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I heard somewhere that he was still barely alive when the medical teams reached him, maybe could be worth researcing?
How do you pronounce his name?
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I would also say that some more pictures would be good. 4u1e 19:09, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
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Done. Cs-wolves 14:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Is there actually a Gilles Villeneuve museum near Ile Notre-Dame? I don't remember seeing one when I was there, it's not listed on the Parc Jean-Drapeau map (which includes Ile Notre-Dame), and the only reference to a Gilles Villeneuve museum I can find is in his hometown of Berthierville, far enough away from Montreal that it wouldn't be considered "near Ile Notre-Dame". -- CanSpice 00:34, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
OK - I reckon this is pretty much there (Apologies for the delay over references!). I've put it on the portal as the 'Selected Article'. Well done to all those who contributed! I've also nominated it for Good Article status, which will probably take a couple of weeks to come through, judging by the backlog on the nominations page. Cheers! 4u1e 08:03, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
I have passed the article as a Good article as I felt it was an excellent read. With some extra work this could easily be made a featured article. Pascal.Tesson 02:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
I don't normally so this, but I really feel that the changes made to the 'pre-Formula One' section recently did not benefit this article at all. I have reverted that section only to the version of around 25 August. There were some spelling and grammar errors, but I'm afraid that the worst thing was that the logic of the writing went completely. If anyone wants to go into I can cover it point by point. Always happy to discuss, either here or at my talk page.
I will work back in some of the extra information that had been added though. Cheers. -- 4u1e 17:58, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't know which is correct, but I noticed that the page for Gilles states that he was eleven seconds faster than anyone else during wet qualifying at the above race whilst the page for the race states he was nine seconds faster. Knowing Gilles, it was probably a combination of the two! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mighty Antar ( talk • contribs) 02:14, 26 January 2007 (UTC).
Les essais du vendredi se déroulent au sec. Le lendemain, il pleut, mais on annonce sec pour dimanche, alors tout le monde reste dans les box puisque, de tout façon, les temps de la veille ne peuvent être battus pour la grille de départ. Tout le monde, donc, reste dans les box, samedi, sauf un : Gilles Villeneuve. Il en fait rire plus d’un à rouler d’une manière un peu dérisoire dans la flotte, affichant des temps sans intérêt. Mais surprise, le jour de la course, il pleut. Tandis que les voitures, une à une, partent en aquaplaning et s’écrasent dans le décor, Villeneuve contourne calmement les flaques – il ne les voit pas, il a simplement mémorisé où elles sont – et file sans ambage vers la victoire. Messieurs, échec et mât! Marcus wilby73 ( talk • contribs) 14:14, 5 May 2007 (UTC).
To recap the sources supporting the current version:
Although the details vary in the number of cars and the size of the gap, all accounts agree that the wet session was on Friday and that Villeneuve was fastest by a large margin over Scheckter. I note that Donaldson very probably based his account on Roebuck's and Walker's versions. Roebuck was present on the day, by his account. The others may or may not have been. 4u1e 08:24, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Le Journal de Montréal reports today that a mechanic failure on the Ferrari car---the accelerator being stocked down at full speed---was the cause of Gilles Villeneuve going so fast at this portion of the race in the deadiest round. Also, the same journal reports that the Ferrari team would have forgotten to put a metal plaque underneath the seat, a plaque needed to solidity the grip of the safety belt. The lack of the plaque weakened the grip of the safety belt which failed to tie Villeneuve to his seat and thus avoid the deadly injuries that he suffered from his falling down the ground after being projected so high and so fast.
Okay, I found the article here: http://www2.canoe.com/sports/nouvelles/archives/2007/05/20070508-094707.html
Here is an excerpt:
Gilles était donc dans sa dernière tentative pour devancer Pironi, tandis que Jochen Mass, avec sa March, roulait au ralenti à l'entrée d'un virage après son dernier tour rapide.
Le Québécois a été éjecté avec son siège, ce qui l'a tué sur le coup (...) Plus tard, on a su qu'on avait oublié de mettre une plaque sous son siège afin de solidifier les attaches des ceintures de sécurité.
Il y a cinq ans, lors du 20e anniversaire, nous avions dévoilé la cause de cet accident : un accélérateur coincé, tout simplement. De son vivant, Gaston Parent n'avait confié cette information qu'à quelques personnes. «À l'époque, j'avais signé des documents de confidentialité avec monsieur Ferrari concernant les véritables causes de l'accident ainsi qu'une renonciation d'engager des poursuites afin d'accepter, au nom des héritiers de Gilles, des avantages financiers, nous avait-il dit. Après 20 ans, il est temps que la vérité soit connue.» Cela n'a rien changé à la triste fin, sauf qu'il n'a pas été victime d'une erreur de pilotage, mais bien d'une défaillance mécanique.
