Villeneuve aiming to make F1 comeback

Jacques Villeneuve is looking for a comeback into Formula One not that the sport is changing its rules and returning to 'pure racing'. The Canadian has been talking with teams at recent Grand Prix to inform about a possible seat next year.

Villeneuve told Autosprint he is far from ready of quitting the race scene and is looking for other options now that Speedcar has collapsed.

"Driving is the only thing that interests me, and all the mess that's happened helps me: with the test ban, we experienced drivers are handy. I can't say what will happen, but I'm giving it a go."

"In my opinion today's cars are better to watch, and they will be even more so next year. They will be more fun driving them, especially with the fuel-stop ban. You can see them sliding more, without electronic aids: this way the show is better."

He added: "I've been saying it for ten years: ban pitstops, get back to slick tyres, and get rid of electronics. I'm only sorry that compulsory pitstops for tyre changes are staying, because that takes away some of the action coming from the fuel factor."

"It's good to see a driver who stays on the track without changing tyres, maybe running slower, while another one maybe wastes time in the pitstop then closes the gap."

Jacques is especially interested in the human part of the sport, and now that this is again more pronounced his interest has only grown.

"When I left, F1 wasn't fun anymore. Or rather, driving still was, but the atmosphere outside was bad. You'd spend your half hour with your race engineer after which the computer would prepare your set-up. And they'd tell you: 'shut up and drive'. I'm the type of person that always speaks out, but towards the end everything became very difficult."