Exclusive Jacques Villeneuve Q&A
F1 » Exclusive Jacques Villeneuve Q&A 15 February 2014 Crash.net speaks exclusively to Jacques Villeneuve after the 1997 F1 World Champion announced a switch to rallycross, talking about his hopes for the new series and concerns over F1's future What was the main temptation about the move in to rallycross? Jacques Villeneuve: I love racing, and it's pure racing back to its roots. It's not artificial – which I like – and it's rough and tough. It's challenging, I love a challenge, and it's very exciting. Also because it's become a world championship, so that kind of made the difference. Was it something you were following closely before or was it a new option that caught your attention? Jacques Villeneuve: Not closely, but I was following it and paying attention to it because it always looked exciting, I just didn't know a lot about it. I knew that it was exciting and fun; I'd done some ice racing in France so I got a little...