Jacques Villeneuve

0:03Well, Jojo-Zach. How are you? Very good. Thank you. A big day for you, I assume. Yes, it's a big, great day. Yes, it's amazing. So tell people what just happened. You're in Calgary right now for what? For being inducted in the Hall of Fame, the Canadian Hall of Fame, which is great because when you get into racing, you never imagine the things happening. I guess what's next for you, a Juno award now that you're a musician as well. Oh, that's a long way off. So I hear you're looking at owning a team. What's the deal with that right now? Well, we had worked hard on Formula One. Budgets were in place, but it wasn't accepted by the F-I-It. We knew there was a chance it wouldn't go through.

0:51So after that, I've been concentrating on NASCAR, mainly building up NASCAR. Well, it's fun racing. And that's what I'm about. It's racing. I need to race cars. That's what I was born to do somehow. Right. Well, I think that's in part because of your father as well. Yes, of course, because as a kid, your father is always your hero. So that's one part of it. But since I was five years old, I knew I would race cars. And before racing cars, I was racing on skis. So independently of the cars, I need competition. I need to battle on the racetrack or trying to outdo yourself, basically, because on a ski race you're alone on the slope. But you still have that will, that power, that need to go a little bit faster,

1:39just drive. And that's something I've had all my life. So a lot of it is because my dad was racing, obviously. Another part of it is because of who he was and the lessons he taught me in life, the personality, how you basically, not to be a crybaby, when you're racing, for example, always work hard to get better at it. If someone else can do it, then you can do it better. And that's always an approach I've had. And also the respect you need towards the other competitors. Well, that's in the case of all your career through F1. But how different is NASCAR for you? How different is a driver? Is NASCAR to F1? Well, I find it less political. Less political and it's more man against man, basically.

2:26So if you do something nasty to someone, he'll pay you back and vice versa. So you're less stuck with the rules, which I think is good. The driving is very, very, very different. It's another extreme. But it's a lot of fun. You can work hard at going faster and that's great. For those who don't know, which one can you drive faster in? Oh, well, for those who want to be a simpier, they're just formal under faster cars. But apart from that, it's how you deal with the car you're in. And some cars are just difficult to drive it. You can't set them up. You can't change the setup to make them feel good for you. And you never know until you get in the car. On the topic of changing up the cars for setup and whatnot, I'm wondering about fuel efficient racing. Do you see that happening someday soon? Electric cars, can they go fast enough one day?

3:12I don't think it's only a question of speed as far as electrical is concerned is the grunt. It's man and machine. I don't know. I probably wouldn't be interested in racing electrical now because you could kind of decide how much power you have. It's a little bit different. It's a different approach. But one day we'll come to that because it just simply won't be politically correct to have a fuel. That will be the only reason. Not because the racing is better. The racing will be worse. But it's just because political reasons, that's all. Of course. We do something on the show called five questions, five quick questions, one word answers. Okay. Mario Andretti or Michael Schumacher? Mario Andretti. Lennener McCartney.

3:59Ooh. McCartney. NASCAR F1. You can't answer that one. Sorry. That's okay. Best course in the world. Passport, Portia, and Belgium. And one word, Jacques Villeneuve. Passionate.