Jacques Villeneuve says he will make one final effort and then give up trying to return to formula one.<\/p>\n
The 1997 world champion was reportedly high on the list for a Stefan GP seat this season, but the Serbian outfit was not granted an official entry to race the 2010-specification Toyota car.<\/p>\n
French Canadian Villeneuve, who last raced in F1 with BMW in 2006, turns 40 early next season, and he told reporters on Thursday that 2011 will be his last-ditch effort to come back.<\/p>\n
“I’m quite happy right now being busy raising kids,” he said at a road safety event near Montreal alongside his former title nemesis Michael Schumacher.<\/p>\n
“I would obviously be happier behind a wheel.\u00a0 Once you’ve been a racer, I think you’re a racer all your life.<\/p>\n
“I worked hard on (trying to return to F1 for) 2010.\u00a0 I’m giving myself until 2011.\u00a0 There’s still a few months,” added Villeneuve.<\/p>\n
The assembled reporters laughed after asking Schumacher, who retired in 2006 but returned to F1 full-time with Mercedes this year, if he thinks it is a good idea if Villeneuve also comes back.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know what is funny about that,” said the German.<\/p>\n
“The point is, as Jacques was saying, we are racers, and we have that in our blood.\u00a0 So, what you have there, you always keep.”<\/p>\n
Villeneuve admits it is a difficult task trying to convince F1 bosses to give him another chance.<\/p>\n
“The teams don’t want to take a risk.\u00a0 There comes a point where you’ve been out for too long and the teams just won’t give you a chance,” he said.<\/p>\n
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