Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has disregarded comparisons between Charles Leclerc and legendary Formula 1 racer Gilles Villeneuve. Villeneuve took six wins and eight podiums in a career that spanned just over four seasons, and yielded a second-placed championship finish in 1979. The Canadian was notorious for his nonchalant and, at times, perceivably arrogant approach to racing, but there was no denying the passion for racing that he had, as well as his tenacity to keep racing through the deepest adversity; his adventure on three wheels at the 1979 Dutch Grand Prix is plenty testament to that. He won his home Canadian Grand Prix in 1978, four years before the circuit Il Notre-Dame...
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