JV ‘can’t be angry’, Schumacher ‘helped me win’
Date published:
April 9 2021
Jacques Villeneuve says he “can’t be angry” with Michael Schumacher, after all the German’s actions “helped” him win the 1997 World title.
Villeneuve and Schumacher clashed in the mid-1990s as the Ferrari driver took on the Williams pairing of Villeneuve and Damon Hill for the Drivers’ crown.
Hill won it in 1996 and Villeneuve a year later.
Villeneuve’s battle with Schumacher for the crown went down to the wire, the two separated by a single point heading to Jerez.
Battling for position, Villeneuve tried to pass Schumacher at the Dry Sack corner on the 48th lap only for the German to turn in on him.