It is fair to say that Didier Pironi’s legacy comes with some baggage. When a Formula One fan hears the Frenchman’s name, it is inevitable that the ghost of Gilles Villeneuve lingers in the background ...

The tragic story of Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi has been told in a documentary film. 40 years on, it’s a wound that hasn’t healed for either family. “Destiny wanted this. Destiny led them to ...

If Steven Spielberg had storyboarded the 1982 Formula One World Championship, it still wouldn’t have done justice to the tragedy and drama that unfolded. Politics threatened to rip the sport apart, ...

If Steven Spielberg had storyboarded the 1982 Formula One World Championship, it still wouldn't have done justice to the tragedy and drama that unfolded. Politics threatened to rip the sport apart, ...

In 1982, Ferrari Formula 1 teammates Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi pushed each other over the brink. Desperate for a World Championship at the cost of their friendship, Villeneuve and Pironi ...

Formula 1 has witnessed its fair share of heroes, some celebrated in their time and others posthumously. Today, we turn the pages of history to remember one such hero: Didier Pironi, whose life took a ...

Featuring the Villeneuve and Pironi families including Joann Villeneuve, Melanie Villeneuve, Jacques Villeneuve, Catherine Goux, Didier Pironi and Gilles Pironi and Formula One World Champions Alain ...

A new documentary charts the Canadian’s rivalry with his Ferrari teammate Didier Pironi that ended tragically in 1982 If the death of Gilles Villeneuve at the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder in 1982 left ...