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Villeneuve

Pierre Charles Jean Baptiste Silvestre de . 1763--1806, French admiral, defeated by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
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It confirmed that Villeneuve's adaptation, under Legendary Pictures, will only focus on the first half of the original 'Dune' novel.
Villeneuve took the title in 1997 at the European Grand Prix at Jerez in Spain.
The suit is accompanied by a certifi-cate of authenticity signed by South Shields-born Frank Williams, for whose team Villeneuve raced.
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports said it has hired Villeneuve to race in this year's Indianapolis 500, 19 years after the Canadian driver first drank the milk in Victory Lane.
Stating that Schumacher took huge risks in motorbikes and escaped despite a broken neck, Villeneuve said that it is 'freakish' as Schumacher was not even speeding on the slopes, adding that the incident is all the more terrible as it happened outside racing.
Villeneuve will pilot one of the team's 600bhp cars and Martin Anayi, head of FIA World RX for IMG Motorsport, said: "The news that Jacques Villeneuve is joining the FIA World Rallycross Championship for its inaugural season is a tremendous coup.
FORMULA ONE: Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve says Sebastian Vettel is wholly to blame for the current tension with team-mate Mark Webber - and sees parallels with the incident which led to his father Gilles' death.
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