Jacques Villeneuve To Try Formula E

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Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 Formula One World Champion and 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner, will join the Venturi Formula E Team for the 2015/2016 season.

Villeneuve will team with French driver Stephane Sarrazin during his first Formula E season. The deal came after test day on the track in Le Castellet (Var, France) last week.

"It had been 10 years since I had driven on that kind of track with a single-seater, but it’s like riding a bike, you never forget. It was real happiness," said Villeneuve. “There was a very good ambiance with the Venturi team and one of the engineers with Venturi happens to be a guy I worked with early in my career. That was great. I was very excited and everything went well. Last season each time I met drivers from Formula-E they were saying it is really a very interesting championship."

“It is a true pleasure to welcome the very great champion Jacques Villeneuve," said Gildo Pastor, Venturi Automobiles CEO. “He grew up in Monaco, we crossed paths so many times in childhood, so he will be at home with Venturi. I am very happy with the experienced and talented duo of Jacques and Stephane."