{"id":4837,"date":"2010-04-28T17:46:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T21:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=4837"},"modified":"2010-04-28T17:46:25","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T21:46:25","slug":"villeneuve-still-in-training-for-f1-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/villeneuve-still-in-training-for-f1-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Villeneuve still in training for F1 comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jacques Villeneuve on Wednesday confirmed he is still in training for his formula one comeback.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 1997 world champion came close to returning to the grid in 2010, but the hopeful Serbian outfit Stefan GP was not granted an official entry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m pushing on anyway,&#8221; said Villeneuve, who was among the 12 drivers confirmed as having been in talks with the outfit headed by Zoran Stefanovich.<\/p>\n<p>Stefan GP has however reapplied for the vacant berth for next season, and 39-year-old Villeneuve on Wednesday told Germany&#8217;s Auto Motor und Sport that he is working hard on staying race-fit.<\/p>\n<p>The French-Canadian said he is also ready to replace a current driver in 2010, and is maintaining his fitness with the help of a bespoke EUR400,000 machine conceived by his famous trainer Erwin Gollner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year showed that teams change their drivers during a season,&#8221; he said.\u00a0 &#8220;And the return of Schumacher and de la Rosa is a sign that experience is appreciated once again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Villeneuve also dismissed claims that Michael Schumacher&#8217;s age is his problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look at hockey,&#8221; he said.\u00a0 &#8220;Guys in their late 30s are still at world-class level.\u00a0 It&#8217;s because we&#8217;re all living much healthier and have gained ten years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a9 RIF|GMM<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacques Villeneuve on Wednesday confirmed he is still in training for his formula one comeback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[5262,5261,5340,61],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4838,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4837\/revisions\/4838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}