Jacques Villeneuve Q&A

Melbourne has not been a happy place for Jacques Villeneuve since his debut pole six years ago, what with the first corner crash in 1997, losing his rear wing in 1999, and the collision with Ralf Schumacher last year. The trend continued this time around. He avoided the first corner accident, and took the opportunity to load up with fuel for a long stint, but once again he retired when the rear wing departed company with the rest of his BAR. It had not happened in testing, but Melbourne was the first time that the team had done any extensive running with Honda's latest Step One engine. It's possible that its different vibrations compare to its predecessor led to the problem; that contributed to so many electronic gremlins for Jordan over the weekend, as fragile bits were given a good shaking. So it was not a great start to the season for Jacques, who was accompanied throughout the weekend by manager and former team boss Craig Pollock. Adam Cooper spoke exclusively to the Canadian after the race