Villeneuve Pironi: Racing’s Untold Tragedy Gets A UK Trailer
Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi were friends and teammates, both driving for legendary Formula One team, Ferrari, in its 1980s heyday. They were united by an addiction to speed but were forever torn apart by a historic and hugely controversial moment in time. Friendship, duplicity, ambition and honour all collide at racing speeds in this epic feature documentary, told for the very first time by those who were closest to the men involved.
Sky have released the UK Trailer for Sports documentary Villeneuve Pironi: Racing’s Untold Tragedy.
The documentary tells the astonishing true story of two supremely gifted Ferrari F1® drivers: Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, forever torn apart by a historic and hugely controversial moment in time.
Through captivating archive footage, interviews with Formula One World Champions Jacques Villeneuve, Alain Prost and Sir Jackie Stewart, alongside the Villeneuve and Pironi families plus their F1 and Ferrari contemporaries the in-depth story of their rise to glory culminating in that infamous and tragic 1982 Formula One season is revealed.
Forty years on from the infamous and tragic 1982 Formula One season, the families of Canadian icon Gilles Villeneuve & French superstar Didier Pironi unite for the first time to reveal one of sport’s greatest untold stories.
In the midst of modern racing’s most dangerous era, two daring Ferrari teammates were battling for the world championship, but at the San Marino Grand Prix Pironi broke an unwritten agreement, “stealing” victory from his close friend Villeneuve on the final lap.
This act of “betrayal” broke a sacred bond and their relationship soon spiralled into a vengeful rivalry. Villeneuve and Pironi would never speak to each other again, and within a matter of weeks, tragedy would strike.
For four decades, rumour, bitterness, and myth has surrounded that duel in San Marino and its aftermath.
In a plot laden with mystery and intrigue, each compelling twist and turn is revealed as the film uncovers the truth behind that unwritten agreement on the last fateful lap.
Villeneuve Pironi: Racing’s Untold Tragedy will receive its UK premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival on Sunday 5th March at Glasgow Film Theatre followed by a Q&A with director Torquil Jones and will air on Sky Documentaries on Sunday 19th March.
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