Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, the 1995 Indy 500 winner and 1997 Formula 1 World Champion, will contest the next round of the exciting V8 Australian Supercars Championship.
Villeneuve will fill-in for Greg Murphy in the No. 51 Pepsi Max Crew Commodore at next month’s Sucrogen Townsville 400.
Murphy is unfit to driver as he recently underwent surgery to fuse two vertebrae.
“I feel for Greg Murphy having to miss a number of races in the championship as there is nothing worse for a race driver than sitting on the side lines with an injury and not being able to accumulate points in the series,” said Villeneuve from his home in Montreal.
“When this opportunity came up only one week ago, the stars all aligned and thankfully my commitments with the NASCAR Nationwide Penske team in America and Porsche Supercup in Europe allowed me to grab the Pepsi Max Crew seat for the Townsville race in an instant,” Villeneuve added.
Villeneuve last sampled a V8 Supercar at the 2010 Armor-All Gold Coast 600 when he shared The Bottle-O Falcon with Paul Dumbrell.
Villeneuve will fill-in for Greg Murphy in the No. 51 Pepsi Max Crew Commodore at next month’s Sucrogen Townsville 400.
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| Jacques Villeneuve. (Photo: Australian V8 Supercars) |
Murphy is unfit to driver as he recently underwent surgery to fuse two vertebrae.
“I feel for Greg Murphy having to miss a number of races in the championship as there is nothing worse for a race driver than sitting on the side lines with an injury and not being able to accumulate points in the series,” said Villeneuve from his home in Montreal.
“When this opportunity came up only one week ago, the stars all aligned and thankfully my commitments with the NASCAR Nationwide Penske team in America and Porsche Supercup in Europe allowed me to grab the Pepsi Max Crew seat for the Townsville race in an instant,” Villeneuve added.
Villeneuve last sampled a V8 Supercar at the 2010 Armor-All Gold Coast 600 when he shared The Bottle-O Falcon with Paul Dumbrell.