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Villeneuve: Victory in the Indy 500 got me the Williams test
Jacques Villeneuve's surname put him on the Formula 1 radar from the moment he started racing but winning ‘the biggest race in the world' at The Brickyard in 1995 provided the breakthrough. Looking back, the son of the late, great and much-loved Ferrari driver Gilles puts that Indianapolis 500 victory up there with winning the 1997 Formula One world championship for Williams. 'It was the 500 that got me the (F1) test with Frank (Williams),' he told Reuters ahead of this weekend's 100th Indy. 'The fact that I had my name kind of made sure they were looking at what was going on, and I think Frank liked the way I won that race. 'Coming back from the back psychologically showed the...
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