Editing Gilles Villeneuve (section)

==Personal and early life==
Villeneuve was born January 18, 1950, to piano-tuner Seville Villeneuve (1926–1987) and his wife Georgette ([[née]] Coupal; 1925–2008) at [[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]] in the province of [[Quebec]], Canada and grew up in [[Berthierville, Quebec|Berthierville]].<ref>Donaldson (2003) pp.11–13</ref> In 1970 he married Joann Barthe, with whom he had two children, [[Jacques Villeneuve|Jacques]] and Mélanie.<ref>Donaldson (2003) pp.27–29</ref> During his early career Villeneuve took his family on the road with him in a motorhome during the racing season, a habit which he continued to some extent during his Formula One career.<ref>Donaldson (2003)  pp.50–51, 114</ref> At the time of his death Gilles was reportedly considering divorce from Joann: he had long been having an extramarital affair with a Torontonian woman.<ref>{{cite news|last=Myles|first=Stephanie|title=Villeneuves' rags-to-riches story|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20070512/282252366095410|work=Montreal Gazette|page=D1|date=May 12, 2007|access-date=November 18, 2020|via=PressReader}}</ref>

Villeneuve often claimed to have been born in 1952. By the time he made his debut in Formula One, he was already 27 years old and subtracted two years from his age to avoid being considered too old to find success at the highest level of motorsport.<ref>Donaldson (2003) p.11</ref> His younger brother [[Jacques Villeneuve (racing driver, born 1953)|Jacques]] also had a successful racing career in Formula Atlantic, [[Can-Am]] and [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns19993.html|title=Jacques Villeneuve (Senior) injured|publisher=Inside F1, Inc|access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-date=November 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081105083343/http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns19993.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Gilles' son, also named Jacques, won the [[Indianapolis 500]] and CART championships in 1995 and became Formula One World Champion in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/5/|title=Hall of Fame: Jacques Villeneuve|last=Donaldson|first=Gerald|publisher=Formula One Administration Ltd.|access-date=February 20, 2009|archive-date=March 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306020405/http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/hall_of_fame/5/|url-status=live}}</ref>