Remembering one of the greats today ❤️

Gilles Villeneuve lost his life at Zolder #OnThisDay in ’82. Remember him this way, muscling his powerful but truck-ish Ferrari 126CK to victory at Monaco, a superb win that owed everything to in-cockpit bravura & bugger-all to chassis agility.

The inimitable Gilles Villeneuve tragically lost his life OTD in 1982. Ferrari's first turbocharged 1.5-litre GP car broke with marque tradition, but its two victories were largely down to the Canadian's genius, as today's Great Read explains: bit.ly/4bM5xTl

#F1 #OnThisDay, May 9th 1982, a day after the death of Gilles Villeneuve, the #BelgianGP was run and won by John Watson in the McLaren ahead of Keke Rosberg in the Atlassian Williams Racing and Eddie Cheever in the Ligier. (Niki Lauda DSQ) youtube.com/watch?v=Nr4n90… #MsportXtra UnracedF1

#OnThisDay in ’82, the day after Ferrari’s Gilles Villeneuve had died of injuries sustained in qualifying, John Watson (McLaren MP4B; pic) - who’d gone to Villeneuve’s aid, trackside, 24 hours before - won the #BelgianGP. “Someone had to win the damn’ thing,” he once told me.

Elio de Angelis was 4th in his Lotus-Ford-91. Nelson Piquet, Brabham-BMW-BT50, was 5th, scoring BMW's first points. 6th placed Chico Serra, Fittipaldi-Ford-F8D, scored his only F1 point. The Fittipaldi team's last F1 point. Belgian GP, Zolder, 9 May 1982. © Motorsport Images

Out of action since breaking his ankles during pre-season testing at Kyalami, Marc Surer returned to Arrows. The Swiss doing well in bringing his A4 home in 7th position, despite sore ankles. Belgian Grand Prix, Zolder, 9 May 1982. 📷 Rainer Schlegelmilch #F1

Running 4th on his Williams debut, Derek Daly spun out (under pressure from Eddie Cheever) of the race on lap 60. Belgian Grand Prix, Zolder, 9 May 1982. 📷 Rainer Schlegelmilch #F1

Belgian Grand Prix, Zolder, 9 May 1982. statsf1.com/en/1982/belgiq… Race highlights 📽️ youtu.be/Nr4n90bjrF4?si… #F1

Belgian Grand Prix, Zolder, 9 May 1982. Drivers' and Constructors' Championship standings. #F1