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I noticed there are 3 external links not working anymore. Maybe someone could remove them. Thanks Boatswain88 ( talk) 15:10, 19 September 2008 (UTC) BetacommandBot 22:47, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Why the external link referred to http:/www.ventisetterosso.com is continuously erased from the "link section" of the article? Please, explain me the reason, thanks.
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In reply to the message on my talk page, the article now seems to cover his F1 career adequately, although I notice one or two minor prose issues which will will hihghlight when I do my final review.-- Jackyd101 ( talk) 22:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
“ | Flying, snowmobiling or driving, he was a risk-taker of classic proportions. Yet his fellow drivers said that on the track he was scrupulously fair and did not put anyone's safety other than his own in jeopardy and those who worked with him usually referred to him as introverted. citation needed This combination of traits made him exceptionally popular not only with fans but with teammates and opponents as well. citation needed | ” |
I think that I might be able to reference this with Gilles Villeneuve: A Photographic Portrait, but it would have to wait until my term ends in March.-- Diniz (talk) 09:57, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
The association with number 27 is a bit of a myth really - he only used it in 1981 and 1982! He used 12 for longer than he used 27. Readro ( talk) 14:31, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Where was he born? Richelieu or St-Jean-sur-Richelieu? These are totally different places. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.144.126.111 ( talk) 11:34, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
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The article currently contains the following statement: "Villeneuve's helmet carried a stylised 'V' in red on either side — an effect he devised with his wife Joann. The base colour was black.", quoting page 95 of Gerald Donaldson's book Gilles Villeneuve as a reference. However this 2020 Motor Sport interview with Jacques Villeneuve identifies the colours as orange and blue, and even goes into detail: "Again, there was no explanation about the design, but it was very precise. The blue needed to be very deep, almost black. The orange had to be very deep too, but not red. He surely had an idea, but it didn’t represent anything in particular." It certainly looks "orange and blue" in the photo accompanying that interview (compare the helmet colour to the Ferrari's red bodywork). Thoughts? DH85868993 ( talk) 00:20, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
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I heard somewhere that he was still barely alive when the medical teams reached him, maybe could be worth researcing?
How do you pronounce his name?
It has been suggested at Portal talk:Formula One that this article be used as a selected article. It is also suggested (by me, not by any higher authority) that the following work is needed before doing so:
Feel free to knock any items off that list, or provide justification as to why they are not needed. Cheers. 4u1e 6 June 2006
I would also say that some more pictures would be good. 4u1e 19:09, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
The current intention is that this article should be brought up to Good Article status by 16 July. I likes a challenge. 4u1e 19:10, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
Article also needs a summary table of results - anyone feel like knokcing one up, using the model from
Mark Webber or
Damon Hill?
4u1e 11 July 2006
Done. Cs-wolves 14:18, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Is there actually a Gilles Villeneuve museum near Ile Notre-Dame? I don't remember seeing one when I was there, it's not listed on the Parc Jean-Drapeau map (which includes Ile Notre-Dame), and the only reference to a Gilles Villeneuve museum I can find is in his hometown of Berthierville, far enough away from Montreal that it wouldn't be considered "near Ile Notre-Dame". -- CanSpice 00:34, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
OK - I reckon this is pretty much there (Apologies for the delay over references!). I've put it on the portal as the 'Selected Article'. Well done to all those who contributed! I've also nominated it for Good Article status, which will probably take a couple of weeks to come through, judging by the backlog on the nominations page. Cheers! 4u1e 08:03, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
I have passed the article as a Good article as I felt it was an excellent read. With some extra work this could easily be made a featured article. Pascal.Tesson 02:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
I don't normally so this, but I really feel that the changes made to the 'pre-Formula One' section recently did not benefit this article at all. I have reverted that section only to the version of around 25 August. There were some spelling and grammar errors, but I'm afraid that the worst thing was that the logic of the writing went completely. If anyone wants to go into I can cover it point by point. Always happy to discuss, either here or at my talk page.
I will work back in some of the extra information that had been added though. Cheers. -- 4u1e 17:58, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't know which is correct, but I noticed that the page for Gilles states that he was eleven seconds faster than anyone else during wet qualifying at the above race whilst the page for the race states he was nine seconds faster. Knowing Gilles, it was probably a combination of the two! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mighty Antar ( talk • contribs) 02:14, 26 January 2007 (UTC).
Les essais du vendredi se déroulent au sec. Le lendemain, il pleut, mais on annonce sec pour dimanche, alors tout le monde reste dans les box puisque, de tout façon, les temps de la veille ne peuvent être battus pour la grille de départ. Tout le monde, donc, reste dans les box, samedi, sauf un : Gilles Villeneuve. Il en fait rire plus d’un à rouler d’une manière un peu dérisoire dans la flotte, affichant des temps sans intérêt. Mais surprise, le jour de la course, il pleut. Tandis que les voitures, une à une, partent en aquaplaning et s’écrasent dans le décor, Villeneuve contourne calmement les flaques – il ne les voit pas, il a simplement mémorisé où elles sont – et file sans ambage vers la victoire. Messieurs, échec et mât! Marcus wilby73 ( talk • contribs) 14:14, 5 May 2007 (UTC).
