 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunge Villeneuve afadza James Hunt nekumurova iye nedzimwe nyeredzi dzinoverengeka dzeGrand Prix mumakwikwi asiri-emakwikwi eFormula Atlantic kuTrois-Rivières muna 1976, timu yaHunt yeMcLaren yakapa Villeneuve chibvumirano cheFormula One kusvika kumakwikwi mashanu mumotokari yechitatu mumwaka wa1977. Villeneuve akaita kutanga kwake pa 1977 British Grand Prix, kwaakakwanisa wechipfumbamwe muMcLaren yekare M23, achiparadzanisa vatyairi vakajairika Hunt naJochen Mass avo vaityaira M26 nyowani. Munhangemutange iye akaisa yechishanu runhare runokurumidza uye akapedza 11th pashure pokunonoka nokuda kwedenderedzwa mbiri nechiyereso chokushisa chakakanganisika. Kubudiswa kwenhau kweBritain kwekushanda kwaVilleneuve kwaive kwakanaka, kusanganisira zvakataurwa naJohn Blunsden muThe Times kuti Chero ani anotsvaka Mukwikwidzi weNyika wenguva yemberi haafaniri kutarisa mberi kupfuura uyu murume wechidiki akavimbiswa chinyararire. 