 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Villeneuve akafa mutsaona yakakonzerwa nekurovera nemotokari yaMarch yaityairwa naJochen Mass panguva yekukodzera ye1982 Belgian Grand PrixmuZolder. Tsaona iyi yakaitika pasati papera masvondo maviri mushure mekupopotedzana kwakanyanya nemumwe wake, Didier Pironi, pamusoro pekufamba kwaPironi kuti apfuure Villeneuve panguva yapfuura. Panguva yokufa kwake, Villeneuve akanga achidiwa zvikuru nevateveri uye kubvira ipapo akava chiratidzo munhau yemutambo. Mwanakomana wake, Jacques Villeneuve, akava shasha yenyika yeFormula One muna 1997 uye, kusvikira nhasi, muCanada bedzi akakunda Formula One World Championship. 