TREMAYNE: Exciting, talented and underrated – my verdict on Jacques Villeneuve, 30 years on from his electric debut F1 season
F1 Hall of Fame journalist David Tremayne looks back at the career of the 1997 World Champion, three decades after he first raced in Formula 1.


As a writer the manner in which you get to meet and form relationships with F1 drivers can be… interesting.
You’ve usually kept an eye on the really good upcomers, and in the case of, say Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Antonelli, I went out of my way to meet them before they actually graduated to F1.
Next Up
Related Articles
Russell ‘reminded myself I can do it’ with Austrian GP win
Mekies on how Austria was ‘undoubtedly the strongest race’
Vasseur on main issue behind Ferrari’s Austrian GP struggles
All the key moments from the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix
Leclerc identifies biggest limitation in difficult Austrian GP
Wolff reviews Russell and Mercedes’ Austria ‘bounce back’
