Jacques Villeneuve will test a contemporary Formula 1 car for the first time in 16 years at Monza next week.
The 1997 world champion last drove a car used in the world championship in 2006, in his final race as a driver still competing in the sport. That day, he was behind the wheel of a BMW Sauber at the 2006 German Grand Prix, during which he crashed and was replaced by Robert Kubica, ending his career.
Villeneuve made two more attempts to drive in F1 in the early 2010s, but neither of them came to fruition. But he is set for a trip down memory lane on the Wednesday after the Italian Grand Prix.
