Jacques Scores

[Peter Mallett]

Some points!!!!

About time too. He drove pretty well today, made up five places on his own and inherited one from Kimi.

[Kicking-back]

An excellent drive today.

It seems the "real" Jacques Villeneuve turned up.

[Craig]

About time - where has he been for the past five or six years??

[Alex Hodgkinson]

Great to see Jacques is back and he's finally found his feet with these cars.


Solid drive.

[Peter Mallett]

We might have been looking at the driver of the race had someone called Shumacher not been out there today.

[Rich R]

he has been a bit overlooked with the battle for the lead, but i thought jv drove well, he showed some fighting spirit today that i haven't seen in him for a while. if he carries on like this he should keep hold of his seat for sure.

[enemy-ace]

Very nice race from JV. According to Gerald Donaldson (Cdn. reporter) Sauber are starting to go along more with JV's ideas on setup.
Hope to see more of this.

[ralf fan]

Well done to the Vill-man... ...lets hope it continues for him....
Massa was the edgey one today...running into DC twice...

[Silk Cut Jaguar]

YAY!

Stirling stuff from Jacques, grabbed a solid sixth while everyone 'in the know' has been busy writing him off. Let's hope this is the start of his upward turn at Sauber.

[Inigo Montoya]

Good to see him score some points. I said I would not write him off until after this race. He lives to race again

[Dixie Flatline]

JV was given an award by F1 Racing magazine a few seasons ago for his demon starts. Having climbed from 13th to 11th due to Massa's engine change and Schumi's mistake, he made up three spots at the start, including pulling off a great move on Rubens that was just captured by the helicopter camera. Kept the speed up all through the race, though he seemed to have problems with the last sector consistently, and took the positions when they were available.

Good race. I'm happy for him and will remain so for the next two weeks. Let's hope that he can keep the progress up at Spain.

[Knowlesy]

10 / 10.

[garcon]

Very good weekend all round for Jacques. Sauber have clearly made progress with the car, and Villeneuve made sure that translated on the track. Could be the breakthrough he needed.

[the_royksopp]

He defenitely shut the mouth of many a critic there, myself included. Good job, now lets see him keep up the pace!

[Dani Filth]

yep . congrats . i just hope he'll be there more often from now on .

[alfasud]

damn... I'll have to go back to making DC jokes.

Good race for JV and Sauber.

[jj2728]

i didn't think he'd score any yet he proved me wrong....well done jacques...now just keep up the good work and score some more....

[Dani Filth]

8 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 37 14:56:53 212.420 1:23.602
10 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 45 15:07:46 211.371 1:24.017

he was still faster ..

[curveball]

Sure sucks for those of us in the US.. cant see the race for another 2 hours and some minutes... ARGH!!!! Need to get my Canadian DBS system back operational, had no idea CBS was going to steal some of the races this year from Speed. All these comments about JV's performance sound great, cant wait to actually see it!

[curveball]

Originally Posted by Dani Filth

8 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 37 14:56:53 212.420 1:23.602
10 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 45 15:07:46 211.371 1:24.017

he was still faster ..

Thats almost the identical time difference in the first qualy between them, isnt it? about .400. I asked the question in the qualy thread but never saw an answer, could that difference at all be explained by a new engine vs. a race old engine? Honestly, I dont know if it can, or how much they would slow down, or even speed up, after a race. I assume it would slow down, but by how much?

[Knowlesy]

Jacques was aided a little by Massas grid penalty, but you have to hand it to him. he drove perfectly, a good riposte to his criticism. He now needs to keep it up!

[Peter Mallett]

I think the answer was "negligible". But the FIA think there must be an advantage so I expect there is. It may be more psychological though.

[Dani Filth]

Originally Posted by knowlesy

Jacques was aided a little by Massas grid penalty, but you have to hand it to him. he drove perfectly, a good riposte to his criticism. He now needs to keep it up!

exactly . agree . 100% . but i won't give it a 3-1 . but a 3-0.95

[Kirk]

Hey Dani, newsflash for ya: one fast lap does not a race make!

I can't help but think that if fortune were reversed and JV had to change motors, then he would be pointless, and the vultures would be hovering yet again. A fickle lot!

[BSchneiderFan]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

We might have been looking at the driver of the race had someone called Shumacher not been out there today.

Of how many people has that been true over the last thirteen years?

Still, JV drove an impressive race and looked to be on the pace of Williams and BAR at times. I saw him interviewed by Louise Goodman yesterday and he looked chirpier than expected, so, who knows, maybe the rumours of his impending replacement have been exaggerated. Certainly, I think his Imola performance will have granted him a stay of execution. Clearly, though, he hasn't demolished Massa, which either proves that JV is underperforming, or else that Massa is a pretty handy driver. Or maybe a bit of both. Ho hum.