To recap the sources supporting the current version:
Although the details vary in the number of cars and the size of the gap, all accounts agree that the wet session was on Friday and that Villeneuve was fastest by a large margin over Scheckter. I note that Donaldson very probably based his account on Roebuck's and Walker's versions. Roebuck was present on the day, by his account. The others may or may not have been. 4u1e 08:24, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Le Journal de Montréal reports today that a mechanic failure on the Ferrari car---the accelerator being stocked down at full speed---was the cause of Gilles Villeneuve going so fast at this portion of the race in the deadiest round. Also, the same journal reports that the Ferrari team would have forgotten to put a metal plaque underneath the seat, a plaque needed to solidity the grip of the safety belt. The lack of the plaque weakened the grip of the safety belt which failed to tie Villeneuve to his seat and thus avoid the deadly injuries that he suffered from his falling down the ground after being projected so high and so fast.
Okay, I found the article here: http://www2.canoe.com/sports/nouvelles/archives/2007/05/20070508-094707.html
Here is an excerpt:
Gilles était donc dans sa dernière tentative pour devancer Pironi, tandis que Jochen Mass, avec sa March, roulait au ralenti à l'entrée d'un virage après son dernier tour rapide.
Le Québécois a été éjecté avec son siège, ce qui l'a tué sur le coup (...) Plus tard, on a su qu'on avait oublié de mettre une plaque sous son siège afin de solidifier les attaches des ceintures de sécurité.
Il y a cinq ans, lors du 20e anniversaire, nous avions dévoilé la cause de cet accident : un accélérateur coincé, tout simplement. De son vivant, Gaston Parent n'avait confié cette information qu'à quelques personnes. «À l'époque, j'avais signé des documents de confidentialité avec monsieur Ferrari concernant les véritables causes de l'accident ainsi qu'une renonciation d'engager des poursuites afin d'accepter, au nom des héritiers de Gilles, des avantages financiers, nous avait-il dit. Après 20 ans, il est temps que la vérité soit connue.» Cela n'a rien changé à la triste fin, sauf qu'il n'a pas été victime d'une erreur de pilotage, mais bien d'une défaillance mécanique.
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I noticed there are 3 external links not working anymore. Maybe someone could remove them. Thanks Boatswain88 ( talk) 15:10, 19 September 2008 (UTC) BetacommandBot 22:47, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Why the external link referred to http:/www.ventisetterosso.com is continuously erased from the "link section" of the article? Please, explain me the reason, thanks.
This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found that this article has massive issues that need to be urgently addressed.
I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN again. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. (If you are really busy, let me know and I'll give more time. I need to know however so I can see that someone is interested in addressing these concerns.) Regards-- Jackyd101 ( talk) 09:37, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
In reply to the message on my talk page, the article now seems to cover his F1 career adequately, although I notice one or two minor prose issues which will will hihghlight when I do my final review.-- Jackyd101 ( talk) 22:55, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
“ | Flying, snowmobiling or driving, he was a risk-taker of classic proportions. Yet his fellow drivers said that on the track he was scrupulously fair and did not put anyone's safety other than his own in jeopardy and those who worked with him usually referred to him as introverted. citation needed This combination of traits made him exceptionally popular not only with fans but with teammates and opponents as well. citation needed | ” |
I think that I might be able to reference this with Gilles Villeneuve: A Photographic Portrait, but it would have to wait until my term ends in March.-- Diniz (talk) 09:57, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
The association with number 27 is a bit of a myth really - he only used it in 1981 and 1982! He used 12 for longer than he used 27. Readro ( talk) 14:31, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Where was he born? Richelieu or St-Jean-sur-Richelieu? These are totally different places. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.144.126.111 ( talk) 11:34, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
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The article currently contains the following statement: "Villeneuve's helmet carried a stylised 'V' in red on either side — an effect he devised with his wife Joann. The base colour was black.", quoting page 95 of Gerald Donaldson's book Gilles Villeneuve as a reference. However this 2020 Motor Sport interview with Jacques Villeneuve identifies the colours as orange and blue, and even goes into detail: "Again, there was no explanation about the design, but it was very precise. The blue needed to be very deep, almost black. The orange had to be very deep too, but not red. He surely had an idea, but it didn’t represent anything in particular." It certainly looks "orange and blue" in the photo accompanying that interview (compare the helmet colour to the Ferrari's red bodywork). Thoughts? DH85868993 ( talk) 00:20, 7 June 2023 (UTC)