'My husband the true racer': Gilles Villeneuve's wife, Joann pays tribute, 40 years after his death

Joann Villeneuve shares some of her memories of her husband Gilles to mark the 40th anniversary of his death at Zolder on May 8, 1982.

The touching clip is taken from an upcoming documentary, Villeneuve Pironi, which explores the friendship, turned deadly rivalry between Ferrari F1 team-mates Villeneuve and Didier Pironi.

Two weeks before his death, Pironi had ignored team orders to overtake Villeneuve and win the San Marino Grand Prix and Villeneuve's fury at the act of treachery was still evident, two weeks later when was killed in a crash during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.

Read a new account of the rivalry from Nigel Roebuck and Maurice Hamilton, who witnessed the whole saga first-hand, in the June 2022 issue of Motor Sport available here: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/ar...

Villeneuve Pironi is due for release later this year by Noah Media Group and Sky Studios