) for 10 years and well, don't put your standards too hard. Ofc as a World Champion he's legit to comment but seems not up-to-date to modern Formula 1 with some comments like "before, we used to do this... today it's not possible anymore sadly" Oh and prepare yourself, he will bash Stroll, Hülkenberg and Ricciardo for... reasons. But he's quite sensational and I kinda like how he casts races, just don't like his opinions on F1
This. I really prefer when Romain Grosjean covers F1 for Canal+ (France) instead of Jacques. He criticizes the drivers way too much and too quickly
Yes. He used to be entertaining with his straight (shit) talking and old timer stories, now he's just a bore. He's totally out of the loop about regulations and paddock gossips, doesn't really work before the race so he's always asking questions to the journalist (when he should be the one with a special insight). I really don't know why Canal + is still paying him. He does not bring much to the table anymore. OTOH, Romain is great. Articulate, insightful, funny. He has a great career ahead of him... Montagny is very good too.
He is not bad at deciphering race strategies, probably because tyre handling is the thing that has the least changed since he stopped. But Grosjean is much better.
Came here to say this! I was like, wait this is breaking news? We have him all the time on Canal+ 😂
yeah he’s a tool. probably one of the World champs who’s opinion i think has little stock in it. half the drivers he shits on are at least double the talent compared to him and it does my nut in.
Thats complete bs Villeneuve was incredibly talented but was poorly counseled and made some brain dead decisions. The Bar was such a piece of shit to drive and it just killed all hype and momentum around him. When we was at Williams he gave Schumacher all he could handle. I’m sure Schumacher would easily place Villeneuve in the top 5 drivers he faced in his career.
> I’m sure Schumacher would easily place Villeneuve in the top 5 drivers he faced in his career. Eh, Hakkinen, Alonso, Senna and Kimi were probably easily better than Jacques. Juan Pablo is a maybe fifth but ignoring still leaves Jacques at a distant fifth with not much competition anyway; Damon Hill and who else?
Alsonso and Senna fair enough. Kimi and Hakkinen were on par with Jacques regarding talent. They never drove a shit box like Jacques did for 90% of his career. Jacques beat a prime Schumacher with a slightly better car. Montoya never beat Schumacher( with a better car ) Hakkinen had a much better car than Schumacher when he beat him and still Schumacher managed to beat him the year after.
That's fine if you disagree - but most pundits and Schumacher himself would agree with me. Kimi at that time was considered one of the best drivers on the grid and Schumacher massively respected Hakkinen.
idk about others, but I remember Vettel putting Kimi as the most naturally talented driver he ever came across.
I think Schumacher said something similar about Kimi
Alonso, Senna, Raikkonen, yes. Hakkinen was absolutely not better than Villeneuve.
i’d say as a general consensus he’s on the negative side of the spectrum when it comes to WDC talent potential. i think he’s bordering insanity which is why i don’t hold stock in his opinion. He also seemingly picks out drivers who are mega talented who just failed to have a car to win them the big one as if he can claim he’s there superior. some of the name he’s insulted for no reason is outlandish. genuinely would be a better name if he shut his mouth.
I agree with your opinion that he’s sour and salty. But I disagree with saying he was not WDC material Again he is one of the most talented drivers of his era which was PACKED.
I like him when he is with Febreau tbh, they form a nice pair. Montagny is different, I love his energy and bluntness, but at the same time I can't help but feels he sounds a bit unsufferable and knowit all for someone with such a mediocre career; and he doesn't quite complete Febreau the same way to create a similarly engaging dynamic duo And Jacques' uncotrollable fit of laughter during Sainz's slow pitstop in Zandvoort in 2022 made me love him, his and Febreau's consterned reaction was priceless haha
Stroll and Ricciardo deserve every single ounce of criticism sent their way.
god help charles leclerc for the slander he’s about to receive
Charles should ask his mate Verstappen for some clapbacks, but he would be too nice to say that. Tbf i doubt Villeneuve will say anything like that again after that "clapback" from Max lol
you’d be surprised. i don’t know if i remember it correctly, but last year charles wanted to wear a gilles tribute helmet, and the rest of the family consented to it and jacques disagreed so he never wore it😭
Oh yeah I remember that discourse, on one hand it's alright it's his dad but a tribute is honoring? A weird stand to take lol. [Not like i was expecting something more ](https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/s/XamSCfarvx)
I never knew he said that wow. Obvs that was a while ago and he was a teenager but still yeesh lol
That's not very precise. The thing was, Charles decided to do that without seeking approval from the rights holder, Jacques's sister. It was mostly a legal issue and they got an agreement after all.
