'A Rage to Win'
That's how Ferrari tech guru Mauro Forghieri summed up Gilles Villeneuve. Nigel Roebuck reflects on a legend and a friend 25 years after his death
October 1978, and a quirky end to the season, with the Americans in England for a pair of Indycar races, and the F1 brigade also crossing the Atlantic, for the United States and Canadian Grands Prix.
Variety being the spice, I chose to skip Watkins Glen and Montreal, and instead covered the races at Silverstone and Brands Hatch, won, respectively, by AJ Foyt and Rick Mears. Thus, I missed Gilles Villeneuve's first grand prix victory (in Canada), and called to offer congratulations when he got back to Europe.
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