Monday 19th February 2007

Jacques Villeneuve aimed to prove he had talents outside of motorsport, when he released his debut album, Private Paradise. He wrote six of the 13 songs himself, one of which was about his father Gilles. He launched the album in his Montreal café, in front of a crowd largely made up of news reporters. “I bought a guitar in 1996 when I started racing in Formula One and started writing some songs,” he said. “I am stupidly passionate about music, it has become a bit of a drug.”