Jacques Villeneuve was scheduled to travel to Hockenheim this weekend.<\/p>\n
The 1997 world champion has confirmed a collaboration between ‘Villeneuve Racing’ and the Italian racing outfit Durango in a bid to secure the 13th team spot in 2011.<\/p>\n
But Villeneuve’s visit to the German paddock was called off at late notice when an opportunity to attempt to qualify for the NASCAR Sprint Cup event at Indianapolis emerged.<\/p>\n
Alongside hoping to return to the F1 grid in 2011 with a team bearing his name, the 39-year-old said he is also pushing for a full-time seat in America’s premier series.<\/p>\n
“There’s a lot going on, and until you have something finalised, you have to look at every opportunity that’s out there,” AP quoted him as saying from Indianapolis.<\/p>\n
As for the Durango bid, the French Canadian explained: “The opportunity was there, so there’s no way I was going to say ‘no, don’t bother’.<\/p>\n
“I don’t have a full-time ride here anyway, I can’t just (ignore) something and stay home.\u00a0 But I haven’t spent as much time as I should have or would have wanted to on it because I’ve been here,” he admitted.<\/p>\n
As for F1 versus NASCAR, Villeneuve said: “It’s really hard to tell you what the preference would be because you have to wait until the real opportunity is there on the table.<\/p>\n
“Until there’s something full time that we can get going, I can’t really focus on one.”<\/p>\n
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