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Happy birthday to Jacques Villeneuve!

It's 1997 Formula One World Champion Jacques Villeneuve's 45th birthday today. To mark the occasion, here's a picture of him on the podium after the Spanish Grand Prix in 2001 alongside Juan Pablo Montoya and Michael Schumacher. Like Montoya, Villeneuve made his name in US open wheel racing and won the 1995 Indianapolis 500 before getting signed up by then-dominant Williams to race alongside Damon Hill, which meant Jacques was following in his late father Gilles' footsteps into the world of Formula One. Villeneuve went on to take part in 163 Grand Prix races in all, amassing 13 pole positions, 11 wins and a total of 23 podium places in his F1 career that spanned over ten years, from the...
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