Jacques Villeneuve said he was "dying of pain" after driving a modern Formula 1 car this week and compared the experience to "fast-forwarding a movie".
The Canadian got behind the wheel of an Alpine A521, the car used in the 2021 world championship, in a test at Monza on Wednesday. It was the first time he has driven a contemporary F1 car since 2006, when he ended his career with BMW Sauber.
And the only things familiar to the 1997 world champion was the track itself and, of course, Fernando Alonso. Everything else, he said after completing the test, felt very different to the machines he was used to piloting in the prime of his racing days.
