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Originally posted by crockett
Jacques Villeneuve was great in Indy Cars, however stepping into something like a F-1 car even with his experience in CART, is a major step. Probally like a jump between a Honda S2000 and a Ferarri, both are fast but one is much more fine tuned. Then add in he had never driven any of the tracks before makes for a steep learning curve. This is the reason you don't see very many drivers coming from American racing in to F-1 and the ones that do have a very hard time adjusting.
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He still finished second during his first year while keeping his chance of winning the title till the last race.
He won the title during his second year.
He got the Pole position at his FIRST race.