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Villeneuve plays down 'Jesus Christ' comparison

Aug.2 Jacques Villeneuve has played down quotes that suggested he thinks Lewis Hamilton behaves like Jesus Christ. The quotes spread like wildfire on the internet, but outspoken 1997 world champion Villeneuve says they were taken out of context. "I never made this statement in an interview with a media outlet," he told Le Journal de Montreal. "It was never an answer to a question." Villeneuve also backtracked on another story, in which he said his former team Williams is "dead". "I never said it was dead. I said it was dying. It's not the same thing," he said. "My comments were translated into German and then into another language. When you do...
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