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CANADA
Gilles Villeneuve
BORN 1950-01-18 / DIED 1982-05-08 / 1977–1982 / 2 CONSTRUCTORS
CAREER · LIFETIME
The big numbers
STARTS
67
WINS
6
PODIUMS
13
POLES
2
FL
8
TITLES
0
PTS
107
CHART · 01
Career cumulative wins by year
Step plot with title-year markers (the yellow rings). Tap a point for the year's count.
Cumulative race wins by season for Gilles Villeneuve, with championship seasons marked.
DATA
| YEAR | WINS | CUM | CHAMPION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1978 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1979 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1980 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1981 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1982 | 0 | 6 |
CHART · 02
Finishing-position distribution by season
One box per season — quartiles + whiskers. Purple ticks mark wins (P1 finishes).
Distribution of finishing positions by season for Gilles Villeneuve, including best, median, and worst classified finishes.
DATA
| YEAR | RACES | BEST | MEDIAN | WORST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 11 | 11.5 | 12 |
| 1978 | 10 | 1 | 7.5 | 12 |
| 1979 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 1980 | 8 | 5 | 6.5 | 16 |
| 1981 | 6 | 1 | 3.5 | 10 |
| 1982 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
CHART · 03
Win rate by season
Bars are wins ÷ starts per season. Purple bars are dominant years (≥50%).
Percentage of race starts won in each season by Gilles Villeneuve.
DATA
| YEAR | WINS | STARTS | RATE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 1978 | 1 | 16 | 6% |
| 1979 | 3 | 15 | 20% |
| 1980 | 0 | 14 | 0% |
| 1981 | 2 | 15 | 13% |
| 1982 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
SEASONS · 6
By the year
Every season this driver entered. Click a year to open that season's timing sheet.
| YEAR | CONSTRUCTORS | POS | STARTS | WINS | PODIUMS | POLES | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Ferrari | P15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1981 | Ferrari | P7 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
| 1980 | Ferrari | P14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1979 | Ferrari | P2 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 53 |
| 1978 | Ferrari | P9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 1977 | Ferrari / McLaren | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION P2 · LAST RACED 1982