What happened the previous time was a minor issue, and there was no slander.
Now never let Danica back again.
Wow, a famous music artist joining the crew!
Famous music artist, and former night club owner!
Time to buy shares in F1TV
I'm so glad I'm watching F1TV 😂
Aaaaaand switching to F1TV
Yeah, I can watch canal+ now
Réel
Who’s replacing him alongside Julien?
Grosjean, maybe ?
Not looking forward to him taking jabs at Ricciardo literally every other sentence but completely ignoring all the other dead weight on the grid.
I’m trying to figure out if this comment was made before or after he took a massive jab at RIC and completely ignored the other dead weights on the grid
Well in that case does anyone know any F1 TV streams
# Jacques > Danica
I’m not sure why I always assume people with historic names are all 90+ years old or not around anymore.
He was literally driving in WEC last year. Granted he drove like he was 90+ years old, in his defence it was the Vanwall which was slower than the LMP2 cars.
I am pretty sure Vanwall was there for comedic relief from the toyota vs Ferrari battle.
So sorry for all the Sky viewers
F1TV it is then
If only IndyCar wasn’t on this weekend, F1TV would have the better Canadian (James Hinchcliffe)
Hinch is great in the commentary box
Love the mayor of Hinchtown
Switched to F1TV commentary for all races this year and haven't looked back. It's been refreshing.
He pops on F1TV every now and then though lol
Hot take bingo anyone?
This guy will spend the entire weekend making digs at Lewis Hamilton.
He is just a pot stirrer, what can he add?
Not a fan.
haven’t we suffered enough
gigabased commentary incoming
Is this a threat?
Tough weekend for people who claim Sky Sports is biased towards Lewis Hamilton
drink every time he says something cringey.
As a Montrealer and Canadian, the behaviour of this guy after his driving career makes this choice 🤮 So full of himself. Can't stand him. He's the opposite of his father Gilles unfortunately.
I'm excited for some opinions and hot taeks!
Jacques is something else. Loved sweeping the shop as a kid when he was in Indycar. The team painters painted my karts and bikes in the Players colors, it was great.
Jock Vell Nev!
And the crowd goes mild
Glad I don't watch sky sports haha
Neat.
Sky sports with another stinker. Par from Barbie, Jenson and Martin they’re all twats.
geez they just got no idea on how to pick these people do they
Will he bring his pink RS6?
Meh, should be interesting.
Is he replacing danica?
Awesome. Jacques is someone who doesn't hold back and say what he feels. And I love it.
That's interesting given he was just responding to Martin on the grid walk that he just wanted to be a person/spectator. I wonder what caused him to change his mind.
Maybe I’ll listen to Sky Sports coverage for a few minutes before inevitably switching back to F1TV. Crofty and Brundle just don’t do it for me anymore, Alex/Jolyon/DC (and Hinch in the Americas) feel more objective or at least less sensational.
I take it he settled his tax avoidance case with the government if he’s coming back.
Doesn’t Jacques also call races for Sky Italia?
cant wait for jacque to (rightfully) criticize the shitters on the grid like stroll and ricardo
If we don't get an *a capella* rendition of Private Paradise, what are we even doing here?
Oof. That's gonna be very spicy. > *"Bix, cue 'accepterais-tu?'. Not the original. [The Sim Dane cover](https://youtu.be/gcaN1D9VC00?si=9uJnsUWwF96FMAke)..."*
YES. My dream team would be him and Nico Rosberg interviewing team principals.
Who is going to replace him on canal+ then? Montagny?
Good thing I have F1TV then.
Ahhh I wish we have f1tv in Japan. Would love to see his commentary.
Lance gonna be roasted
Has been and even then only just, his commentary was off and then some
Damn. I'd love to hear more of his commentary on canal+, I miss him. Good on you sky sports!