SPECIAL: The making of Villeneuve Pironi, F1's new mega doc

Published: March 16, 2023, 3 a.m.

b"On March 18th a new feature-length documentary entitled Villeneuve Pironi: Racing\\u2019s Untold Tragedy is coming to Sky Documentaries in the UK.\\nIt tells the powerful story of two of Formula 1\\u2019s fastest ever racing drivers, Ferrari team-mates Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, whose relationship pivoted dramatically from friendly to fatally fractious over the course of one April afternoon in Imola in 1982.\\nOn this very special episode of The Race F1 Podcast, we\\u2019re looking ahead to the film\\u2019s release with some of the key players in the project, including the director Torquil Jones, Gilles' wife Joann Villeneuve and Didier's partner Catherine Goux.\\nHost Edd Straw discovers how the project came to life, how the narrative was shaped, the lengths the creators went to discover archive footage, and how the deep wounds left by this dramatic period in F1 history were harnessed.\\n\\nFollow The Race on\\xa0Instagram,\\xa0Twitter\\xa0and\\xa0Facebook\\n\\n\\nCheck out our latest videos on\\xa0YouTube\\n\\n\\nDownload our brand-new app on\\xa0iOS\\xa0or\\xa0Android\\n\\n\\n\\nClick here\\xa0to join The Race Members' Club and have the opportunity to ask a question on the show\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"