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Great post TBY.They used to say that no one will ever remember who came second but there are some real legends of F1 in that list.I've often wondered about Gilles Villeneuve and weather he could have won a title. I believe I read somewhere that Scheckter was de-facto number one in 1979 and that Villeneuve was told to assist Scheckter in his title bid. If you look at the results from that season, Villeneuve won two of the first four races while Scheckter was second so that point of view doesn't seem to hold true.I think personally that a myth has grown up around Villeneuve in the wake of the San Marino GP which goes along the lines of "Well Gilles was man enough to not try and break an agreement with Scheckter / Ferrari in 1979 so how could Pironi do it in 1982?". I'd like to be proven wrong but I don't think looking at the results that an agreement in 79 ever existed. If it did I'd like to see some evidence for it.
Great post TBY.
They used to say that no one will ever remember who came second but there are some real legends of F1 in that list.
I've often wondered about Gilles Villeneuve and weather he could have won a title. I believe I read somewhere that Scheckter was de-facto number one in 1979 and that Villeneuve was told to assist Scheckter in his title bid. If you look at the results from that season, Villeneuve won two of the first four races while Scheckter was second so that point of view doesn't seem to hold true.
I think personally that a myth has grown up around Villeneuve in the wake of the San Marino GP which goes along the lines of "Well Gilles was man enough to not try and break an agreement with Scheckter / Ferrari in 1979 so how could Pironi do it in 1982?". I'd like to be proven wrong but I don't think looking at the results that an agreement in 79 ever existed. If it did I'd like to see some evidence for it.